Whitney King and Abby Platt Receive All-Patriot League Nods

Lewisburg, Pa. - Bucknell women's tennis senior Whitney King and junior Abby Platt were named to 2025 Patriot League All-League teams on Friday afternoon. King earned a spot on the All-Patriot League First Team and Platt earned a spot on the All-Patriot League Second Team.

This is the first time since 2021 that the Bison have had two representatives on the All-League teams.

Whitney King earned her third First Team All-Patriot League honor in a row as she saw a spot on the squad both in 2023 and 2024 as the lone Bucknell representative. She is the fourth Bucknell women's tennis player to make the All-Patriot League First Team three times in her career.

This season, King posted an overall 15-7 record in singles play and went 3-3 in singles in the Patriot League. In doubles play, King and Platt went 18-8 overall and 4-3 in the Patriot League. King also moved herself up in Bucknell's record books as she ended her Bison career 4th all-time in doubles wins with 79, 9th all-time in singles wins with 62 and 7th all-time in combined wins with 141.

Alongside going 18-8 overall and 4-3 in doubles play with King, Platt went 10-15 overall in singles and 4-3 in Patriot League singles this season. Platt also climbed her way up the Bucknell record books, ending the season tied for 27th all-time in singles wins with 45, 11th in doubles wins with 60 and 14th in combined wins with 105.

Navy took two major awards winning Player of the Year and Doubles Team of the Year and Boston University took Rookie of the Year. This year's Coach of the Year went to Paul Peck from Army West Point. BU placed the most players on the first team having two while Colgate, Lehigh, Navy and Bucknell each had one. The second team consisted primarily of Army players as they made up four of the seven spots. BU, Lafayette and Bucknell each had one player on the second team to round it out.

2025 Patriot League Women's Tennis Major Award Winners

Player of the Year – Emily Tannenbaum, Navy

Doubles Team of the Year – Emily Tannenbaum/Olivia Fermo, Navy

Rookie of the Year – Gabby Mikaul, Boston University

Coach of the Year – Paul Peck, Army West Point

First Team All-League

Uma Bakaityte, Boston University

Gabby Mikaul, Boston University

Whitney King, Bucknell

Amelia Galin, Colgate

Maggie Forkner, Lehigh

Emily Tannenbaum, Navy