Melissa Burtscher
Melissa Burtscher
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Aurora, Colo.
  • High School:
    Vista PEAK Preparatory
  • Major:
    Psychology
Bio

Three-time member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll … Two-time member of the AD Honor Roll.

2023-24 Golf: Authored the greatest season in program history, capped off by a runner-up finish at the NCAC Championships ... Program’s highest-ever NCAC finisher and the first in program history to be a two-time first-team All-NCAC performer ... One of the now four three-time All-NCAC performers in program history ... Set a single-season program record with a 79.1 average, becoming the first in program history to post a sub-80 average for the year ... Led program to a single-season record 321.5 average and a program-record six tournament wins ... Broke own program record with a 71 in the second round of the NCAC Championships (May 4) ... Opened NCAC Championships with a 72, which tied then-single-round program record ... Went 72-71-75 for an 8-over-par 218 at the NCAC Championships (May 3-5) ... Played 15 holes at par or better during program-record 71 ... Finished just shy of capturing the career scoring record, and ranks second at 82.9 strokes over 71 rounds ... Helped the program break the single-round team record with a 299 on the opening day of the conference championships ... Played the most rounds in program history at 22 and ended career at 71, one shy of the program record ... Logged nine top-five finishes for the most in single-season program history and graduated with a program-record 18 top-five finishes ... Placed third at the Wooster Spring Invitational (April 21-22) with a 163, which included a second-round 78 at Wooster Country Club ... Prior to that shot a 156 for a third-place finish at the Marietta College Pioneer Classic (April 13-14), which included a then-co-season-best 76 ... Opened year with a 76 at the Lynn Schweizer Invitational (Sept. 2) ... Logged first top-five finish of the year with a third-place score of 79 at the University of Mount Union Fall Invitational (Sept. 10) ... Followed that up with top-five showings at the Westfield Collegiate Golf Classic (Sept. 18-19) and the Eva Shorb Weiskopf Invitational (Oct. 1-2) ... Logged 13 rounds in the 70s ... Now a two-time CSC Academic All-District® honoree for golf … WGCA All-America Scholar Team.

2023-24 Basketball: CSC Academic All-District® selection ... Made most of return to the court, appearing in 24 games and making five starts ... Averaged identical marks of 2.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per game ... Tied for second on the squad with 1.4 assists per contest and added 14 steals ... Earned first start of the season in win over Kenyon (Feb. 3) and delivered eight points ... Had first collegiate double-digit effort, scoring 10 points in the victory over Waynesburg (Jan. 22) ... Snagged a season-best six boards in back-to-back games at Wittenberg (Feb. 10) and against Ohio Wesleyan (Feb. 14).

2022-23 Golf: Logged a career year, which culminated with first-team All-NCAC honors after carding the fifth-place score of 241 at the NCAC Championships (April 28-30) … Logged the second-highest individual finish in program history at the conference championships and became the second Scot in program history to earn first-team All-NCAC honors … Now one of six multi-time all-conference performers in program history and one of two to have two second-team or higher All-NCAC laurels … Broke the program’s single-season scoring record with an 81.2 average over 19 rounds and heads into senior year .002 strokes behind the program’s career average record … Broke the program’s individual round record with a 72 during the last round of the Transylvania Fall Invitational (Sept. 16-17) … Helped the team shatter its low-round record by 11 strokes at the Transylvania Fall Invitational, with the Scots firing a closing-round 307 … One of a record-matching three Scots to earn all-conference honors and helped the team to a school-record 335.5 scoring average … Became the program’s all-time leader in career top-five (9) and top-10 finishes (16) after breaking the single-season top-10 record of eight and finishing just she of the single-team top-five record with four … CSC Academic All-District® honoree … Finished in the top-10 in the final eight tournaments of the year and only had one showing outside of the top-five during the spring slate … Logged five rounds in the 70s on the year, including in the final round of the NCAC Championships … Opened year with a 78 at the Lynn Schweizer Invitational (Sept. 3-4) … Followed up 72 at Transylvania with a 77 in opening round of Heidelberg Fall Invitational (Sept. 16-17) … Tied for third at the Mount Union Spring Invitational (March 26) and the Wooster Spring Invitational (April 2) and was a fifth-place finisher at the John Carroll Spring Invitational (April 15-16) after a two-day 165 … Spring low of 77 came in final round of Franklin Lady Grizzly Spring Invitational (April 22-23) … Logged the second eagle in program history with that coming on the par-4, 334-yard first hole at Kentucky’s Big Blue Course during the Transylvania Fall Invitational … WGCA All-America Scholar Team and member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll. 

2022-23 Basketball: Spent the year as a student assistant.

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 Invitational (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: Parents are Penn Schlitt and Missy Cooke … Psychology major and education and physical education minor … Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative … Member of the campus chapter of Psi Chi psychology honor society.

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Four Named WGCA All-American Scholars

Burtscher, Lindgren, Haywood and Erdmann earn recognition

July 1, 2024

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Lisa Campanell Komara Announces Retirement

Campanell Komara coached at Wooster for 27 years, the last 14 as head women's golf coach

May 14, 2024

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Burtscher the NCAC Runner-Up, as Scots Cap Historic Year with Third-Place NCAC Finish

Burtscher logs highest NCAC finish in program history

May 5, 2024

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Stage Set for Epic Sunday, as Scots Stay Four Back, Tigers Lurking in Distance

Burtscher breaks program's single-round record with a 71

May 4, 2024

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Scots in the Hunt After Record-Smashing Opening Day at NCAC Championships

Wooster four strokes back of Denison with two rounds remaining

May 3, 2024

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Siewert Captures Third NCAC Weekly Award this Year

Junior had a career-best 76 on Sunday

April 30, 2024

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Scots Continue to Take Program to New Heights During Historic Season

Wooster contends with three-time defending conference champion in regular season finale

April 28, 2024

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NCAC Championships Notebook - Women's Golf

Wooster competing at Westfield Country Club Friday through Sunday

April 28, 2024

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Wooster Runs Away From Field, Wins Record Sixth Tournament

Two-stroke lead at halfway point climbs to 15

April 22, 2024

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Scots Log Most Consistent Play Yet

Both of Wooster's rounds were within top-five in program history

April 14, 2024

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Wooster Keeps Rolling, Breaking Records at Polar Beaver Classic

Lindgren's 74, Burtscher's sixth top-five finish this year the major headlines

April 6, 2024

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Wooster Wins Third Straight Tournament, Siewert Medalist

Scots open spring by winning five-team Mount Union Spring Invitational

March 24, 2024

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Burtscher’s Ace Headlines Women’s Golf Spring Trip

Senior cards first hole-in-one at Golf Club at Indigo Run

March 19, 2024

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Senior Salute: Melissa Burtscher

Senior is a member of the women's basketball and women's golf teams

January 4, 2024

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History Made, as Fighting Scots Win For Fourth Time This Fall

This year's team now the winningest in program history

October 16, 2023

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Wooster Wins on Tiebreaker, Matches Program History

Scots win third tournament of fall

October 8, 2023

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Wooster Charges Back, Nearly Catches Frontrunning Wittenberg at Home Invite

Scots the runner-up at Eva Shorb Weiskopf Invitational

October 2, 2023

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Wooster Wins Again, as Scots Fill Up Top of Individual Leaderboard

All five of Wooster's players finish in field's top six

September 19, 2023

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Burtscher Cards Second-Career NCAC Athlete of the Week Honor

Senior helped lead program to 13th tournament title on Sunday

September 11, 2023

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Great Play Leads to 13th Tournament Title for Fighting Scots

Wooster's 317 marked third-lowest round in program history

September 10, 2023

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Wooster Starts Year as Part of Loaded Field

Opening tournament featured 2023 national runner-up and fifth-place team

September 2, 2023