Athletic Honors
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week honors on Sept. 2, 2019
Academic Awards
2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District
Fall 2019 President's List
Spring 2019 President's List
2019
Played in all 105 of Georgia State's sets in 27 matches...Led the team with 482 digs and 4.59 digs per set (fourth in the Sun Belt)...Added 98 assists (third most on the team) and 25 service aces...Recorded double-digit digs in all but one of Georgia State's matches...Finished with at least 20 digs in nine matches, including a career high 29 in the win over Fordham on August 31...Earned Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week honors on September 2 after her career performance...Tied a career high eight assists on the September 6 victory over Providence...Recorded a career high five aces against Georgia Southern on November 12.
2018
Played in 88 of Georgia State’s 95 sets and saw action in all 26 matches… Led the team with 350 digs and 3.98 digs per set (sixth in the Sun Belt)… Added 58 assists (third most on the team) and 10 service aces… Bandera recorded 260 digs and 4.33 digs per set in Sun Belt matches, placing first among all conference freshmen in both categories… Recorded double-digit digs in 18 of the Panther’s 26 matches… Finished with at least 20 digs in six matches, including a season high 27 twice (October 19, October 27)… Posted at least 15 digs in each of the final ten matches of the season… Recorded five or more assists three times, including a season high eight in an August 25 win at Mississippi State.
Prep
Four USAV Jr. Nationals Gold Champions (3 High Performance, and 1 at U13 USAV Jr Tournament)... Four year letter winner at Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School in Southwest Ranches, Florida...Was named the Broward County Player of the Year 2018 by the Sun-Sentinel... Named Player of the Year by the Miami Herald in 2018... Selected 1st Team Florida High School 2018... Named the USAV National High Performance All-Tournament Team in 2016, and 2 Times All American at AAUs Open Division... Played for Boomers Volleyball Academy... Named to the National Honors Society... The Spanish Honor Society... Named to the honor roll all four years of high school.
Personal
Born January 27, 2000... Resident of Pembroke Pines, Florida... Daughter of Alberto Bandera and Monica Chiquillo... Youngest sibling to Joshua, Melissa, and Jessica... Intends to major in Psychology and hopes to attend medical school and pursue a career in surgery... Loves her black Labrador "Kuroi", and enjoys Kite Surfing and traveling.
