Melissa Nolte Class: Junior Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colo. High School: Highlands Ranch Position: Backstroke, Fly Experience: VR

2008-09
Broke personal-best times in the 100 Backstroke (1:03.15), 200 Backstroke (2:17.61) and 100 Fly (1:02.12)...Scored 15 points during the season...Honored as academic all-conference with a 3.714 GPA.

Highlands Ranch High School
Lettered four years in swimming for coach Keri Stuebinger...Was a team captain as a senior...Received two letters for academics and graduated with a 3.87 grade-point average...Also swam for the Highlands Ranch Aquatics club team.

Personal
Born Sept. 6, 1990...Daughter of Christopher and Susan Nolte...Has an older sister, Jennifer...Both parents are former swimmers and Colorado State alumni...Father, Christopher, swam at both Toledo and West Virginia...Mother, Susan, swam at Colorado State...Majoring in health and exercise science...Full name is Melissa Ann Nolte.

"Melissa knew that she was facing a huge challenge when she joined this team but she brought a lot of heart and dedication to the pool every day and ended up making some solid time improvements."
-Coach John Mattos