Hall of Fame
Melissa Swartz is a two-time All-PSAC and All-Region First Team selection who ranks ninth in school history for career points (1,551). As a starter, Swartz helped Shippensburg earn three-straight NCAA Division II tournament invitations and post a record of 75-18 (.806) in those three seasons.
During her four-year career from 1993-94 to 1996-97, Swartz averaged 13.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game in leading Shippensburg to two PSAC Tournament championships and an appearance in the NCAA Division II championship game as a junior in 1996.
Her banner season came as a junior, a campaign in which she averaged 18.1 points, 6.3 assists and 5.7 rebounds per game while leading the PSAC Tournament champion Raiders to a conference-best 22-5 overall record. She again accounted for 97 steals while posting career highs in shooting, boasting a 41 percent field-goal percentage and an 81 percent free-throw percentage.
She surpassed the 1,000 career point mark during her junior season when she scored 614 points, which is among the Top 20 single season performances in PSAC history. From the free-throw stripe, she shot 219-of-272; PSAC records for the most free throws made and attempted in a single season. Her 215 assists that year are also tied for 11th-most in conference annals. In the team’s 34 games that season, Swartz scored in double figures 32 times, which is a school record.
Swartz averaged 14.4 points, 5.8 assists and 3.6 rebounds as a senior in 1996-97 while posting a career-high in blocks with 11. The Raiders again found a home atop the conference, as SU went 25-5 in the regular season and won the PSAC Tournament before qualifying for the NCAA Tournament.
Overall, Swartz scored 1,551 points, dished out 572 assists – good for 10th-most in PSAC history – pulled down 494 rebounds and accounted for 298 steals. She was a career 74 percent free-throw shooter and shot 39 percent from the field for her career. Her 501-of-677 career mark from the free throw line stands as fifth-most in both shots made and attempted in league history.
After graduation, Melissa was an assistant basketball coach under her former SU head coach, David Smith, at Bellarmine University for three years. She is married to husband David Krebs and they have three children together, Andrew, Hailey, and Emma. The family resides in Louisville where she owns a medical billing company, Kentuckiana Billing Solutions, Inc.
