Augustana University Athletics

Senior (2017): Started in all 32 matches in 2017 … 2017 NSIC Libero of the Year … AVCA All-America Third-Team .. Daktronics/D2CCA All-Central Region First-Team … AVCA Division II All-Region First-Team … First-Team All-NSIC … Earned NSIC Defensive Player of the Week twice (Oct. 16, 2017, Oct. 30, 2017) …NSIC All-Tournament First-Team ... Co SIDA Academic All-District First-Team … Academic All-NSIC … Had the fourth highest digs per set (5.31) in a single season in program history … She tallied 632 kills on the season, second most in a single season in program history … Banks holds the record for 662 digs in a single season, she set that mark in 2016 … her 5.31 digs per set was the second highest in the NSIC … Her 632 digs led the NSIC and was the 29th most nationally in 2017

Junior (2016): NSIC Libero of the Year …AVCA All-American Honorable Mention ... AVCA All-Central Region Honorable Mention … D2CCA All-Central Region 1st Team … first Team All-NSIC … NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team … NSIC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 19) … Academic All-NSIC … set a single-season school record for digs in a season with 662 against No. 2 Nebraska-Kearney in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … earned a digs per set average of 5.30 which was the fourth highest single-season average in school history … helped the Vikings reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2008 … second on the all-time career digs list at Augustana with 1,775 career digs … finished the season ranked 17th in Division II for total digs with 662 … finished the season ranked 45th in Division II in digs per set average at 5.30 … had a season-high 30 digs in the Vikings 5-set win at No. 4 Southwest Minnesota State … had a season-high nine assists against No. 3 Palm Beach Atlantic … season-high three aces against Chadron State … earned at least 20 digs in 18 matches this season, including the final six … ended the season with seven kills, 100 assists, 26 service aces, and 662 digs

Sophomore (2015): Tahylr was named to the Second Team NSIC All-Conference team… was named to the Fall All-Academic team ... Played in all 29 of the teams matches this season as the libero while playing in 108 sets … Tahlyr has played in every match of her career … led the team with 569 digs on the season, her second consecutive season with 540+ digs … Earned a spot in the Augustana record books on 9/4 with 50 digs against Washburn for the most digs in a five-set match … Her 50 digs was the most by any athlete in Division II in 2015 … Her 50 digs ranks 18th nationally all-time for digs in a five-set match … finished second in the NSIC in total digs with 569, nine fewer than the leader who played in three more sets than Tahlyr … second in the NSIC in digs per set average at 5.27 … 11 matches with at least 20 digs, including 25 against SMSU in the NSIC Tournament … 3 matches with at least 30 digs … Earned 1 kill on the season … had 19 services aces on the season which was good for third on the team … earned 20 points for the Vikings during the season … Had 78 assists with a season high 8 on the road against No. 5 Wayne State.

Freshman (2014): Appeared in 28 matches, playing in 108 sets … led the team with 544 digs (5.04 per set) … season marks of 5.04 digs per set ranks second all-time in Augustana history … fourth on team with 68 assists … third on team with 20 service aces (0.19 per set) … reached double-digit digs in 27 of the 28 matches … surpassed 20 digs on 13 occasions … scooped up a season-high 30 digs on three different occasions … recorded a season-best seven assists against Wayne State on Oct. 28 … earned Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Defensive Play of the Week on Sept. 8 and Nov. 10 … named NSIC Challenge All-Tournament team and Oredigger Classic All-Tournament team. 

High School: 2014 graduate of Gross Catholic High School in Omaha, Neb. ... four-year starter and letterwinner ... earned all-state honorable mention four times, academic all state on three occasions, and was named to the all-conference team as a junior and senior ... captained the Cougars as a senior ... won Nebraska Class B state championship as a freshman. 

Personal: Daughter of Tom Banks and Mendi Mahony ... born Oct. 14, 1995 ... majoring in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance with minors in economics and psychology.