Brandon Banks '14 Recruiting Profile

My dream is to play for Bill Self and the Jayhawks; but my hope is to play basketball at the college level. Although I have played other sports like football, baseball, and high jump/long jump in track, my heart belongs to basketball. I eat, breath, sleep, and dream about playing ball at the next level. I have a very supportive family. My parents always tell me that I am a student first, that is why I take advanced skill classes like honors English and college algebra. I am an active member of the National Honor Society. I currently have a 3.4 GPA.

I have played basketball since 2nd grade and cannot imagine my like not playing. I have always been a starting player since middle school. The down fall is after my sophomore year of high school I seem to stop growing, which forced me to move from being a small forward to now a shooting guard, and a missed opportunity to play varsity. At the end of my junior year, I made a tough decision to transfer high schools. Through hard work and determination, I made the varsity team as a senior. Being new to the program, my playing time was very limited and my role on the floor changed. I have worked very hard to adjust from playing with my back to the basket to playing a position that requires so much more (shooting jumpers and ball handling). I have come a long way and hope that a coach would consider giving me a chance to play for his team.