2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
Schmelzer's Women's Soccer Bio
PRONUNCIATION: SHMELTZ-er
2021-22 (Graduate Student) | Game-by-Game
One of three players to start all 30 games... Averaged 31.0 minutes per game which ranked second on the team... Led the Panthers and ranked fifth in the Horizon League with 86 assists... Moved into second all-time in program history with 462 career assists... Sixth all-time with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.20... First in program history with 148 games played and 137 games started... Averaged a career-high 8.2 points and 4.3 rebounds for the Panthers... Shot 38.7 percent from the floor and 32.4 percent from three-point range with a team-best 36 triples... Finished 43-for-50 (86 percent) at the free throw line... Tied for the team lead with 33 steals... Scored 12 points and added six rebounds in the season opener, matching a career-high with 45 minutes played... Matched with another 12 points against NDSU on November 11... Dished out a season-best seven assists to go with four rebounds, two points, and two steals on November 14 at Florida State... Recorded her first career double-double in a win over Wright State on November 18, totaling 10 points and a career-high 13 rebounds in addition to five assists and a steal... Helped the Panthers knock off Northern Kentucky with 15 points on 6-for-11 shooting including a pair of three-pointers... Finished 4-for-5 from long range in a win over Wisconsin on November 24, totaling 13 points, two rebounds, and three assists... Nearly recorded her second double-double of the season with nine points and 10 rebounds on December 2 at Youngstown State... Dominated in the second half against Oakland, scoring 13 of her game-high 18 points in the third quarter alone... Led the Panthers in rebounds for the second straight game, totaling eight to go with eight points and three steals in a win over UIC on January 6... Totaled five points, five rebounds, and four assists at IUPUI on January 8... Led MKE with 12 points and added five rebounds, two assists, and two steals on January 14 in a win over PFW... Matched a season-high with seven assists against Cleveland State on January 16... Knocked down her first six shots on the way to finishing with 17 points on 7-for-8 shooting in a win at Wright State on January 29... Perfect from the field, going 3-for-3 from three-point range for nine points, three rebounds, and four assists in a win over Robert Morris on February 3... Tallied nine points on 3-for-6 shooting and added two assists and two rebounds against Green Bay on February 7... Totaled 13 points, four rebounds, and three steals in a win on February 10 at Detroit Mercy... Played all but 87 seconds against Green Bay and totaled nine points, seven rebounds, and three assists in the win... Knocked down three triples and finished with a team-high 15 points to go with three assists in a win over Purdue Fort Wayne on February 26... Played nearly every minute in a win over UIC on March 1 and totaled nine points, six rebounds, and four assists.... Named to the Horizon League Fall & Spring Academic Honor Roll... Milwaukee Athletics Scholar Athlete with Distinction... Graduated with Masters of Business Administration in May.
2020-21 (Redshirt Senior) | Game-by-Game
One of three players to start all 28 games for the Panthers... Averaged 28.3 minutes per contest... Led Milwaukee with 95 assists which ranked third in the Horizon League... Assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.34 ranked fourth in the league... Averaged 6.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per contest... Finished 35-for-36 (97.2 percent) at the free throw line... Hit 22 three-pointers, third most for the Panthers... Hit 43.2 percent of her shots from the floor... Also led the team with 38 steals... Ranks fourth all-time with 376 assists... Her career assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.26 also ranks fourth all-time... Facilitated the offense with a team-high five assists while adding six points, two rebounds, and a pair of steals to record a plus/minus of plus-20 in 28 minutes against Ball State on November 25... Hit a pair of three-pointers including one to cap a 16-2 Panthers run which helped MKE seal a victory over Bradley on November 28... Poured in a then career-high 15 points on 5-for-9 shooting including a 3-for-5 performance from three-point range to help lead MKE to a win at Marquette on December 2... Did it all for Milwaukee in a win over Green Bay on December 13, totaling eight points, five rebounds, three assists, and three steals... Stuffed the stat sheet in two wins over Detroit Mercy on January 1-2, totaling eight points, seven assists, and five steals... Did a little bit of everything in a win over PFW on January 9, totaling 12 points on 4-for-4 shooting while adding three rebounds, three assists, and a pair of steals... Matched a career-high with eight assists in a win over CSU on January 15... A workhorse in a series sweep of IUPUI, totaling 20 points and 13 steals in 70 minutes played... Matched a career-high with eight assists in January 22 against the Jaguars... Dished out seven assists to go with four points and four rebounds against Northern Kentucky on January 30... Totaled 14 points, four rebounds, and four assists on February 12 against Oakland... Finished 3-for-3 from the floor with seven points and five rebounds in a win at UIC on February 20... Had a career-night to lead Milwaukee to a postseason win over YSU, pouring in a career-high 24 points on 7-for-9 shooting from the floor and 7-for-7 from the free throw line... Totaled six points, five rebounds, four assists, and three steals in the semifinals against IUPUI on March 8... Had seven points and seven assists to help MKE top Drake in the postseason WNIT... Named to the Horizon League Fall & Spring Academic Honor Roll... Also named to the College of Engineering & Applied Science Fall and Spring Dean's List... Graduated Cum Laude with Commencement Honors in May, earning Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Psychology... Milwaukee Athletics Scholar Athlete with Distinction.
2019-20 (Redshirt Junior) | Game-by-Game
Rejoined the team after helping the soccer team to the NCAA Tournament... Started all 28 games she appeared in, averaging 24.7 minutes per game... Led Milwaukee and ranked 13th in the Horizon League with 2.6 assists per game (72 total)... Finished eighth in the league with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.09... Also averaged 4.4 points and 2.3 rebounds per game... Shot 40.6 percent from the floor and 80.0 percent from the free throw line, both career-bests at Milwaukee... Reached double digits twice including going 3-for-5 from three-point range, scoring 11 points and adding four assists in a win over Green Bay Feb. 8... Also scored 11 points in a win over Youngstown State on February 27 thanks to a 5-for-6 performance from the free throw line... Dished out at least three assists in 15 games including a season-high seven in a win over UIC on Feb. 23... Added nine points and five rebounds against the Flames... Shot 45.1 percent in Horizon League play... Finished with 8 points, six rebounds, and two assists in a Horizon League Tournament First Round win over Oakland March 3... Totaled five points and four assists in a win over WSU Feb 1... Scored a then season-high seven points on 3-for-4 shooting and added a team-high three assists against NKU Dec. 30... Commanded the floor against Green Bay on January 4, totaling a then season-best five assists and nine points on 3-for-3 shooting from long range... Named to the Horizon League Fall & Spring Academic Honor Roll... Also named to the College of Engineering & Applied Science Spring Dean's List.... Named 2020 Golden Panthers Female Athlete of the Year... Milwaukee Athletics Scholar Athlete with Distinction.
2018-19 (Redshirt Sophomore) | Game-by-Game
Started 28 of the 29 games she played in ... Was ranked nationally all season long in assists/game (3.9) and assist/turnover ratio (1.9) ... Tallied 114 total assists on the year while averaging a team-high 27.3 minutes per game ... did not play in Milwaukee’s opener at Indiana, as she was with MKE’s soccer team at the NCAA Tournament - taking on No. 7 Santa Clara ... Rejoined the team and got the start against Wisconsin Nov. 13, scoring six points to go with four rebound and four assists ... Had six assists at Saint Mary’s Nov. 23 ... One day later, had nine rebounds, six assists and three points in the win over UC Riverside ... Drained a career-high three three’s and finished with nine points and four assists against No. 22 Marquette Nov. 28 ... Had another six assists, five rebounds and four points in a win at North Dakota Dec. 7 ... Hit a pair of threes and finished with eight points, four assists and three rebounds in the win over YSU Jan. 10 ... Stuffed the stat sheet with seven points, six assists, five rebounds and two steals in the win over Cleveland State Jan. 12 ... Flirted with a triple double and finished with a career-high 14 points on 4-7 shooting from three to go with six rebounds and five assists in a career-high 42 minutes against IUPUI Jan. 24 ... Dished out a career-high eight assists in just 24 minutes at CSU Feb. 15 ... Had seven assists and five rebounds in just 19 minutes against Detroit Mercy Feb. 21 ... Notched her 100th assist on the season in a win at UIC Feb. 28 ... Had another six assists in the regular-season finale at IUPUI March 2 ... Had another five assists in Milwaukee’s Horizon League Tournament quarterfinal at YSU, finishing the year with 114 ... Named to the Horizon League Fall & Spring Academic Honor Roll... Milwaukee Athletics Scholar Athlete with Distinction.
2017-18 (Redshirt Freshman) | Game-by-Game
Appeared in all 33 games on the season, making 23 starts ... After redshirting the 2016-17 season, made her collegiate debut as a starter in the season opener at Drake Nov. 10, finishing with two points, four rebounds and two steals ... Scored five points and had a pair of assists against Houston, Nov. 17 ... Collected six rebounds to go with four points in the win over Loyola Nov. 21 ... Stuffed the stat sheet with six points, five assists and four rebounds against NDSU Dec. 1 ... Finished with three assists and three rebounds in the road win over Northwestern Dec. 3 ... Hit a big three late and tied for the team high with nine rebounds in the win at Wisconsin Dec. 14 ... Finished perfect from the floor with six points, three assists and a block against Marquette Dec. 17 ... Filled the stat sheet with four points, four rebounds, five assists and two steals in 22 minutes at Chicago State Dec. 21 ... Reached double digits for the first time with 10 points, four rebounds and three assists in 37 minutes in the start at NKU Dec. 28 ... Had 12 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals in the comeback win over Cleveland State Jan. 11 ... Followed that up with a season-high seven assists in the win over Youngstown State two days later ... Had three steals and five assists in just 23 minutes at UIC Jan. 15 ... Had a strong second half in a road win at Detroit Mercy, finishing with 11 points, five rebounds and three steals Jan. 20 ... Finished with nine points, three rebounds and three assists at YSU Feb. 15 ... Had another four points, four rebounds and five assists at CSU two days later ... Notched 10 points, three assists and two boards at IUPUI Feb. 19 ... Had eight points, six rebounds and four assists in the win over Detroit Mercy Feb. 23 ... Came up with seven points, seven rebounds and four assists against Oakland Feb. 25 ... Played big in her WNIT debut, finishing with eight points, six assists and four rebounds in 35 minutes at UNI March 15 ... Named to the Horizon League Fall & Spring Academic Honor Roll... Also named to the College of Engineering & Applied Science Fall Dean's List... Milwaukee Athletics Scholar Athlete with Distinction.
2016-17 (Freshman)
Did not play in the exhibition, joining the team after finishing her season with Milwaukee women’s soccer Nov. 5 ... Redshirted her first season with the team... Named to the College of Engineering & Applied Science Spring Dean's List... Milwaukee Athletics Scholar Athlete with Distinction.
High School
A four-year varsity standout in basketball at Harlem High School ... Was named Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Third-Team All-State as a senior ... Named the IBCA all star game MVP ... Scored over 1,500 career points for the Huskies ... Was named team MVP, first-team all-conference and conference MVP three times ... Competed in the Illinois 3-point competition twice ... Named Associated Press Special Mention - All-State as a senior ... Also named Best of the Rock River Valley Female Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Also a standout in soccer ... A two-time Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association All-State honoree and All-Midwest selection … Helped the Huskies to three regional titles and posted career totals of 42 goals and a school record 40 assists … A three-time First-Team Northern Illinois Conference selection as well as NIC-10 Scholar Athlete … Team MVP and captain as a senior and junior.
Personal
Daughter of Robert and Caren Schmelzer … Major is Biomedical Engineering... Sister, Caitlyn, played volleyball at William Woods University … Chose UWM because it was a dream of hers to play two sports … Most memorable sports experience was winning regionals in basketball as a freshman … Career goal is to pursue a career in anything sports-related or architecture … Born Sept. 3, 1997.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2016-17Freshman
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5'7"
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2017-18Redshirt Freshman
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5'7"
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2018-19Redshirt Sophomore
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5'7"
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2019-20Redshirt Junior
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5'7"
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2020-21Redshirt Senior
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5'7"
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2021-22Graduate Student
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