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Melissa Burtscher
12 Melissa Burtscher
  • Height:
    5-3
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Aurora, Colo.
  • High School:
    Vista PEAK Preparatory
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Psychology
  • gp
    20
  • pts/g
    2.8
  • fg %
    23.5
  • 3pt %
    22.4
  • ft %
    58.3
  • reb/g
    2.1
  • a/g
    0.9
Bio

2021-22 Golf: Wooster's No. 1, evidenced by second-team All-NCAC honors after seventh-place score of 265 at NCAC Championships (April 29-May 1) … Logged the second-highest conference finish in program history … Averaged a team-leading 83.2 strokes per round … Captured medalist honors with a co-collegiate-best 76 at the John Carroll Spring Shootout (April 10) … Score of 82 garnered medalist honors at Grove City Fall Invitaitonal (Sept. 11) … Capped Heidelberg Fall Invitational (Sept. 17-18) with a 76, with that score tied for the second-lowest round in program history … Runner-up at the Eva Shorb Weiskopf Invitational (April 2-3) after going 85-82-167 and earned NCAC Athlete of the Week honors on April 4 … Tied for third-place at NCAC Preview (April 23-24) with a 36-hole score of 164 and tied for fourth-place at Wooster Fall Invitational (Oct. 2-3) at 168 … Helped team to tournament titles at Grove City, Eva Shorb Weiskopf, and John Carroll events … Leader of Wooster's third-place NCAC finish, with that matching program's highest-ever … WGCA All-America Scholar Team qualifier and member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll.

2021-22 Basketball: One of the team's top reserve guards, entering 20 games with three starts … Averaged 2.8 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 0.9 assists per game … Scored a career-high eight points versus Denison (Feb. 2) and matched that in home finale against Ohio Wesleyan (Feb. 16) … Logged a trio of games with four rebounds and passed out a season-high three assists in three-point win over Kenyon (Jan. 26) … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21 Golf: Third on the team with a 92.3 average … Competed in all 12 rounds … Carded a season-best 82 in the opening round of a 36-hole dual against Allegheny (April 10-11) … Fired an 85 at the Wooster Spring Invitational (April 3) and placed third … Logged four rounds in the 80s … WGCA All-America Scholar.

2020-21 Basketball: Spent the year in a developmental role … Entered two games … Made collegiate debut against Denison (Feb. 19).

Prior to Wooster: Helped Vista PEAK Preparatory to a regional runner-up golf finish in 2019 … Part of three conference championship teams in basketball and golf ... Four-year letterwinner in basketball and three-year letterwinner in golf … Prepped for Howard Payne and Amy Severin.

Personal: Born April 21, 2003 … Parents are Penn Schlitt and Missy Cooke … Psychology major and education and physical education minor.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 8 at Allegheny L, 57-34
Feb 12 Wittenberg L, 94-50
Feb 14 Oberlin L, 88-56
Feb 16 Ohio Wesleyan L, 76-63
Feb 19 at Oberlin L, 80-63
Feb 22 at DePauw L, 72-54
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 20 12
Games started 3 3
Minutes 323 205
Minutes per game 16.1 17.1
FG 19-81 13-40
FG Pct 23.5 32.5
3PT 11-49 8-26
3PT Pct 22.4 30.8
FT 7-12 2-4
FT Pct 58.3 50.0
Off rebounds 11 6
Def rebounds 31 15
Total rebounds 42 21
Rebounds per game 2.1 1.8
Personal fouls 6 2
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 18 12
Turnovers 25 17
Assist to turnover ratio 0.7 0.7
Steals 9 7
Blocks 1 1
Points 56 36
Points per game 2.8 3.0
Points per 40 min 6.9 7.0
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 10 at Capital L, 63-51 - 17 3-8 37.5 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 6
Nov 13 Franciscan W, 65-56 - 20 1-5 20.0 1-4 25.0 3-4 75.0 6
Nov 16 at Westminster (Pa.) L, 57-50 - 23 0-5 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 20 Spalding L, 69-63 0 11 0-5 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 21 Otterbein L, 89-38 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 at Wilmington L, 88-55 0 14 1-7 14.3 1-6 16.7 2-4 50.0 5
Dec 1 at Denison L, 68-58 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 4 DePauw L, 87-47 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 8 Allegheny W, 58-54 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 11 Hiram W, 66-58 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 29 at Marietta L, 84-29 - 15 0-4 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 30 vs. Bethany (W. Va.) L, 77-52 - 10 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Jan 2 Alma L, 73-49 0 8 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 5 at Kenyon   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 8 at Ohio Wesleyan   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 Oberlin   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 15 at Wittenberg L, 84-46 1 21 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Jan 22 at DePauw L, 88-31 0 14 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 26 Kenyon W, 71-68 0 9 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 29 at Hiram L, 80-54 - 13 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-2 0.0 0
Jan 31 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 89-37 1 35 0-4 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 2 Denison L, 81-52 1 36 3-9 33.3 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 8
Feb 6 at Kenyon L, 75-55 - 12 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 8 at Allegheny L, 57-34 - 12 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 12 Wittenberg L, 94-50 - 16 2-6 33.3 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 7
Feb 14 Oberlin L, 88-56 0 13 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Feb 16 Ohio Wesleyan L, 76-63 0 13 3-4 75.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 8
Feb 19 at Oberlin L, 80-63 - 11 2-3 66.7 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Feb 22 at DePauw L, 72-54 - - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 10 at Capital L, 63-51 - 17 1 2 3 1 1 0 0
Nov 13 Franciscan W, 65-56 - 20 0 4 4 0 1 1 0
Nov 16 at Westminster (Pa.) L, 57-50 - 23 1 3 4 2 1 0 0
Nov 20 Spalding L, 69-63 0 11 0 2 2 1 2 0 0
Nov 21 Otterbein L, 89-38 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 at Wilmington L, 88-55 0 14 1 2 3 0 0 1 0
Dec 1 at Denison L, 68-58 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 4 DePauw L, 87-47 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 8 Allegheny W, 58-54 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 11 Hiram W, 66-58 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 29 at Marietta L, 84-29 - 15 1 1 2 1 2 0 0
Dec 30 vs. Bethany (W. Va.) L, 77-52 - 10 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Jan 2 Alma L, 73-49 0 8 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Jan 5 at Kenyon   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 8 at Ohio Wesleyan   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 Oberlin   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 15 at Wittenberg L, 84-46 1 21 0 2 2 1 1 1 0
Jan 22 at DePauw L, 88-31 0 14 1 1 2 2 3 1 0
Jan 26 Kenyon W, 71-68 0 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Jan 29 at Hiram L, 80-54 - 13 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Jan 31 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 89-37 1 35 0 0 0 2 4 1 0
Feb 2 Denison L, 81-52 1 36 1 3 4 0 0 0 0
Feb 6 at Kenyon L, 75-55 - 12 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
Feb 8 at Allegheny L, 57-34 - 12 1 2 3 0 1 0 0
Feb 12 Wittenberg L, 94-50 - 16 1 2 3 0 2 1 0
Feb 14 Oberlin L, 88-56 0 13 1 0 1 2 1 3 0
Feb 16 Ohio Wesleyan L, 76-63 0 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Feb 19 at Oberlin L, 80-63 - 11 0 3 3 0 4 0 1
Feb 22 at DePauw L, 72-54 - - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 10 at Capital L, 63-51 - 0 0 1.0
Nov 13 Franciscan W, 65-56 - 1 - 0.0
Nov 16 at Westminster (Pa.) L, 57-50 - 1 - 2.0
Nov 20 Spalding L, 69-63 0 0 0 0.5
Nov 21 Otterbein L, 89-38 - - - -
Nov 23 at Wilmington L, 88-55 0 0 0 -
Dec 1 at Denison L, 68-58 - - - -
Dec 4 DePauw L, 87-47 - - - -
Dec 8 Allegheny W, 58-54 - - - -
Dec 11 Hiram W, 66-58 - - - -
Dec 29 at Marietta L, 84-29 - 1 0 0.5
Dec 30 vs. Bethany (W. Va.) L, 77-52 - 0 - -
Jan 2 Alma L, 73-49 0 1 0 0.0
Jan 5 at Kenyon   - - - -
Jan 8 at Ohio Wesleyan   - - - -
Jan 12 Oberlin   - - - -
Jan 15 at Wittenberg L, 84-46 1 1 - 1.0
Jan 22 at DePauw L, 88-31 0 0 0 0.7
Jan 26 Kenyon W, 71-68 0 0 0 -
Jan 29 at Hiram L, 80-54 - 0 - 0.0
Jan 31 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 89-37 1 1 - 0.5
Feb 2 Denison L, 81-52 1 0 0 -
Feb 6 at Kenyon L, 75-55 - 0 - -
Feb 8 at Allegheny L, 57-34 - 0 - 0.0
Feb 12 Wittenberg L, 94-50 - 0 - 0.0
Feb 14 Oberlin L, 88-56 0 0 0 2.0
Feb 16 Ohio Wesleyan L, 76-63 0 0 0 -
Feb 19 at Oberlin L, 80-63 - 0 - 0.0
Feb 22 at DePauw L, 72-54 - - - -
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2020-21 2 2.0 0.0-0.5 0.0-0.5 0.0-0.0 0.0
2021-22 20 16.1 0.9-4.0 0.6-2.5 0.3-0.6 2.8
2023-24 24 18.4 0.8-4.4 0.3-2.3 0.5-0.8 2.3
Total 46 16.7 0.8-4.1 0.4-2.3 0.4-0.7 2.4

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2020-21 2 0 4 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
2021-22 20 3 323 19-81 23.5 11-49 22.4 7-12 58.3 56
2023-24 24 5 441 18-105 17.1 7-56 12.5 13-18 72.2 56
Total 46 8 768 37-187 19.8 18-106 17.0 20-30 66.7 112

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2020-21 2 4 2.0 0.0-10.0 0.0-10.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
2021-22 20 323 16.1 2.4-10.0 1.4-6.1 22.4 0.9-1.5 6.9
2023-24 24 441 18.4 1.6-9.5 0.6-5.1 12.5 1.2-1.6 5.1
Total 46 768 16.7 1.9-9.7 0.9-5.5 17.0 1.0-1.6 5.8

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2020-21 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
2021-22 20 0.6 1.6 2.1 0.9 1.3 0.5 0.1
2023-24 24 0.9 1.5 2.3 1.4 1.9 0.6 0.0
Total 46 0.7 1.4 2.1 1.1 1.5 0.5 0.0

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2020-21 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2021-22 20 3 11 31 42 18 25 9 1
2023-24 24 5 21 35 56 33 45 14 0
Total 46 8 32 66 98 51 71 23 1

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2020-21 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 0.0 0.0
2021-22 20 1.4 3.8 5.2 2.2 3.1 1.1 0.1
2023-24 24 1.9 3.2 5.1 3.0 4.1 1.3 0.0
Total 46 1.7 3.4 5.1 2.7 3.7 1.2 0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 20 16.1 0.9-4.0 0.6-2.5 0.3-0.6 2.8
Conference 12 17.1 1.1-3.3 0.7-2.2 0.2-0.3 3.0
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 8 15.8 1.4-4.8 0.9-3.2 0.6-0.8 4.3
Away 11 17.0 0.6-3.5 0.3-1.8 0.2-0.5 1.7
Neutral 1 10.0 1.0-4.0 1.0-3.0 0.0-0.0 3.0
Result            
Wins 2 14.5 0.5-3.5 0.5-2.5 1.5-2.0 3.0
Losses 18 16.3 1.0-4.1 0.6-2.4 0.2-0.4 2.8
Month            
November 5 17.0 1.0-6.0 0.4-3.4 1.0-1.6 3.4
December 2 12.5 0.5-4.0 0.5-2.0 0.0-0.0 1.5
January 6 16.7 0.2-2.8 0.2-1.8 0.0-0.3 0.5
February 7 16.1 1.7-3.7 1.0-2.4 0.3-0.3 4.7

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 20 3 323 19-81 23.5 11-49 22.4 7-12 58.3 56
Conference 12 3 205 13-40 32.5 8-26 30.8 2-4 50.0 36
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 8 1 126 11-38 28.9 7-26 26.9 5-6 83.3 34
Away 11 2 187 7-39 17.9 3-20 15.0 2-6 33.3 19
Neutral 1 - 10 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Result                    
Wins 2 0 29 1-7 14.3 1-5 20.0 3-4 75.0 6
Losses 18 3 294 18-74 24.3 10-44 22.7 4-8 50.0 50
Month                    
November 5 0 85 5-30 16.7 2-17 11.8 5-8 62.5 17
December 2 - 25 1-8 12.5 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 3
January 6 2 100 1-17 5.9 1-11 9.1 0-2 0.0 3
February 7 1 113 12-26 46.2 7-17 41.2 2-2 100.0 33

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 20 323 16.1 2.4-10.0 1.4-6.1 22.4 0.9-1.5 6.9
Conference 12 205 17.1 2.5-7.8 1.6-5.1 30.8 0.4-0.8 7.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 8 126 15.8 3.5-12.1 2.2-8.3 26.9 1.6-1.9 10.8
Away 11 187 17.0 1.5-8.3 0.6-4.3 15.0 0.4-1.3 4.1
Neutral 1 10 10.0 4.0-16.0 4.0-12.0 33.3 0.0-0.0 12.0
Result                
Wins 2 29 14.5 1.4-9.7 1.4-6.9 20.0 4.1-5.5 8.3
Losses 18 294 16.3 2.4-10.1 1.4-6.0 22.7 0.5-1.1 6.8
Month                
November 5 85 17.0 2.4-14.1 0.9-8.0 11.8 2.4-3.8 8.0
December 2 25 12.5 1.6-12.8 1.6-6.4 25.0 0.0-0.0 4.8
January 6 100 16.7 0.4-6.8 0.4-4.4 9.1 0.0-0.8 1.2
February 7 113 16.1 4.2-9.2 2.5-6.0 41.2 0.7-0.7 11.7

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 20 0.6 1.6 2.1 0.9 1.3 0.5 0.1
Conference 12 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.0 1.4 0.6 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 8 0.4 1.6 2.0 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.0
Away 11 0.6 1.5 2.2 1.0 1.6 0.4 0.1
Neutral 1 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 2 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0
Losses 18 0.6 1.5 2.1 0.8 1.3 0.4 0.1
Month                
November 5 0.6 2.6 3.2 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.0
December 2 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
January 6 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.7 0.5 0.0
February 7 0.7 1.6 2.3 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.1

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 20 3 11 31 42 18 25 9 1
Conference 12 3 6 15 21 12 17 7 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 8 1 3 13 16 6 7 5 0
Away 11 2 7 17 24 11 18 4 1
Neutral 1 - 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Result                  
Wins 2 0 0 4 4 3 1 1 0
Losses 18 3 11 27 38 15 24 8 1
Month                  
November 5 0 3 13 16 4 5 2 0
December 2 - 2 2 4 2 2 0 0
January 6 2 1 5 6 8 10 3 0
February 7 1 5 11 16 4 8 4 1

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 20 1.4 3.8 5.2 2.2 3.1 1.1 0.1
Conference 12 1.2 2.9 4.1 2.3 3.3 1.4 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 8 1.0 4.1 5.1 1.9 2.2 1.6 0.0
Away 11 1.5 3.6 5.1 2.4 3.9 0.9 0.2
Neutral 1 4.0 4.0 8.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 2 0.0 5.5 5.5 4.1 1.4 1.4 0.0
Losses 18 1.5 3.7 5.2 2.0 3.3 1.1 0.1
Month                
November 5 1.4 6.1 7.5 1.9 2.4 0.9 0.0
December 2 3.2 3.2 6.4 3.2 3.2 0.0 0.0
January 6 0.4 2.0 2.4 3.2 4.0 1.2 0.0
February 7 1.8 3.9 5.7 1.4 2.8 1.4 0.4

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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