Hall of Fame
The 2018 Lycoming Athletics Most Outstanding Female Athlete, Shelby Mueller '18 finished a four-year career with the Warriors firmly entrenched as one of the best players in the program's recent history.
The 5-11 forward was a two-time First Team All-MAC Commonwealth selection while leading team to 17-8 record in 2017-18, 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 were the most for a Warrior since 2001-02 and she was the first Warrior to post three straight 300-point seasons since 2000-02. Her 252 rebounds as a senior 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 her senior 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.
The Collegeville, Pa., native 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). She led the Warriors to four appearances in the MAC Commonwealth Championship and helped the team to first postseason win in 20 years in 2017 in the first round of tournament over Lebanon Valley.
A 2018 Academic All-MAC selection, Mueller spent two seasons as a women's basketball graduate assistant at Hiram College, earning a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in 2020, and she earned a teaching certification from Wilson College. She works at Maple Point Middle School in Neshaminy School District as a seventh-grade reading and English Language Arts teacher and still pursues her passions of fitness, weightlifting and running.
Nominated by: Joe Guistina, Associate A.D./Communications.
