Four Athletes Earn All-Ivy Recognition

By: Callie Cyr

PRINCETON, N.J. – Four members of the Dartmouth softball team have been recognized as All-Ivy Athletes the Ivy League announced on Wednesday. Alaana Panu was a unanimous selection to the First Team. Jenna Brown was placed on the second team while Jensin Hall and Faby Serna were named Honorable Mentions. Brown was also named the team’s Academic All-Ivy honoree.  
 
Panu was dominant in her final season with the Big Green, playing in and starting all 38 games. She led the team in multiple categories throughout the season including batting average (.362), slugging percentage (.630), hit by pitch (12), runs scored (40), hits (46), stolen bases (27), runs batted in (37), at bats (127), home runs (6), and total bases (80). She also led the Ivy League in runs scored and stolen bases. In addition, her 27 stolen bases broke the single season record and also put her first in career stolen bases with 49. In the field, she was perfect, ending the season with a 1.000 fielding percentage. This marks the fifth straight year the Big Green have had a unanimous first team selection.
 
After missing the majority of last season with an injury, Brown came back stronger in her senior season with Dartmouth to earn her second team recognition. She played in 35 games for the Big Green while starting 33 of them. She finished second on the team in batting average with .321 and tied for second in runs scored with 23. She had a total of 26 total hits this past season and ended the season with a nearly perfect .939 fielding percentage. In the classroom, Brown is a government major and holds a 3.88 GPA.
 
In her sophomore season, Hall appeared in 27 games with 17 starts while pitching 12 complete games. She punched out a total of 106 batters over 130 total innings. The 106 strikeouts ranked tied for second in the Ivy League while the 130 innings pitched also placed her second in the league. She led the team in wins with 10 along, lead the team in ERA at 3.12 and lead the team in opposing batting average with .216. Hall was perfect in the field with a 1.000 fielding percentage and on top of her 106 strikeouts, added 14 assists. Her season was highlighted by a no-hitter at Yale, her second of her career. Also against Yale, she struck out a season high 11 in the first game of the series. Hall was named the Ivy League Pitcher of the Week twice along the course of the 2025 season. 
 
Serna missed the entirety of her first season at Dartmouth due to injury and had an explosive year in her sophomore season. At the plate, she recorded the longest hitting streak on the team at 12 games and also the longest reached base streak at 25 games. She ranked second on the team in total hits with 38, second on the team in runs batted in with 26 and second in total bases with 58. She knocked four home runs throughout the season including two grand slams. In the field, she was second on the team in fielding double plays, assisting in five of them. Serna ended the season with a .983 fielding percentage. She was named Ivy League Player of the Week once this season. 
 
The Big Green ended the season 17-21 overall and 10-11 in conference. The Ivy League slate was highlighted by sweeps of Brown and Penn.