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2018 Acrobatics & Tumbling Roster

Tosha Banks #9

  • Position:
    Top/Tumbler
  • Height:
    4-10
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Kingsport, Tenn.
  • Previous School:
    Dobyns Bennett HS

Summary

Biography

2018 - Stats

  • Competed in 15 heats for the Tornado, and helped King set nine season-highs and one program best
  • Member of the acro heat one group that set a program-high with a score of 9.80 in the season-opener against Converse
  • Also in the season-opener, helped King set a season-high of 9.30 in compulsory acro
  • In the compulsory pyramid, helped the Tornado set a season-high of 9.70 at Quinnipiac
  • Member of acro heat two and heat three teams that set season-highs of 9.70 at Alderson Broaddus and 9.55 against Converse, respectively
  • Helped King set season-highs of 8.90 in pyramid heat two and 9.80 in pyramid heat three, both coming at Quinnipiac
  • Also at Quinnipiac, helped King set a season-best score of 9.05 in toss heat one
  • Against Gannon, member of toss heat three that set a season-high with a score of 9.15
  • One of three that posted the season-high of 8.200 in the tumbling triple pass, coming in back-to-back meets against Converse and Gannon

2017: Selected All-ECAC...Named NCATA Player of the Week on April 5...Helped King qualify for the NCATA National Championships...Helped the Tornado set the top five meet scores in program history...Assisted in King setting five event program records...Helped King set the top two scores in program history in the team event...Member of both pyramid heat one and heat three that qualified for NCATA Event Finals...pyramid heat one scored a perfect score of 10.00 against Quinnipiac...Pyramid heat one finished fifth with score of 9.50 and heat three finished fourth with score of 9.65 at NCATA Event Finals...Helped King set program-highs in compulsory toss heat against Fairmont State, acro heat two and toss heat two against Gannon, compulsory acro heat against Quinnipiac and Oregon, pyramid heat three against Quinnipiac, tumbling trio pass against Oregon and aco heat two against Georgetown (Ky.)...Member of groups that set season-highs in compulsory tumbling heat against Alderson Broaddus, compulsory pyramid heat and pyramid heat one against Gannon, pyramid heat two against Oregon and acro heat two against Georgetown (Ky.).

2016: Helped the Tornado match a program record with three wins, including their first home victory in the season opener...King set a season-high for points at Oregon with 258.310 points...Aided the Tornado in averging a program best 256.032 points per meet on the season...King earned wins over Glenville State, Adrian and Concordia University of Wisconsin...Helped King set 13 program bests over the course of the season.

2015: Helped King to a school record three wins, all coming in three straight meets...Aided the Tornado to a program best 262.405 points in the season-opening meet against Alderson Broaddus University...Helped the team post 24 program highs...Team set progam bests in five of the six events and total team score...Set program highs in 15 different heats.

High School: Cheered for Optimist Cheer in Bloomingdale from 2004-06...Member of East Tennessee Cheer All-Start teams from 2004-12...A Ketron Wildcat cheerleader in seventh grade and  a Sullivan North cheerleader in eighth grade...In 2011 cheered for the Top Gun Level 5 Co-Ed All-Star Cheer Team...Member of the Dobyns Bennett High School competitive cheer team from 2010-13...Dobyns Bennett varsity cheerleader from 2010-14...Helped the cheer squad receive top honors by first in National Cheer Star individual cheer competition in 2008 in dance and tumbling routine...Member of the regional and state champion team from 2010-13...Competed in the Universal Cheer Association at Walt Disney World from 2010-13...Named UCA All-American Cheerleader for five times at University of Tennessee/UCA Cheer Camps...Hawaii Pan Pacific Ho’olaulea Block Party Performance and Annual Pan Pacific Parade participant in 2009...Competed at Tennessee America''s Perfect Teen Pageant in 2012, receiving awards as America’s Perfect Contestant and America’s Perfect Outstanding Talent...Attended and performed in the 2013 London New Year’s Day Parade as an All-American Cheerleader for Universal Cheer Association.

Personal: Parents are Corbin and Mary Banks...Major is Mathematics with a minor in Secondary Education.

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2015Freshman

    Top/Tumbler
    4'10"
    9
  • 9

    2016Sophomore

    Top/Tumbler
    4'10"
    9
  • 9

    2017Junior

    Top/Tumbler
    4'10"
    9
  • 9

    2018Senior

    Top/Tumbler
    4'10"
    9
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