Forester Duo Raby and Kelham Highlight Crossroads League Preseason Honors

HUNTINGTON, Ind. – Juniors Liv Raby and Bailey Kelham were two of ten players to be named to the 2025-26 Crossroads League Women's Basketball Preseason First Team, as announced by the league office earlier today.

Raby, a 6-1 forward from Loveland, Ohio, returns as Huntington's top scorer and rebounder from a year ago. The versatile junior averaged 14.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game last winter.

Joining her on the preseason list is Bailey Kelham, a 5-9 guard from Laotto, Ind., who continues to make her mark in Forester history. The sharp-shooting Kelham averaged 14.1 points per outing last season and set the program's single-season record for made three-pointers with 99.

As a team, the Foresters were picked to finish fourth in the Crossroads League preseason poll with Saint Francis the early favorite followed by Marian, IWU, HU, Spring Arbor, Bethel, Grace, Mount Vernon, Taylor and Goshen.

HU is coming off an 18-13 campaign that included a fifth-place finish in league play and a return to the NAIA National Tournament, where the Foresters advanced to the Round of 32. The Foresters kick off their season on October 23 when they host East-West at 5:30 p.m.

The Huntington University Foresters compete in 18 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 181 NAIA All-America honors and 631 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. Huntington has a top quartile ranking in the 2026 U.S. News Best Regional Universities Midwest Rankings.