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Jezelle 'GG' Banks

Guard
URSULINE ACADEMY
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
FRESHMAN
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

22.2

Average Points (per game)

3.9

Average Rebounds (per game)

3.4

Average Steals (per game)

3

Average Assists (per game)
“GG Banks controls the whole game. Rebounding, assists, scoring, defense. She usually guards the opposing team’s best player regardless of position.”
Tye Taylor
Head Coach - head coach of St. Elizabeth High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8 freshman guard led the Raiders to an 18-6 record and the state championship this past season. Banks averaged 22.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.4 steals and 3.0 assists and hit the game-winning free throw with 1.9 seconds left to lift Ursuline over Caravel Academy, 49-48, in the state final, capping a game in which she scored 29 points. A 2023 First Team All-State selection, she holds 35 scholarship offers as a true freshman.

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Academic Achievement

Banks has maintained a 3.38 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her sophomore year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Banks has volunteered locally as the team manager of the Ursuline lacrosse team. She has also donated her time as a youth basketball coach and counselor.