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Hall of Fame

Jessie Banks

  • Induction
    2012
  • Sport(s)
    Lifetime Achievement
Banks played for the All-American Red Heads Basketball Team for five years following high school before coming to Central, where she was a multi-sport standout from 1959-62.

Jessie coached the girls basketball team at McGuinness High School in Oklahoma City for two years while still attending UCO and had two other coaching positions before beginning a 30-year teacher and coaching career at what is now Colorado State-Pueblo in 1966.

Banks coached teams in basketball, volleyball, softball and track and field while at CSU-Pueblo and held many leadership roles in both the AIAW and NAIA during her distinguished career.  She is a member of four hall of fames in Colorado.
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