Four from Kutztown University Softball Earn 2026 All-PSAC East

Four members of the Kutztown University softball team were voted to the 2026 All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Team.

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's leader in hits, Emily Henn (Matamoras, Pa./Delaware Valley), brought home the 2026 PSAC East Athlete of the Year for Kutztown, head coach Judy Lawes earned the Coach of the Year and Haley Gravish (Hamburg, Pa./Hamburg), Morgan Slomkowski (Toms River, N.J./Toms River East) and Alexa Stevens (Jefferson Township, Pa./North Pocono) were voted to the All-PSAC East Second Team.

Henn is the Golden Bears' first Athlete of the Year since Sara Keeny in 2019. Lawes garners her 10th Coach of the Year and first since 2022.

A junior from Matamoras, Pa., Henn is now a three-time All-PSAC selection, with back-to-back First Team nods and a Second Team her freshman season. She leads the PSAC in hits with 81 and is second in runs scored (55) and triples (6), starting all 52 games in center field. Her .422 batting average ranks fourth in the conference and leads the East Division, while also being tied for third in doubles (16). Henn is also a force on the base paths, as her 17 steals is the seventh most in the PSAC.

Lawes, who was recently inducted into the NFCA Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class, won her 1,200th career game in April, and is just seven victories shy of surpassing Jan Hutchinson's PSAC career win total of 1,215. She is in her 39th season in charge of the KU program, the longest tenured head coach at KU. Lawes holds a record of 1,209-682-2, ranking second among active Division II head coaches and is eighth overall. She was also named the PSAC Coach of the Year in 1989, 1994, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2017 and 2021, along with the last one in 2022.

Gravish, a graduate student from Hamburg, is now a three-time All-PSAC East Second Teamer, also garnering the honor in 2023 and 2025. She currently ranks second in the conference in wins (22) and is fourth in ERA (2.35), throwing 166.2 innings, third-most in the PSAC. Gravish has recorded 94 career victories to date, six shy from the program record for wins in a career. She also ranks second at KU in career strikeouts (530), complete games (80) and innings pitched (793). Gravish has made 35 appearances inside the circle this season, making 22 starts, throwing three shutouts and 15 complete games.

A senior from Toms River, N.J., Slomkowski was voted to the PSAC East Second Team for the second straight season. Slomkowski is hitting .301 in 146 at-bats and ranks sixth in the PSAC in home runs (11) and eighth in RBI (42). She has started all 52 games at third base and has totaled 44 hits and 29 runs scored with a .603 slugging percentage. Slomkowski is also tied for the program lead in career hit by pitches with 59 and her 30 HRs are tied for seventh.

Stevens, a senior from Jefferson Township, Pa., is now a back-to-back All-PSAC East Second Team selection. She has started 51-of-52 games this season, all but one at second base. Stevens is hitting .302 with 49 hits, 40 runs scored and 38 RBIs with nine doubles, three triples and nine home runs. Her 30 career HRs are tied for seventh all-time in program history and her 143 RBIs are fifth-most. Stevens has also stolen 34 career bases, including nine this season so far.

Kutztown finished the regular season 34-18 overall and 23-9 in the conference, earning the No. 1 seed from the East in this week's PSAC Tournament. KU will play the winner of California (Pa.) and West Chester this Wednesday, May 6, at 7 p.m., from Grand Slam Park in Binghampton, N.Y.