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Girls Basketball - Delaware

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Jezelle 'GG' Banks

Guard
URSULINE ACADEMY
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
SOPHOMORE
Height: 5-FOOT-9
Press Release

Peak Performance

21.7

Average Points (per game)

4.8

Average Assists (per game)

4.1

Average Rebounds (per game)

3.1

Average Steals (per game)
“There isn’t anyone in Delaware that could come close to matching the talent of Jezelle Banks. She is definitely in her own stratosphere.”
Val Karch
Head Coach - Saint Mark’s
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Athletic Excellence

At the time of her selection, the 5-foot-9 sophomore guard had led the Raiders to a 13-9 record and a berth in Delaware’s state semifinals. Banks averaged 21.7 points, 4.8 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 3.1 steals through 21 games this past season. The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, Banks also won the 2024 Delaware High School Coaches Association’s Player of the Year award. She is ranked as the nation’s No. 5 recruit in the Class of 2027 by Prospects Nation and No. 6 recruit by espnW. 

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Academic Achievement

Banks has maintained a 3.23 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall. 

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Exemplary Character

Banks has volunteered locally as a youth basketball camp counselor. She has also served as manager for her school’s lacrosse team.