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2022 Field Hockey Roster

Liz Musick
USA Field Hockey/Rodrigo Jamarillo
Hunter Martin
Andy Mead

12 Gracyn Banks

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Burlington Township
  • Hometown Burlington, N.J.

Biography

CAREER HONORS
- 2x NFHCA All-Region (First Team: '21, '22)
- 3x All-Ivy (First Team: '21, '22; Second Team: '19)
- 2022 All-ECAC
- 2x Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 13, 2021; Nov. 1, 2021)
- 2021 Academic All-Ivy
- 2021 Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area
- 2x Team Captain

2022: NFHCA First-Team All-Region … First-Team All-Ivy ... All-ECAC ... Team Captain ... Second on team in points (13) while leading the team with five assists ... Added four goals, including a game-winner ... Led team and third in Ivy League in defensive saves (3) ... Started in all 17 games, while playing every minute of 14 of those ... Scored goals in four different games, including one against #1 Northwestern on September 16 ... Had two defensive saves against #20 Boston College to help the team to overtime and an eventual shootout ... Posted a season-high two assists at Yale on October 22 ... Registered the game-winning goal in a 2-0 victory at Cornell, capitalizing on her lone penalty stroke of the season ... As a defender, had 45 shots for the season with 20 on target.

2021: NFHCA First-Team All-Region … Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy … Academic All-Ivy … Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area … Team Captain … Two-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week ... Tied for most defensive saves in Ivy League with five ... One of just four players to start in all 16 games, leading the team with 970 minutes … Played every minute in all 16 games … Finished second on team with 10 points on four goals and two assists … Registered first point of season with an assist against No. 1 North Carolina on September 5 … Recorded first career multi-score game against Drexel, scoring two goals in the 5-3 victory on September 10 … Scored two game-winning goals in the final two Ivy League games of the year against Columbia and Dartmouth … Spent summer in Chile winning bronze with USA Field Hockey at the 2021 Junior PanAm Championships … Earned spot on USA roster for 2021 Junior World Cup in South Africa ... Was named to the US Field Hockey National Developmental Team in Spring 2022.

2020: All 2020 Ivy League fall sports were canceled on July 8 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

2019: Second-team All-Ivy selection … Made 16 appearances with 14 starts as a key member of the Penn defensive unit … Scored her first career goal and the Quakers’ first goal of the season against Monmouth (Sept. 13) … Ranked second on the team with four assists … Logged 869 minutes—third most among Penn field players—and played every possible minute in each of the Quakers’ first 11 games … Tallied a defensive save against Lafayette (Oct. 27) … Led the team with 47 shots.

2018: Appeared in seven games … Registered three shots, two on goal against Temple ... Played a season-high 21 minutes against Dartmouth.

High School: Lettered four years in both field hockey and softball, and served as captain for both sports … In field hockey, honored as team MVP three consecutive years (2015, 16, 17) and Outstanding Offensive Player twice (2015, 17) … As a senior, set school records for goals, assists and points, earning first-team all-conference, all-county and All-Group 3 … Also named to the BCSL Senior All-Star team … As a junior, first-team all-conference and all-county and second-team All-South Jersey … Honored as the BCSL Player of the Year and September/October Player of the Month by NJ.com … As a sophomore, first-team all-conference and second-team all-county and named NJ.com Sophomore of the Year … In softball, two-time first-team all-conference and one-time second-team all-conference … Also earned first-team all-county and second-team all-county once each … As a senior, helped the team to a 13-8-0 record and Patriot Division title … Also selected to compete in the Carpenter Cup … National Honor Society and Key Club member … Worked in Student Government all four years … Competed on the South Jersey Edge club team, helping squad to four consecutive National Indoor championships (2014-17) and three National Hockey Festival titles (2014, 16, 17) … Member of the U19 and U17 National Indoor teams (2016, 17) along with the U21 National Indoor practice squad (2017) … National Society of High School Scholars member … Wendy's High School Heisman recipient … Honored with the NFHCA National Academic Squad Award … Earned Above and Beyond Award for work with Project Stop Hunger Now.
 
Personal: Daughter of Wendy and Michael Banks … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

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    2019Sophomore

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    2020Junior

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    2021Senior

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    2022Senior

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