2002 Swimming / Diving Roster
Roster
Melissa Plummer
- Position:
- Breast/IM
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Newark, Del.
- High School:
- Christiana HS
2001-02: A BIG EAST point scorer for the Orangewomen in the 400 individual medley where she finished 16th with a finals time of 4:35.35...her fastest time of the season in the 400 IM was 4:34.28 in the BIG EAST prelims...her top time of the season in the 200 IM was 2:07.65 in the BIG EAST prelims...was asked to swim some backstroke events during the year...her fastest time in the 200 backstroke was 2:09.28 at the Nike Cup...BIG EAST Academic All-Star...member of the Fall 2001 and Spring 2002 Athletic Director's Honor Rolls.
2000-01: Scored points for the Orangewomen as a freshman at the BIG EAST Championships...finished among the top 16 swimmers in both the 200 and 400 individual medley events...her best times of the season were recorded in the morning preliminary races where she swam the 200 IM in a time of 2:07.30 and the 400 IM in a span of 4:30.39...selected as a BIG EAST Academic All-Star...named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll both semesters.
High School: Coached by Blaise Matthews for four years with the Western YMCA club team...posted senior-year times of 2:24.00 in the 200 breaststroke, 2:09.00 in the 200 IM and 1:06.00 in the 100 breaststroke...her career-best time in the 200 breaststroke was 2:22...served as team captain her senior year...named second-team all-state throughout her four years in high school...a first-team all-conference selection all four years...honored as a YMCA All-American all four years...four-time team MVP...treasurer of the National Honor Society and Student Council.
Personal: Born April 8, 1982...daughter of Mark and Patricia Plummer...one brother...majoring in bio-engineering.
