2026 Men's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 2
Eli Bannister
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- Defender
- Hometown:
- Fayetteville, Ga.
- High School:
- Sandy Creek HS
2025 All-SoCon First Team
2025 SoCon All-Freshman Team
SoCon Offensive Player of the Week (10/21/25)
AS A FRESHMAN (2025)
- Named to the All-SoCon First Team and the SoCon All-Freshman Team
- Played in and started 16 matches
- Logged 82 minutes and led the Bears to a clean sheet in his collegiate debut against Oglethorpe
- Scored the first goal of his collegiate career against Air Force
- Notched the first assist of his collegiate career against Denver
- Named the SoCon Offensive Player of the Week after assisting a goal against Wofford, assisting another and scoring the game-winning goal against ETSU
- Completed all 90 minutes eight separate times
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
- Played at Sandy Creek HS for his senior season
- Played at Whitewater HS his junior season
- Scored 29 goals and recorded 8 assists en route to earning All-Star, All-Region and All-County honors his junior season
- Played for Concorde Fire FC under Ken Kurlio
PERSONAL
- Son of Luana and Robert Bannister
- Has an older brother, Nigel
- Graduated from Sandy Creek HS
- Claims to have no phobias because "I'm a grown man"
- Enjoys the Fast and Furious and the Harry Potter movies
- Favorite food is TURKEY!!
- Lists his family members as his heroes
- Majoring in Marketing and Accounting
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