Valpo women’s basketball senior Leah Earnest (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) was recognized Wednesday evening as a Second Team All-Missouri Valley Conference honoree at the 2024 MVC Women’s Basketball Awards Banquet.

Earnest picks up the accolade after ranking among the conference’s top players all season long. She closed out the regular season ranked fifth in the Valley in scoring (16.2 points/game) and 10^th in rebounding (7.1 rebounds/game), and also paced the Beacons in assists, putting her on pace to become the first Valpo player since Debbie Bolen in 1991-92 to lead the team in all three categories.

Earnest scored in double figures in 27 of 29 regular season games, leading the Beacons on 18 occasions. She surpassed the 20-point mark eight times, highlighted by a career-best 32 points at Illinois State. Earnest led the team in rebounding 24 times, posting six double-doubles, and led the way in assists on 13 occasions as well.

Earnest surpassed a pair of career milestones in late February, moving past 1,000 career points and 600 career rebounds. She enters the MVC Tournament ranked 12^th in program history in rebounding and 17^th in scoring.