TRAFFORD, Pa. (pacathletics.org) - Three Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) basketball players were named to their respective All-Region teams, including Allegheny College senior Emily Lauer (Knox, Pa./Keystone) and Washington & Jefferson College senior Meghan Dryburgh (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) being recognized by D3hoops.com on the women's side and Chatham University junior Diaun Pinkett (McKees Rocks, Pa./Montour) earning the honor from D3hoops and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). 

Lauer, who was voted Second Team All-Region 7, is just the fifth member of the Allegheny women's basketball team to be named to a D3hoops.com All-Region Team and the first since the 2011-12 season. She adds this postseason honor after previously being named the PAC Player of the Year and earning a spot on the conference's First Team. The 5'7" guard was also named the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship MVP after helping the Gators capture the 2025 ECAC Championship.

For the season, Lauer ranked third in the PAC by averaging 16.9 points per game while also posting 5.3 rebounds a game and tallying 65 assists and 36 steals. She will graduate as the second leading scorer in program history, accumulating 1,752 points in her four-year career. Lauer scored 20 or more points nine times, highlighted by a season-high 30 points at Pitt-Bradford Dec. 17th.

Dryburgh's Third Team All-Region honor marks her third consecutive year she has been recognized by D3hoops.com. Now a four-time All-PAC honoree, the 5'11" guard/forward earned her third straight First Team award this season. She ranked first in the conference in rebounding (12.3), fourth in assists (3.3) and blocked shots (1.3) and eighth in total steals (53) while also scoring 9.2 points per game..

In Dryburgh's final year, she helped the Presidents win the PAC title and then earn their first NCAA Tournament victory in program history with a 76-72 overtime triumph over Messiah University, a game Dryburgh finished with 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists. One of only two players in program history to record both 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in her career, Dryburgh's final numbers included 1,167 points (13th in program history), 1,198 rebounds (first), 362 assists (sixth), 224 steals and 128 blocks (third).

Pinkett secured a pair of postseason awards, earning First Team All-District 7 from the NABC and Second Team All-Region 7 by D3hoops.com. This is the first time a PAC player has been named NABC First Team since Geneva College's Lyle Tipton in 2022. There were many firsts for Pinkett with his collection of honors, as he is the first player in Chatham history to earn all-region, just as he was the first Chatham player to be named PAC Player of the Year. The 6'1" guard averaged 17.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.1 steals and 2.9 assists per game in 28 contests. He broke the team's single-season points record with 482 on the year, as well as setting a new single-season record with 88 steals, which tied for third in the country.

The remarkable season by Pinkett fueled Chatham's run to its third PAC title in seven years and a program standard for single-season wins with a final record of  23-5. Pinkett was named the PAC Tournament's Most Outstanding Player after posting a 21-point, 10-rebound double-double in the semifinal and another 21 points in the Title game win over W&J.

Story contributions from Allegheny, W&J, Chatham Sports Information