Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Career: Played for the Wildcats from the 2017-18 through 2020-21 seasons … Made 35 tournament starts and played a total of 82 rounds during his collegiate career … Owned a career 77.61 stroke average with three top-10 finishes and two other top-20 showings … Low round during his career was 71 as a sophomore in 2018-19 and low round relative to par was an even-par 72 his senior year … Played to an average round of +6.05 over par over his four collegiate seasons … Counted 60-of-75 rounds (80.0%) in the Villanova lineup towards the team score … Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team all four years of his career and appeared on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll seven times.
 
2020-21: One of five members of the team who competed in all eight tournaments and 16 rounds that Villanova played during the spring … Compiled a 77.00 stroke average on the season and notched a pair of top-10 tournament finishes … In the final event of his collegiate career he posted a score of even-par 72 in the opening round of the BIG EAST Championship to notch the best round relative to par of his career … His top finish of the season was a tie for seventh place at the Temple Spring Invite where he carded a 74 (+4) and finished second in the Villanova lineup … His other top-10 finish was at the LuLu Spring Invite where he shot 74 (+3) on the par-71 course and came in 10^th overall and second on the Wildcats ‘B’ squad … Played as an individual in Villanova’s first tournament of the season, the Invitational at Savannah Harbor, where his 54-hole score of 228 (+12) was his best of the year … Moved into the team lineup for the Donald Ross Collegiate Classic two weeks later and was tied for third within the team’s lineup at that tournament … Carded a 76 (+6) to tie for 38^th overall and fourth in the Wildcats lineup at the Rolling Green Intercollegiate … Tied for a 29^th place finish with a 36-hole score of 147 (+7) at the Wildcat Invitational where he posted scores of 72-75 … Tied for 33^rd place at the BIG EAST Championships with a score of 234 (+18) over 54 holes.
 
2019-20: Played in six tournaments and a total of 16 rounds … Ranked second on the team with a 76.31 stroke average … Had 14 of his 16 rounds (87.5%) count towards the team score in the six tournaments he played … Made his season debut and recorded his best finish of the year at the fall Wildcat Invitational where he placed 20^th with rounds of 75-72-73 … Tallied his lowest scores for both a single round (72, +1) and a 54-hole tournament (220, +7) in the team’s home meet at White Manor CC … Following the home tournament, was the top finisher in the Villanova lineup at each of the last two tournaments of the fall season (Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, UNCG/Grandover Collegiate).
 
2018-19: One of three players on the team who appeared in all 12 tournaments and 30 rounds the team played … Finished third on the team with a 77.53 stroke average for the year … Counted 26 of his 30 rounds towards the team score (87.5%) … Carded a low round of 71 (+1) in the final round of the 54-hole Doc Gimmler tournament … Posted a three-round score of 223 (+13) at that event, including shooting just three strokes over par (72, 71) over the final 36 holes … Notched his best finish of the year when he tied for fifth place with a round of 78 at the City 6 event to close the fall season … He and teammate Connor Daly were the Wildcats top two finishers at the tournament … Also finished second in the Villanova lineup at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, where his score of 223 (+7) was his low 54-hole score for the year … Shot rounds of 73-75=148 (+6) and was second in the team lineup at the Wildcat Spring Invitational … Finished third in the lineup at the BIG EAST Championship.
 
2017-18: Played in nine tournaments and 20 rounds as a freshman … Compiled a 79.25 stroke average … Played 16 rounds in the team lineup and counted 11 of those rounds (68.8%) towards the team score … Carded his low score of the year in his first round of the spring season when he shot a 73 (+1) in the opening round of the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate … Played as an individual at that event and wound up shooting 73-76-77 (226, +10) for his lowest 54-hole total of the year … Made his collegiate debut at the Patriot Intercollegiate during the fall and shot 238 (+22) … Came in fourth in the Villanova lineup in each of his first three tournaments, including the Patriot as well as the Matthews Auto Collegiate Invitational (158, +14) and the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (238, +22).
 
Loyola Academy: Tallied a 21^st place finish at the Illinois High School Associate State Championship … Earned Chicago Catholic League All-Conference honors … Helped lead his team to a league title … Eight-time Loyola Scholar … Winner of the Clavius Academic Scholar Award.
 
Personal: Born 4/27/99 … One of four children of Ronald and Megan Banas … Has three siblings: Madison, Blake and Ryan … Sister, Madison, played college golf at Fairfield … Father was a college swimmer at Southern Methodist.