Honors
- 2024 Academic All-Big Ten
- 2024 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District
- 2023 Academic All-Big Ten
- 2023 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- 2022 Academic All-Big Ten
2024: One of three Badger players to appear in all 52 games, Bannon started 50 of those games primarily in center field...Bannon led the team in triples (3), and stolen bases, going 14-for-16 on stolen base attempts...she accumulated a slash line of .248/.301/.429, hitting .288 in conference games...Went 14-for-37 in all home games during the year including a 3-for-4 game with a double and triple against Nebraska on 3/30, also making a highlight catch during the game that featured on Sport Center's Top Ten...Recorded a career-high 84 putouts during the season while only committing one error, good for a .989 fielding percentage.
2023: Although accumulating a small injury, Bannon finished the year starting 39 of 45 games played in her third year…as the primary left fielder for the Badgers, the Illinois native ended the year with 53 putouts, five assists, and a .983 fielding percentage…at the plate, she amassed 29 hits in 113 at-bats, with eight doubles, four triples, and one home run for a .257 batting average…brought in 19 RBI for the team and plated 22 runs of her own…went 3-for-4 against St. Thomas on April 12 with two RBI and one home run.
2022:  Played in 48 games for the Badgers, starting in 36 of them…accumulated 25 RBI’s on the year with four doubles, three triples, and three home runs in 105 at-bats…finished with a slugging percentage of .495 and a batting average of .314…had two three-hit games this year against Utah (3/14) going 3-3 and Indiana (4/1) going 3-4…finished with 66 put-outs on the year and a .986 fielding percentage.
2021: Played in 38 games and started 34 games… finished the season with a .391 batting average totaling 32 hits in 110 at-bats… led the team in slugging percentage with .536 while totaling three home runs, three triples and 12 doubles… finished with 11 RBI’s while scoring a team high 27 runs… had an on-base percentage of .376, drawing 11 walks… stole nine bases on the season out of an attempted ten… recorded 59 putouts with a .925 fielding average, mainly in the outfield… had a four-hit games against Purdue on May 14, including three singles and a triple…Â
High School: Softball Senior Athlete of the Year... Northwest Herald Athlete of the Year Senior Year... three-time Softball All-Conference and two-time All-State... three-time letterwinner on varsity basketball team... Basketball MVP Junior and Senior year... Basketball Conference Player of the Year including holding records for most points scored in single game (43) and most scored points in a single season (664)
Personal: daughter of Eric & Janice Bannon... has two brothers, Bobby and Brandon... major is undecided
Why Wisconsin: All around great school, academics and athletics. Competitive B1G team for softball and program continues to grow. I love the atmosphere in Madison and how close it is to my home and family.
