A celebration of Heather's life will be held Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026 at 11 AM at Lebanon Evangelical Free Church, 600 Shepherd Street, Jonestown. More information is available by accessing the obituary linked to the side. 

Shippensburg University mourns the loss of Heather Chantiles Light '08, a former softball player for the Raiders. SU extends its condolences to her family and friends.

Chantiles Light is the 2006 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Her 112 hits that season remain the all-time PSAC single-season record. She earned NFCA All-America First Team and CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team honors as a captain and outfielder for a Raider team that went 42-20 and competed in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament.
 
She played for the Raiders from 2004-06 and remains the school record holder for career batting average (minimum 200 at-bats). She hit .472 (136 hits in 288 at-bats) in her three seasons and compiled a .492 career on-base percentage, which is second in school history.
 
Light graduated from Shippensburg in December 2008 with an elementary education degree and a minor in reading. She later earned her master's degree from Messiah.

As a high school athlete, Light was a star player at Central Dauphin High School. This past August, she was named one of the top 25 Mid-Penn Conference softball players of the century by PennLive.

Chantiles passed away Friday after a courageous battle with breast cancer.