NEW HAVEN, Conn. (September 15, 2026) – Recent Holy Family University graduate Taylor Hinkle has been selected as the Division 2 Conference Commissioners Association 2025-26 East Region Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the D2 CCA recently announced. Hinkle had been chosen as the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year in June.
Hinkle, a senior on the 2025-26 Holy Family women’s basketball team, was selected by a vote of conference commissioners. She advanced to the national ballot for consideration for the 2025-26 D2 CCA Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Hinkle, a guard/forward from Chalfont, Pa., helped lead Holy Family to its first NCAA Division II East Regional championship. She averaged 14.1 points and a CACC-best 12.2 rebounds per game while shooting 44.9 percent from the floor and 76.5 percent at the foul line. Her rebound average was the third-highest total nationally in Division II and her 21 double-doubles were fourth. The Tigers became the first CACC women’s basketball team to play in the NCAA D-II Elite Eight.
The CACC Women’s Basketball Player of the Year, Hinkle went on to earn Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-America honors and be voted onto the D2 CCA All-America Third Team. With a 3.91 GPA in healthcare administration and management, she was selected onto the CSC Academic All-America® Second Team and was chosen the Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Women’s Basketball Performer of the Year.
A 2024-25 Honorable Mention WBCA All-American, Hinkle is a three-time First-Team All-CACC and three-time all-region honoree. She was the Most Valuable Player of the 2025 CACC Tournament, and is a three-time all-tournament selection. She has been named to three CSC Academic All-District Teams and has won two CACC Student-Athlete of the Month Awards. Hinkle is a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Student-Athlete Honor Society.
The last CACC Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year to move on to win the regional honor was Sam Yencha of Thomas Jefferson University in 2023-24, also a basketball student-athlete.
Founded in 1961, the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference has been affiliated with NCAA Division II for 21 years. Conference institutions compete for championships in 18 sports – seven for men, 10 for women, and one co-ed. The CACC contains 11 full members in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Membership includes the University of Bridgeport, Caldwell University, Chestnut Hill College, Dominican University New York, Felician University, Georgian Court University, Goldey-Beacom College, Holy Family University, Post University, Thomas Jefferson University, and Wilmington University.