Career Notes: Enters senior season needing 71 fielding assists to move into the top 10 all-time at WSU ...

2009: Named to the All-GLIAC Second Team ... started all 56 games at shortstop ... batted seventh through ninth, but most often seventh (27 times) ... recorded six assists on March 19 against Wisconsin-Parkside ... earned GLIAC Player of the Week honors for March 30-April 5 ... batted .529 (9-17) as WSU went 5-1 while playing all six games on the road ... scored seven runs and had six extra-base hits (3-doubles, 1-triple, 2-home runs) from a player who had 10 collegiate extra-base hits in her 114 games prior to the week ... drove in eight runs, and had a 1.176 slugging percentage on 20 total bases ... hit first career home run in April 1 win at Ashland ... smacked three-run home run April 4 at Hillsdale ... drove in two of WSU's three runs in April 5 win at Findlay with a double and a triple ... had a six-game hitting streak from April 4-8 batting .647 (11-17) ... drove in a career-high four runs with an RBI in each plate appearance in game two on April 8 vs. HC (RBI single, RBI double, RBI single and HBP with bases loaded) ... batted .471 (8-17) with five RBI from April 8-11 ... had a hit in 13 of 15 games from April 4-18 batting .455 (20-44) ... recorded a WSU season-best eight fielding assists vs. Missouri-St. Louis on May 9 ... had 11 multiple-hit games and three multiple-RBI contests ... led the team in stolen bases (7) and fielding assists (140) ... second on the squad in triples (1) and fifth in RBI (23) ... batted .345 (19-55) with runners in scoring position and .325 (26-80) with runners on base ... reached on an error a team-high eight times ... was a CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee ... 140 fielding assists was the 10th-place total in league history and second-best in school history ... GLIAC (league) rankings: first in average with RBI ops. (.524); second in average with two outs (.471); third in batting average (.391); fourth in average with runners on base (.438); sixth in hits per game (1.14); eighth in slugging percentage (.594); ninth in hits (25) and fielding assists (47); 10th in runs scored per game (.68); 12th in stolen bases (3); 13th in RBI (15); and 15th in runs scored (15) ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic team ... set career-highs in batting average (.284), runs scored, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, total bases, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, stolen bases and fielding assists ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2008: Earned Honorable Mention All-GLIAC honors after batting .333 in league play ... started all 50 games played at shortstop ... batted second, seventh, eighth and ninth, but usually eighth (20 times) or ninth (21 times) ... did not play in the SIUE tournament ... recorded first WSU hit in season-opener vs. Southern Indiana ... had a season-high two hits in win over Shippensburg ... had two RBI, two runs scored and a double in win over SIUE ... batted .500 (6-12) during five-game hitting streak from March 15-30 ... ... went 2-2 with two RBI in game two win at Findlay ... had an RBI in each game vs. Lake Superior ... hit .385 (5-13) during five-game hitting streak (May 2-4) ... doubled and scored tying run in 3-2 GLIAC tournament win over Ferris State ... tied for the team lead with two sacrifice flies and 81 fielding assists ... scored two runs in a game four times. ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2007: Started 42 games (41 SS, 1 3B) for Indiana University (Pa.) ... usually batted ninth (25 times) ... batted .240 with two doubles and two triples ... was second on the squad with six stolen bases ... hit .306 (11-36) with two outs ... led the Crimson Hawks with two triples ... was second on the squad defensively with 71 assists ... had six multiple-hit contests and two multiple-RBI games ... qualified for the Dean's list with a 3.8 GPA and was presented the "Scholar Athlete Award" by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.

2006: Played shortstop for the Port Perry Angels summer team and was called up to play at the Canadian Junior Nationals where she earned one MVP award.

High School: A 2006 graduate of Cardinal Carter Catholic High School ... served as Art Council President and played on several school teams including, setter for the Golden Hawks volleyball team, second base for the boys baseball team and javelin and discus for the track and field team.

Personal: Full name - Jacqueline C. Banton ... born March 9. 1988, in Richmond Hill, Ont. ... daughter of Dale and Elena Banton ... has an older brother, Steven and a younger brother, Justin ... is a secondary education major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2007, Winter 2008, Fall 2008 and Winter 2009.

Jaci Banton's Career Statistics
Year	GP/GS	AVG.	AB	R	H	2B-3B-HR	RBI	TB	SLG%	BB/HBP/SO	OB%	SF/SH	SB/A	PO-A-E	FLD%
2007*	42/42	.240	100	15	24	2-2-0	10	30	.300	3/1/23	.267	1/4	6/6	56-71-19	.870
2008	50/50	.246	130	20	32	5-0-0	13	37	.285	7/1/20	.286	2/6	3/4	88-81-14	.923
2009	56/56	.284	155	23	44	7-1-2	23	59	.381	4/2/26	.309	1/5	7/9	72-140-18	.922
WSU Totals	106/106	.267	285	43	76	12-1-2	36	96	.337	11/3/46	.298	3/11	10/13	160-221-32	.923

*While at Indiana (Pa.).