Staci Banaszek Honored as Female Athlete of
the Year
The
2005-06 Cheryl Ramsdell-Anderson Female Athlete of the Year winner
is senior track & field athlete Staci Banaszek (Erie/Harborcreek).
She was honored on Sunday, April 30 at Behrend's Annual Athletics
Picnic.
Banaszek holds several Behrend track and field records including
establishing new marks in the long jump (17' 1.5"), the high jump
(5'5"), and the triple jump (36'9") during the 2006 indoor season.
She is an All-ECAC indoor performer in all three events and
qualified provisionally for the NCAA Championships in the high jump
and triple jump. She is also the record holder in all three events
for Behrend's outdoor season and has qualified for the ECAC
Championships in late May. In addition, Banaszek entered the year as
a member of the record-holding 4x160M relay team.
Banaszek was also named Behrend's Female Scholar Athlete of the
Year. To be eligible, a student must have attained at least a fifth
semester standing, must have competed as a varsity athlete during
the current academic year, and must have earned a cumulative grade
point average of at least a 3.40. Previously, Banaszek was named to
the Academic All-Conference squad and is a member of the National
College Athletic Honor Society (NCAS).
Head coach Dave Cooper said, "Staci has been a steady and
outstanding jumper all four years at Behrend. She holds every
school jump record and will be difficult to replace. She has
added so much to our program in many ways."
Banaszek will next compete with track and field at the Mason-Dixon
Conference Championships which will be held May 5-6 at Christopher
Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.
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