Shelby Mueller finished a four-year career with the Warriors firmly entrenched as one of the best players in the program's recent history, helping her earn the 2018 Outstanding Female Athlete Award. The 5-11 forward was a First Team All-MAC Commonwealth selection while leading team to 17-8 record, the program's most wins since 2000 and a program-best No. 3 seed in MAC Commonwealth Championship. She started all 25 games as a forward, leading the MAC Commonwealth with 15.0 points per game and finishing second with 10.1 rebounds, fifth in blocked shots (1.3), 10th in steals (1.6), second in field goal percentage (.479) and first in free throw percentage (.851). Mueller's 375 points are the most for a Warrior since 2001-02 and she is the first Warrior to post three straight 300-point seasons since 2000-02. Her 252 rebounds were the most since 1994-95 and she is just the second player in program history and the first since 1982-83 to post back-to-back 200-rebound seasons. During the season, Mueller notched 12 double-doubles, the second-most in program history. She scored in double figures 21 times, topped 20 points five times and tallied three straight double-doubles two different times. She earned MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week accolades twice during the season and finished her career with a school-record 102 games started, 1,266 career points (fifth in school history), 741 rebounds (fourth), 150 steals (11th) and 103 blocks (fourth).
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The medical sociology major is the 16th women's basketball player to earn the award and the first since Julia Antonelli '14 in 2014.
