Catalon, Valenzuela, Bishop Net All-Met Honors
4/21/2026 9:30:00 AM | Women's Basketball
NEW YORK – Seton Hall junior Savannah Catalon (Mansfield, Texas) was named to the All-Met First Team, while graduate student Mariana Valenzuela (Mazatlan, Mexico) earned All-Met Second Team honors as selected by the Met Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) on Tuesday. Additionally, freshman Zahara Bishop (Minneapolis, Minn.) was named All-Met Division I Rookie of the Year.
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A unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST selection, Catalon had a massive junior year for Seton Hall, both offensively and defensively. The guard set new single-season career highs in nearly every statistical category including points, rebounds, assists, steals and shooting percentage. Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll five times, the captain started every game and ranked in the conference's top-10 in points, steals and leads the BIG EAST in free-throw percentage. Catalon needs just 27 points to become the 26th player in Seton Hall history to reach 1,000 for her career. She was also named to the conference's first-ever All-Defensive Team.
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A unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST selection, Valenzuela proved to be a marquee addition to Seton Hall this year, choosing South Orange as the location for her final collegiate season. After never starting a game in 80 prior games at Florida State, she started all 32 contests last season and averaged 12.3 points with a team-best 7.2 rebounds per game. Valenzuela was twice named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll and earned BIG EAST Player of the Week on Dec. 29. She collected her first four career double-doubles last season and led the Pirates in rebounding 18 times.
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Bishop gives Seton Hall a member of the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team for a third straight season and its second straight All-Met Rookie of the Year. The Minneapolis native averaged 8.4 points and 3.3 rebounds and played in all 32 games for Seton Hall, making 18 starts. She was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week three times and erupted for a career-high 21 points at DePaul on Jan. 17.
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The 93rd MBWA All-Met Haggerty Awards dinner is scheduled for Thursday evening, April 23, at the Sleepy Hollow Hotel & Conference Center in Tarrytown, NY. Â The Haggerty Dinner is the longest running, media-managed college basketball awards program in the United States.
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A unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST selection, Catalon had a massive junior year for Seton Hall, both offensively and defensively. The guard set new single-season career highs in nearly every statistical category including points, rebounds, assists, steals and shooting percentage. Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll five times, the captain started every game and ranked in the conference's top-10 in points, steals and leads the BIG EAST in free-throw percentage. Catalon needs just 27 points to become the 26th player in Seton Hall history to reach 1,000 for her career. She was also named to the conference's first-ever All-Defensive Team.
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A unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST selection, Valenzuela proved to be a marquee addition to Seton Hall this year, choosing South Orange as the location for her final collegiate season. After never starting a game in 80 prior games at Florida State, she started all 32 contests last season and averaged 12.3 points with a team-best 7.2 rebounds per game. Valenzuela was twice named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll and earned BIG EAST Player of the Week on Dec. 29. She collected her first four career double-doubles last season and led the Pirates in rebounding 18 times.
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Bishop gives Seton Hall a member of the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team for a third straight season and its second straight All-Met Rookie of the Year. The Minneapolis native averaged 8.4 points and 3.3 rebounds and played in all 32 games for Seton Hall, making 18 starts. She was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week three times and erupted for a career-high 21 points at DePaul on Jan. 17.
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The 93rd MBWA All-Met Haggerty Awards dinner is scheduled for Thursday evening, April 23, at the Sleepy Hollow Hotel & Conference Center in Tarrytown, NY. Â The Haggerty Dinner is the longest running, media-managed college basketball awards program in the United States.
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