Simone Banen

Height:
5-1
Class:
Senior
High School:
Indian Hills High School
Hometown:
Wyckoff, NJ
Major:
Mechanical Engineering

Career Highs
V: --, UB: 9.875, BB: 9.900, FX: 9.850

Honors: 2022 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) ... 2020 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) … All-EAGL Scholastic Team (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) … 2019 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) … 2019 EAGL Rookie of the Week (2x) … 2019 EAGL All-Tournament Second Team (Bars, Beam).

2022 as a senior: Competed in all 13 meets in 2022 … helped GW clinch the program’s third EAGL Championship on podium at home … hit her career-high 9.875 on bars at Towson (3/11) helping GW to its season-high score on the event … 10 of her 13 bar routines were at or above a 9.725 … earned a season-high 9.800 on beam at Towson (2/2) … earned All-EAGL Second Team honors on bars with her 9.825 NQS ... recognized on the 2022 All-EAGL Scholastic Team for fourth consecutive year.

2021 as a junior: Named to All-EAGL Scholastic Team for third-consecutive year. Did not compete due to injury.

2020 as a sophomore: Competed in all 11 meets in 2020 … posted career high scores on uneven bars (9.875) and balance beam (9.900) … hit her career-high 9.875 on bars at GW’s Pink Meet (1/31), contributing to the squad’s first score above the 49.000 threshold in the 2020 season … nine of her 11 bars routines were above a 9.750 … earned her first career 9.900 on beam at GW’s Sweet Meet on Podium (2/23) … posted six beam routines above a 9.750 … competed on floor at six meets, scoring a season-high 9.775 at GW’s Pink Meet … recognized on the 2020 All-EAGL Scholastic Team … earned All-EAGL Second Team honors on bars with her 9.795 NQS, a mark that ranked tied for first on the team.

2019 as a first-year: One of three first-year gymnasts to compete at all 15 meets … helped the Colonials clinch their fifth consecutive trip to NCAA Regionals and their 15^th appearance in program history … posted season-high scores of 9.850 on uneven bars, 9.825 on balance beam, and 9.850 on floor exercise … twice named EAGL Rookie of the Week … posted her season-high score of 9.825 on beam in her debut at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational (1/13) … earned 10 beam scores above a 9.700 … posted her season-high 9.850 on bars at GW’s Senior Day (3/1) .. earned four scores above a 9.800 on bars … went a combined 6-for-6 in her routines at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Rounds I & II … helped lift the Buff and Blue to the Second Round at Regionals with her 9.725 on bars, 9.800 on beam, and 9.825 on floor … 2019 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) …. 2019 All-EAGL Scholastic Team … 2019 All-Tournament Second Team (Bars, Beam).

High School/Club: Competed for North Stars Gymnastics ... three-time Junior Olympic National Championships Qualifier (2014-17) ... alternate in 2015 for the All Star Team and a Junior International Elite ... 2017 Level 10 State and Regional Champion.