LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The United East Conference placed three softball programs on the 2025-26 Easton/NFCA Team GPA list, while 51 student-athletes earned Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors.

Lancaster Bible College led the conference’s team recognition, finishing 10th among NCAA Division III programs with a 3.730 team grade-point average. Penn State Abington and Penn State Brandywine received honorable mention after recording team GPAs of 3.580 and 3.530, respectively.

Five United East institutions were represented on the All-America Scholar-Athlete list. Penn State Brandywine led the conference with 14 honorees, followed by Penn State Abington with 13 and Lancaster Bible with 10. Gallaudet University and Penn College each placed seven student-athletes on the list.

To qualify as an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete, a student-athlete must achieve a GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale during the academic year. Team GPAs and Scholar-Athlete nominations are submitted by NFCA member head coaches.

A complete list of the United East honorees is included below.

Easton/NFCA Team GPA Honors
Lancaster Bible College — 3.730, 10th
Penn State Abington — 3.580, Honorable Mention
Penn State Brandywine — 3.530, Honorable Mention

Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes
Gallaudet University
Seanna Baird
Kinsley Bond
Victoria Cushshon
Lacey Drolsbaugh
Mattea King
Leokadia Saunders
Sophia Wascher

Lancaster Bible College
Maddison Atkins
Carleigh Cleland
Grace Goodman
Amelia Huey
Kendall Jackman
KariAnn Mecke
Keira Price
Brigietta Rendon
Ila Rowatti
Ava Stern

Penn College
Astyn Calaman
Payton Crawford
Arista Fine
Carissa Lusk
Sofia Mileto
Samantha Shaw
Melanie Wilson

Penn State Abington
Rylee Albany
Isabella Antosiewicz
Paula Casale
Celeste Chang
Iris Chapman
Victoria Colagreco
Jessica Dinardo
Emily Foxhill
Marlena Hacker
Addison Krall
Candice Peck
Sydney Schrager
Lainey Scotese

Penn State Brandywine
Olivia Bowers
Lexi Bussenger
Valentina Capra
Marissa Contino
Madie Culbertson
Shelby DeCillis
Jordan DuBois
Kylie Ferris
Madison Gonzalez
Isabella Hurta
April Lewandowski
Emma McElroy
Kaylee Mushinski
Quinn Rosario

The complete results are available through the NFCA announcement, Division III Team GPA list and Division III Scholar-Athlete list.
 

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