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2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

Harry Figiel
Steve Woltmann
Steve Woltmann
Steve Woltmann

10 Emily Banitt

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • High School River Falls
  • Hometown Prescott, Wis.

Biography

2023: Earns her second straight A-10 All-Conference Second Team honor … Raked in College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team honors … Logged a three doubles-doubles (kills-digs), one of which was in the win against No. 16 Purdue on Aug. 27 with a career-high 19 kills … Logged a career-high 22.5 points in that same match … Tied her career-high in blocks against SLU on Oct. 3 with six … Ranked third on the team in kills with 264 (2.47 p/s), fourth in blocks with 66 (0.62 p/s), and fourth in aces with 23 (0.21 p/s).

2022: Atlantic 10 Second Team All-Conference … Appeared in every match for the Ramblers, starting in all but two contests and playing all but two sets … Ranked second on the team with 292 kills on the season (2.3 per set) while finishing third on the team with 92 total blocks … Recorded 10 or more kills 13 times, including a season-best 18 against Marquette (9/6) … Picked up a double-double against DePaul (9/17) with 10 kills and a season-high 12 digs … Matched a career-high with six blocks against Northwestern (9/17) in the Chicago Cup.

2021: Didn’t let a position switch to right side affect her performance, earning Second Team All-Missouri Valley Conference recognition … Hit .225 (279-116-726) with 279 kills (2.36 per set), 60 digs (0.51 per set) and 71 blocks (0.60 per set) … Blasted double-digit kills on 12 occasions, with the Ramblers posting an 8-4 ledger in those contests … Sat out the season opener against Oakland (Aug. 27) but then appeared in the team’s remaining 118 sets … Started the season with a bang, ripping 10 kills, while hitting .364 (10-2-22), and adding three digs, against No. 16 Western Kentucky (Aug. 28) … Was named to the K-State Invitational All-Tournament Team after putting up a .356 hitting percentage (28-7-59) and 2.55 kills per set in three contests … Opened the K-State Invitational by tallying nine kills and hitting .571 (9-1-14) in a sweep of Ohio (Sept. 9) … Totaled 12 kills at Kansas State (Sept. 10) … Got Valley play off to a running start by swatting 10 or more kills four times in the first five matches, while hitting .304 (59-18-135) with 3.11 kills and 0.74 blocks per set … Totaled 10.0 points in each of the first six, and seven of the first eight, MVC outings of the season … Walloped 13 kills and tied a season high with six blocks in a win at Southern Illinois (Sept. 25) … Smoked 15 kills and had four blocks in a victory against Indiana State (Oct. 2) … Carried Loyola to a five-set decision over Bradley (Oct. 16) by smacking 15 kills … Equaled a season high with six rejections at Evansville (Oct. 30) … Was sensational in Loyola’s MVC regular-season-championship-clinching victory over Illinois State (Nov. 13), providing 11 kills and three blocks, hitting at a .435 (11-1-23) clip … Led Loyola to its second straight win at Northern Iowa (Nov. 20) by tallying 12 kills and hitting .455 (12-2-22) … Totaled double-figure kills in each of the final three matches of the season as well as four of the final five outings … Produced 11 kills, four blocks and a season-high five digs in a five-set win against Valparaiso (Nov. 26) in the MVC Championship semifinals … Deposited a season-best 19 kills and added three digs and a pair of blocks, while hitting at a .350 rate (19-5-40), at Illinois State (19-5-40) in the title match of the MVC Championship.
 
2020-21: Earned MVC All-Freshman Team accolades following an impactful rookie season in which she appeared in all 80 sets and provided 2.65 kills, 2.97 digs, 0.40 blocks and 0.26 aces per set, while hitting .117 (212-129-712) … Crushed double-figure kills 12 times and totaled 10 double-doubles … Loyola was 7-3 when she recorded a double-double … Two-time MVC Freshman of the Week selection (March 9, March 30) … Got her Loyola career of to a fast start, producing a double-double in each of her first three matches … Had 12 kills and 12 digs in the season opener versus Valparaiso (Jan. 25), and then went for 12 kills and a season-high 21 digs, along with two aces, against Butler (Jan. 29) … Registered 13 kills, 12 digs and a season-high four blocks at Valparaiso (Feb. 1) … Notched a double-double in both contests against Evansville, going for 15 kills and 18 digs in the opener (Feb. 14) and a season-high 18 kills and 15 digs in the series finale (Feb. 15) … Ripped double-digit kills in five consecutive outings, March 22 through April 2 … Played a pivotal role in the program’s first win over Northern Iowa (March 22), going for 14 kills and 12 digs … Had a double-double in each match against Drake (March 27-28) … Opened the MVC Championship with 15 kills, nine digs and a season-high-tying four blocks, versus Missouri State (April 1) … Produced 11 kills and 12 digs against Northern Iowa (April 2) in the MVC Championship semifinals.
 
High School: Helped River Falls High School to four conference championships and a state runner-up finish in 2017 and a state semifinals appearance in 2018 during her career … Three-time First Team All-Big Rivers Conference selection (2017, 2018, 2019) … First team all-state selection as a senior in 2019 and was a second team all-state pick in 2018 … Hailed as her team’s MVP as senior … Named to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Tournament Team in 2018 and was an honorable mention choice in 2017 … Two-time team captain … Was a 2019 finalist for East Metro Volleyball Player of the Year honors as handed out by the St. Paul Pioneer Press … Also competed in track, earning first team all-conference accolades in the 400m (2019) and 4x400m relay (2017, 2018) … Three-time academic all-state designee.

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Historical Player Information

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    2021Sophomore

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    2022Junior

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    2023Senior

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