Shauna Banks Coleman, a First-Team NAIA All-American in each of her four seasons, ranks as possibly the most accomplished women’s swimmer in the history of the Whitman program.
In her four trips to the NAIA championships, Banks stroked her way to first-team recognition in six individual events and three relays. She also claimed honorable mention honors in three individual events and as part of 14 relays.
Winner of the 1997 Mignon Borleske Trophy (athletic accomplishments, leadership, sportsmanship), Banks enjoyed her best season as a junior, when she won Northwest Conference titles in the 500-yard and 1650-yard freestyle races.
At the NAIA championships that season, she placed fifth in the 500-yard event and seventh in both the 1,650-yard freestyle and 400-yard individual medley.
She set Whitman school records in four individual events during the national championships.
As a senior, Banks placed sixth at nationals in the 1,650-yard freestyle, and added a ninth-place showing in the consolation finals of the 400-yard individual medley (her time would have placed her fifth had she been swimming in the championship finals).
Banks still holds school records in the 400-yard individual medley and the two distance freestyle races. She was a team MVP and captain in each of her four seasons.
