Rachel Banham’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American basketball player
Is Athlete 
Basketball player 
From United States of America 
Type Sports 
Gender female
Birth 15 July 1993, Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Age: 27 years
Star sign Cancer

Rachel Banham (born July 15, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is the daughter of Don and Mel Banham. Rachel Banham was a Guard for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. She majored in Sociology at the University of Minnesota.

Banham had a successful basketball career at Minnesota and broke many UofM records. Banham, who was predicted to go early in the first round, was drafted by the Connecticut Sun with the 4th pick of the 2016 WNBA draft.

High school career

Banham went to Lakeville North High School in Lakeville, Minnesota and graduated in 2011. She started on the varsity basketball team as an 8th grade student. During her senior year, she averaged 17.8 points per game, 5.3 rebounds, and four assists. With these numbers she led her squad to a 29-3 record and a conference championship.

College career

After graduating from high school, Banham continued her education and basketball career at the University of Minnesota. Banham started all 36 games her freshman year, and was named Freshman All American First Team and Big Ten Freshman of the Year. During her freshman year, (2011-1012) she averaged 16.1 points per game which ranked her 97th in the nation. Her sophomore year (2012-2013) she was averaged 20.7 points per game which was good enough for second-leading sophomore scorer in NCAA division 1. As a Junior (2013-2014) she averaged 22.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game. At the start of her senior season (2014-2015) Banham had only played 10 games before she suffered a season ending ACL injury. Before she had torn her ACL she was on ESPN’s top 5 players to watch in the upcoming season. She later received a medical hardship waiver so she could play in the 2015-2016 season. When she returned to the court in the 2015-2016 season for her senior year she had an outstanding season. She was named Big Ten Player of the Year and was a John R. Wooden Award finalist. Despite her time off because of her injury, Banham came back to become the Gophers all-time leading scorer and tied an NCAA record with a 60-point game against Northwestern. Banham ended her college career on a high note becoming the sixth-leading scorer in NCAA history with 3,093 points. Her senior year was not only one of the most memorable seasons in Gopher basketball history, but NCAA basketball history as well.

College statistics

Source

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011–12 Minnesota 36 580 41.9 42.5 81.7 5.2 2.7 1.6 0.2 16.1
2012–13 Minnesota 32 663 43.5 33.5 89.5 4.0 3.9 1.9 0.4 20.7
2013–14 Minnesota 34 750 41.8 42.1 87.4 3.7 3.9 1.3 0.3 22.1
2014–15 Minnesota 10 186 42.6 40.5 73.7 4.5 4.6 1.0 0.8 18.6
Career Minnesota 32 914 45.7 39.0 85.9 5.9 3.8 2.0 0.3 28.6

External Sources

  • Rachel Banham
  • Rachel Banham at espn.go.com
  • Thoughts about Rachel at gophersports.com
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