ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference office announced on Wednesday afternoon that Penn State’s Dani Latronica, Ava Cash and Ava Piedrahita earned All-Big Ten recognition for their performances throughout the 2026 campaign. Latronica was named to First Team All-Big Ten while Cash and Piedrahita were selected to Second Team All-Big Ten. Cash was additionally named to the Big Ten All-Freshman squad.
Junior Marisa Fisher was selected as Penn State’s Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics Sportsmanship Honoree.
Latronica collects her first All-Conference nod of her young career. The spectacular sophomore had a pair of NQS marks inside the top-10 for the Big Ten with the seventh-highest mark on bars (9.895) and fourth-best on beam (9.910). On the beam apparatus, Latronica’s NQS is top-20 in the nation. During the season, she tallied six consecutive performances of 9.900 or higher on beam and has not scored below a 9.825 on the event during the campaign.
Piedrahita earns her third All-Big Ten honor of her career after being selected to First Team All-Big Ten during her sophomore campaign and Second Team All-Big Ten as a freshman. Her 9.875 NQS on vault ranks as the seventh-best in the conference and the 9.875 NQS on bars is top-20 in the Big Ten. Most recently, during the UNC Tri-Meet, she secured a new career-high on bars with a 9.950 while also posting a 9.900 on vault during the same meet.
Cash grabs her first and second All-Conference accolades by being selected to Second Team All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Freshman Team. The freshman has been outstanding for the Nittany Lions this season with the seventh-highest NQS on bars (9.895) in the conference this season while also recording a top-30 NQS on vault (9.835). Cash has produced five performances of 9.900 or greater on uneven bars with the best routine of her career coming at the UNC Tri-Meet when she posted a 9.925 on the apparatus.
Up Next
The Nittany Lions will travel to Illinois for this year’s Big Ten Championship on Saturday, March 21. Penn State will compete in Session II at 1 p.m. ET and the meet will air live on Big Ten Network.