College: Minnesota
Class: Senior
Height: 5-9
Position: Guard
Hometown: Lakeville, Minn

Quick Hits

• 2016 Big Ten Player of the Year honors
• 2015 First Team All-Big Ten (unanimous)
• 2015 John R. Wooden Award finalist

AT FIRST GLANCE
The University of Minnesota’s Rachel Banham capped off her illustrious career with Big Ten Player of the Year honors in 2016. The guard from Lakeville, Minnesota, holds the conference career scoring record with 3,008 points after Big Ten Tournament play. Banham is the 11th Division I woman to cross the 3,000-point threshold. She also set Big Ten season records by averaging 30.5 points and making 75 3-pointers per game in league play this year.

2015-16 SEASON
Named Big Ten Player of the Year • consensus All-Big Ten player • John R. Wooden Award finalist • Naismith Trophy semifinalist • played in and started every game for the Gophers • averaged 27.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game • earned seven Big Ten weekly awards • named to Preseason All-Big Ten First Team • named to Lindy’s Preseason All-American Third Team • earned spot on Ann Meyers Drysdale Award midseason watch list • listed on Dawn Staley Award watch list • broke Minnesota and Big Ten career scoring record • set new Minnesota and Big Ten single game scoring record and tied NCAA single game scoring record with 60 points against Northwestern (2/7)

“Players like Rachel don’t come around every day, and you can see it in all the records she has set. I’m so proud of her, coming back from her injury and performing at the level she has this season. It’s unprecedented on many levels. The versatility Rachel has shown will certainly help her at the next level. She can go right or left, shoot the pull up and shoot the three. And she’s unselfish. She’s one of the best passers on the team.””
-Marlene Stollings

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