CALDWELL, N.J. – Mercy University Women's Basketball junior Grace Lesko (Northampton, Pa./Northampton) has been named Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) First Team All-East Region for 2025-26, as announced today by the organization.

Lesko becomes the first Maverick in program history to receive All-Region honors from the D2CCA. The ECC Player of the Year and First Team All-ECC selection has helped lead Mercy to a 22-7 record and their second NCAA Tournament appearance in three years. The forward was named to the ECC Championship All-Tournament Team. The five-time ECC Player of the Week started all 29 games and averaged a team-high 18.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game on 44.8 percent shooting. The junior ranked second in the ECC in points per game, 11th in rebounds per game and seventh in assists per game. Lesko scored in double figures in all but one game this season and had six double-doubles. She had a career-high-tying 30 points against Bentley (Nov. 15) and St. Thomas Aquinas (Jan. 31, Feb. 28). Lesko had 11 games with 20 or more points and was named ECC Defensive Player of the Week once. The junior also shot 83.6 percent from the foul line, making an ECC-high 133 free throws on the year.

Head Coach Scott Lagas and the Mavericks resume action on Friday, March 13th when they face Bentley in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament at Southern Connecticut State at 2:30 p.m.