Softball
A star on the diamond and the hardwood, Anna Bandick was an all-conference outfielder and a 1,000-point scorer for the Knights. She played second base for the 1987 softball team that went 17-9 and broke the school record for victories in a season. In a sign of things to come, Bandick led that squad in stolen bases. She shifted to the outfield as a sophomore and spent her final three seasons roaming the grass. She earned All-MIAC honorable mention in 1989 while helping the Knights go 17-8, matching the team wins record and giving that squad the highest winning percentage (.680) in program history—a mark that still stands 30 years later. The following spring, Bandick swiped 16 bases—second highest in program history at the time—and earned a spot on the All-MIAC squad. She established what was then the school record with 40 career stolen bases. During her four seasons on the basketball team, Bandick totaled 1,003 points—becoming the second member of the 1,000-point club at the time—and set new school records with 372 career assists and 216 career steals. Three decades later, she is still second in team annals for career assists while ranking third in steals. She stepped right into the lineup as a rookie and averaged 11.9 points, totaled 100 assists, and broke the program’s single-season mark with 71 steals, a figure that currently ranks third in team history. Bandick continued to provide an all-around impact during her sophomore and junior years, averaging 12.0 and 9.9 points respectively. She registered 136 assists as a senior, establishing a single-season team record that still stands three decades later. Bandick set the program standard with 9 steals in a game at Gustavus Adolphus on Jan. 8, 1990. She totaled 415 career rebounds and was the first player in program history with at least 800 career points, 300 assists, and 200 rebounds. With Bandick running the point, Carleton posted the two highest win totals over the program’s first 24 seasons, including the Knights’ first winning season in 1989-90.
Bandick majored in geology at Carleton and earned her master’s in soil science from Oregon State University. She resides in Portland, Ore. and worked more than 20 years in the water treatment industry, most recently as Senior Product Application Engineer at Suez Water Technologies and Solutions.