Player Bio: Weston Banks :: Track
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 | Class: Freshman
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 | Hometown: Greensburg, Pa.
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 | High School: Hempfiled Area Senior
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 | Event: Throws
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High School: Competed for head coach Dave Murray at Hempfield ... Three-time state champion thrower, including the 2007 outdoor shot put and discus and 2007 indoor shot put ... Top 10 thrower in the nation in the shot put as a senior with a mark of 63-02.75 ... Top mark in the discus as a prep athlete was 181-07 ... Also lettered three years in football playing offensive and defensive line ... Western Pennslyvania Interscholastic Athletic League champion in both the shot put and the discus.
Personal: Born on March 2, 1988 in Greensburg, Pa. ... Son of Denis and Jim Marts and Jerry and Teresa Banks ... Has two brothers, Tony and Nathaniel ... Majoring in sports administration with a minor in exercise science.