Banno now teaches at a highly-respected private school near Baltimore, Harford Day School (starting the fall of 2013), an hour from both Philadelphia, PA and Annapolis, MD. Included in his responsibilities are teaching European/ Renaissance and American History to the 7th and 8th grades, advising, and coaching lacrosse, soccer and basketball, as well as contributing to faculty committees.Banno was picked up off the waiver wire by the MLL's Rochester Rattlers in April 2013 and made his MLL debut April 27 in the season opener against the 2012-and-eventual-2013 MLL champion Chesapeake Bayhawks. He played in 3 games and was on the dress squad for 10 of 14 games in 2013 as the back-up goalie behind John Galloway, earning a .593 save percentage and praise from Rattlers Coach Tim Soudan and MLL game color commentators.
In his first year after graduating from Haverford College with a B.A. in History and a minor in Education, Banno taught high school history and assistant-coached lacrosse, football and basketball at St. Stephen-St. Agnes School, Alexandria, VA.
Stopped 6 of 8 shots by 2012 DIII Player of the Year Sam Bradman in two NCAA tournament games including a Quarterfinal.
Saved 8 of 9 shots by 2011 DIII Player of the Year Jimmy Dailey
InsideLacrosse/Nike National Player of the Week (2010)
Lacrosse Magazine, Jan. 30, 2012, "Haverford's Banno Redefining the 'Big Goalie'", by Jac Coyne.
Inside Lacrosse Magazine 2012 NCAA Preview issue, Feb. 2012, pages 104-106, "DIII Player Preview: GOALIES:
Union's Sean Aaron vs. Haverford's Joe Banno".
Other news stories links - college career
Two-time USILA All-American (3rd Team - 2011, Honorable Mention - 2012)
Only goalie picked for same All-Area All-Star Team as Rob Rotanz (Rochester Rattlers), Brent Adams & Jeff Ledwick (both Ohio Machine), John Cunningham (Hamilton Nationals)
(Connecticut Post - 2008)
OFF-SEASON: Ocean State Lax Classic 2011 Champions (beat #1-seed JJ Gilbane's (Boston Cannons) Cornell team Gilbane Insurance, score 8-5) ...
Played against D-I/MLL players since junior year high school: in '10: Rob Pannell; in '07: UMd, Crease Monkeys, beat Dunn Financial; in '06: Max Quinzani/TopGun. MEN's top Divisions: Placid ('07-'12); Vail Shootout ('07).
On same 2008 All-Conference 1st Team as CJ Costabile (L.I. Lizards), saved 6 of his 9 shots on goal in 3 games
('06-'07-'08 vs. New Fairfield HS: .563, .545 and .614 save pcts.)
FCA LAX National H.S. Team Alum (as are Barney Ehrmann, Tyler Fiorito, Tyler Granelli)
In 9 career NCAA games vs. Top-5 teams:
.574 save percentage, saw an average 27 shots on goal, averaged 15 saves/game
(2 NCAA tournament games vs. Salisbury, 2 games vs. Stevenson, Dickinson and Gettsyburg each, and 1 vs. Cabrini)
[Starting 2011 MLL goalies saw avg. 24 sog, had 13 saves/game … Union's gk had 3 total career games vs. Top-5,
and saw 320 fewer career Shots on Goal]
Best save percent (.650) of Top-20-team goalies in '11 (4th-best in division) and 7th-best GAA (7.24)
Started 63 of 64 games in 4 years playing the 6th, 4th, 13th and 7th strongest schedules in DIII:
41-22 record, .591 career save percent, 7.89 GAA, 706 saves, 132 GBs (tied for 20th all-time in program history),
10 CTs, 95% of team minutes.
Three-time All-Centennial
(1st Team - 2011, 2nd Team - 2010, 2012)
2012 Gregory Kannerstein '63 Award
(for outstanding athletic achievement and leadership that was a significant factor in a team's competitive success, and whose level of performance brought distinction not only to the individual and team but also the entire school's athletic program)
USILA 2012 Scholar All-America Team
Holds 4 Centennial Conference Single-Season Records: 2011 SAVE PCT (.650); 2010 SAVES (185); 2009 SAVES (195) and Freshman Leader in SAVE PCT ( .587)
Holds Haverford College program records for:
1) most career wins (41) ... 2) best career GAA (7.89) ... 3) most single-season wins (13).
Banno became the seventh keeper in Centennial Conference history to register 700 career saves (706), in the company of 3 past Goalies of the Year: just 18 saves shy of Pat Vaughan's record (Gettysburg '07), 14 shy of Andy Taibl's (WAC '98) and 118 more than Gordon Cohen's (WAC '09) career saves. His 7.89 career goals-against average is the best in Haverford history and is 9th best in Centennial history, ahead of Taibl's and just 0.078 behind Cohen's.
Of 38 players in 2012, almost 40% of the team, a total of 15, were injured—lost either for the year, permanently, for half the season, or a good number of games, including 1 All-Centennial Honorable Mention starting defenseman, 2 starting attack, both Face-Off Specialists, All-American Honorable Mention LSM and his backup, and 1 starting SSDM ... Based on the RPI SOS formula used by the NCAA, Haverford finished the 2012 season with the 12th strongest schedule in DIII out of 189 teams (Laxpower PR was even higher at #7, higher than all Top-20-ranked teams but #4 Stevenson, #5 Tufts and #19 Gettysburg).
Banno's best outing in 2012 was against then-#3 & NCAA Semi-Finalist Stevenson in the season-opener, stopping 17 shots for a .607 save percentage. In a night game at conference rival McDaniel—who scored 12, 9 and 5 goals vs. Gettysburg, Washington College and Lynchburg's All-American Franc Cook, respectively—Banno earned a .769 percentage with 10 saves, allowing only 3 goals.
As a junior, Banno was USILA All-America Third Team and All-Centennial First Team. His .650 save percentage was #1 among goalies on Top-20-ranked teams (3rd best in DIII) and he anchored D-III’s best man-down defense, stopping 70% of 30 man-down shots on goal and an overall penalty kill rate of 89.3%. He also became the #1 record-holder in Haverford history for career wins (36), career goals-against-average (7.75), career win percentage (72%).
As a sophomore, Banno earned InsideLacrosse/Nike National Player of the Week and his first All-Centennial selection, leading the Black Squirrels to their first-ever Centennial Conference Championship and, as the last Centennial team standing, to the NCAA Quarterfinals vs. eventual-finalist Salisbury, a game where the lead changed multiple times and in which Salisbury needed overtime to down the Squirrels.
As a freshman, Banno led the Black Squirrels to their first-ever undefeated regular season, their first-ever win against conference-power Washington College (outplaying their senior, soon-to-be Goalie of the Year) and reached the NCAA Second Round against eventual-Quarterfinalist Salisbury. He topped Haverford's record for single-season wins (13).
Five-time Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week …
Faced 33+ total shots 35 times … 1195 shots on goal, 2026 total shots faced …
71st Annual USILA/ LaxWorld North-South Classic Senior All-Stars Lacrosse Game, winning SOUTH team, 2012
CAREER BESTS:
Saves: 20 (at #5 Dickinson, Apr. 2, 2010) Goals allowed: 3 (vs. Dickinson, Hampden-Sydney and McDaniel)
Shots faced: 54 (vs. #3 Stevenson, Feb. 19, 2011) Ground balls: 7 (vs. #11 Cabrini, Feb. 27, 2010)
Shots on Goal faced: 32 (twice: vs. #5 Cabrini, Feb. 28, 2009; and vs. #2 Salisbury, May 9, 2009)
Caused turnovers: 1 (ten times; including Stevenson game Feb. 18, 2012; NCAA 2nd Round win May 15, 2010 vs. #7 Dickinson; May 19, 2010 Quarterfinal OT loss vs. #2 Salisbury)
2011 - Junior Year: Third-Team All-American honors … Stopped a season-high 19 shots three times … Haverford Team MVP … Anchored Division III’s best man-down defense … Two-time Centennial Defensive Player of the Week (2/28, 4/11) … Haverford's winningest career goalie (36 wins) and #1 record-holder in program history for career GAA (7.75) and career record (36-14 record, 72%)… 202 saves … 25 ground balls … Started all 15 games. … First-Team All-Centennial Conference
2010 - Sophomore Year:: Second-Team All-Centennial … InsideLacrosse.com/Nike National Player of the Week (5/4) for 14 and 15 saves (vs. #5 Dickinson, #2 Gettysburg) as Black Squirrels won first Centennial tournament … Single-game career high 20 saves … In Haverford record books: tied for most career wins (25), a school-best career GAA (7.97), and 2nd-best single-season GAA … Centennial Defensive Player of the Week (5/3) … Third on team with 48 ground balls … GAA of 7.65 ranked 25th-best in DIII … 185 saves … Started all 18 games.
2009 - Freshman Year: First-year goalie started all 17 games earning a 13-4 record, becoming winningest-single-season goalie in school history … 195 saves … Save percentage of .587 was 30th best in DIII … 42nd nationally with 8.32 GAA … Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week (3/30) … 33 ground balls and two caused turnovers.
Personal
Joe was a 3-year singer/soloist with the a cappella group "Looney Tunes", a tri-host of SquirrelCenter (a broadcast of the Squirrel Squad Network), and has worked multiple part-time jobs continuously since senior year of high school, including work-study on campus each year and coaching at Doc Dougherty's Goalie Clinic and Bill Pilat's Goalie School, to help pay his college expenses … Joe began playing goalie in sixth grade.
High School Banno earned 6 letters in lacrosse, football and basketball at Notre Dame-Fairfield (Conn.). As a 4-year lacrosse starter, recognitions included Academic All-American, First Team All-Conference, MVP of the Conn. HS All-Stars, All-Area as well as team MVP and captain his senior year … Finished HS career with 50 of 53 games started, .695 save percentage, 8.89 GAA and 1,049 saves (a school record), including 338 as a senior … Club lacrosse challenged him the most, however, playing for IAS Lacrosse men's teams—not high school teams—in the toughest divisions at Lake Placid ( .786 save percentage against Crease Monkeys) and VAIL Shootout (beat Dunn Financial 15-11). Banno also started in goal for FCA LAX's 2007 National HS Team Outback as the 3rd-best of four co-starting goalies after Tyler Fiorito and Steve Rastivo, beating out 54 goalies nationwide: against Ontario Edge and Champ Camp winner Dukes LC, Banno posted .622 and .750 save percentages respectively. And after his TOP 205 play, then-Towson Coach Tony Seaman wrote Banno saying, "You turned more than a few heads at TOP 205. Well done." In 2006, as a junior, Banno stopped some Max Quinzani shots & had a .563 against MLL/NCAA opponents in the Matty Demaine Invitational, helping ’05 Lake Placid champion men’s team IAS Select Warriors reach the semifinals (losing by 1 in last 7 seconds to eventual tourney champ Team TopGun) … A National Honor Society member, Banno graduated ranked 6th in his high school class.
SOURCES:
USILA All American 2011 Teams
First time Haverford received four All-America Honors, 2011
Haverford: Best Man-Down Defense in DIII, 2011
NCAA Men's Lacrosse Statistics, 2011
Strength of Schedule
Top 20 Ranked Teams, 2011
InsideLacrosse.com/Nike National Player of the Week
Centennial Conference Awards
Ocean State Lax Classic 2011 Champions - TEAM BUDDHA/Sohei
Haverford College Men's Lacrosse Career Histories, Records
MLL Goalie Leaders
IAS Lacrosse Club
IAS Coaches' Eye at Lake Placid 2007
IAS Team Breakaway at Vail 2007
FCA LAX 2007
Matty Demaine Invitational Tournament
IAS Select Warriors, Lake Placid 2005 Men's Champions
SquirrelCenter
