Senior center Jasmine Harper was named First-Team All-PSAC Western Division and Head Coach Mike Drahos' Lady Cat basketball team was picked to finish seventh in the West in the 2015-16 Preseason Coaches Poll released on Thursday... (Full PSAC Release) ... (PSAC women's Basketball Media Guide)

The defending NCAA Division II Women's Basketball National Champions and PSAC Champions from California have been picked to win the PSAC West, while the team the Vulcans defeated the PSAC Championship Game, West Chester, is the favorite in the East.

Harper, a Second-Team All-PSAC choice in 2014-15, was a Preseason First-Team selection this year.  Along with Harper, Aignee' Freeland (Edinboro), Miki Glenn (California), Tania Holmes (Clarion), Natalie Piaggesi (Mercyhurst), and Leslie Stapleton (IUP) were also on the Preseason First-Team.

Harper led Pitt-Johnstown in both scoring (16.5 ppg.) and rebounding (9.0 rpg.) in 2014-15 and finished 45th in the nation in field goal percentage at 50.6%.

PSAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL EAST PRESEASON POLL
1.     West Chester
2.     Shippensburg
3.     Bloomsburg
4.     Millersville
5.     Lock Haven
6.     Kutztown
7.     East Stroudsburg
8.     Mansfield
9.     Cheyney

PSAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL EAST PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Dallas Ely (West Chester)
Morgan Griffith (Shippensburg)
Kyra Hines-Allen (Cheyney)
Stephanie Knauer (Shippensburg)
Adreana Sadowski (Bloomsburg)
Brittany Sicinski (West Chester)

PSAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WEST PRESEASON POLL
1.    California
T-2. Edinboro
T-2. Gannon
4.   IUP
5.   Slippery Rock
6.   Seton Hill
7.   Pitt-Johnstown
8.   Mercyhurst
9.   Clarion
 
PSAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WEST PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Aignee' Freeland (Edinboro)
Miki Glenn (California)
Jasmine Harper (Pitt-Johnstown)
Tania Holmes (Clarion)
Natalie Piaggesi (Mercyhurst)
Leslie Stapleton (IUP)