Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Athletics

• 2023 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award 
• 2022-23 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2021-22 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2020-21 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll

2023: Appeared in one contest...SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll awardee.

2022: Played in two games...collected a pinch hit RBI single against Tampa (April 3)...SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll recipient.

2021: Earned SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll accolades.

Prep: Graduated in 2020 from Trinity High School...four-year starter on the diamond...WPIAL All-Section in 2019...PA Prep's Top Utility Player in 2020...served as baseball team captain as a senior...also lettered in football, earning All-Conference honors as a senior...All-Academic Gold Team honoree on the gridiron...member of the National Honors Society...PJAS Science Award...STEAM second-place showing in Pennsylvania...recipient of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame Honor Athlete Scholarship Award.

Personal: Born in Washington, Pennsylvania...son of Wendy and John Banco...majoring in Aeronautical Science...received the Washington County Sherriff's Outstanding Citizen Award in 2016 after saving a toddler's life.