LATHAM, N.Y. – Penn College women's basketball earned three selections to the United East All-Conference Teams, announced on Wednesday. The Wildcats' record-setting season reached another milestone with three selections. Sophomores Gigi Parlante (Williamsport, Pa.) earned First Team honors, Breana Valentine (Fairfield, Pa.) was selected for the Second Team and Kayla Herzer (Brick, N.J.) rounded out the Third Team.

Parlante earned her second First Team All-Conference selection after leading the Wildcats in scoring (434) and rebounds (238) this season. Parlante started in 25 of 26 games and nearly averaged a double-double every time she stepped on the floor with 16.7 points per game and 9.2 rebounds per game. She finished the season ranked fifth in conference scoring and seventh in rebounds while leading the league with a 52.7% shooting percentage. Parlante also finished fourth in blocks (31), 12^th in assists (70) and 15^th in steals (31) during her sophomore campaign.

Valentine earned a second team selection after her first season in a Wildcat uniform where she scored 313 points and 103 rebounds in 26 games. Valentine finished the season 15^th in the league averaging 12 points per game and led the conference with a 82.8% free throw percentage (72-87). She also finished with the conference's third-best mark of 4.5 assists per game and a 1.3 assist-to-turnover ratio and fifth in total steals (70).

Herzer was selected to the third team as the Wildcats' sixth-woman appeared in 500 minutes across all 27 games. She tallied 196 points and grabbed 169 rebounds while adding 48 assists, 51 steals and six blocks on the season. Herzer produced four double-double performances against conference opponents to pick up her first all-conference nod.  
 
2026 United East Women's Basketball Major Award Winners & All-Conference Teams
Player of the Year - Olivia Liszt (St. Mary's College of Maryland)
Defensive Player of the Year - Samora Merchant (Cedar Crest College)
Rookie of the Year - Natalie Greene (Gallaudet University)
Coach of the Year - LaTanya Collins (St. Mary's College of Maryland)
 
 FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE

Player	Institution
Olivia Liszt	St. Mary's College of Maryland
Samora Merchant	Cedar Crest College
Gigi Parlante	Penn College
Amirah Hackney	Penn State Abington
Amani Watts	Notre Dame of Maryland University
Ella Bincarosky	Cedar Crest College
Mikayla Coleman***	Penn State Harrisburg
Keira Mason***	St. Mary's College of Maryland

 
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE

Player	Institution
Amina Reid	Penn State Abington
Tramarie Mobry	St. Mary's College of Maryland
Leah Laubach	Wilson College
Natalie Greene	Gallaudet University
Breana Valentine	Penn College
Nia Newman	Penn State Abington
Emily Wilson***	Lancaster Bible College
Lauren Moffatt***	Penn State Harrisburg

 
THIRD TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE

Player	Institution
Rachel Nolt	Lancaster Bible College
Marecia Barnett	Notre Dame of Maryland University
Jewels Torres	Wilson College
Kayla DeBrow	Gallaudet University
Raven Hunter	Lancaster Bible College
Kayla Herzer	Penn College
Saffiyah Gibson***	St. Mary's College of Maryland
Analyse Rios***	Cedar Crest College