Maria Gramelspacher

Position:
Freestyle, Butterfly
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Jasper
Hometown:
Jasper, Ind.

IN THE BALL STATE RECORD BOOKS:
- - Holds the school record in the 100 Butterfly (55.79) - MAC Championships (2/25/2009)
- - Ranks second in school history in the 200 Butterfly (2:01.72) - MAC Championships (2/25/2009)
- - Member of the school-record holding 200 Medley Relay (1:43.82) - MAC Championships (2/24/2010)
- - Member of the school-record holding 400 Medley Relay (3:49.49) - MAC Championships (2/25/2009)
- - Member of the school-record holding 800 Freestyle Relay (7:35.05) - MAC Championships (2/20/2008)

2009-10 (Jr.): Earned third letter at Ball State . . . Academic All-Mid-American Conference selection . . . earned the team's Academic and Mental Attitude awards for the 2009-10 season . . . team captain . . . placed sixth in the 200 fly at the MAC Championships (2/24) with a BSU season-fast time of 2:02.70 . . . her season-best time of 57.07 in the 100 fly at the league meet was the second-best individual effort on the squad . . . member of the school-record setting 200 medley relay which placed sixth at the MAC Championships with a time of 1:43.82 . . . turned in a career-fast time in the 50 free (24.96) at the MAC Championships . . . earned season-best times in the 100 free (55.33) and 200 individual medley (2:14.64) at the Doug Coers Invitational (11/20).

2008-09 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State . . . placed ninth in the 200 fly (2:01.72) and 10th in the 100 fly (55.79) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/25) . . . her 100 fly time was a school record, while her 200 fly effort ranks second in program history . . . both efforts were season-best times for the Cardinals and career-fast efforts . . . swam a leg for the BSU record-setting 400 medley relay which turned in a time of 3:49.49 at the league meet . . . participated in the 400 free relay (3:03.95) and 800 free relay (7:35.56) at the MAC Championships . . . collected BSU's fastest 200 free clocking of the year with a 20th place and season-fast time of 1:52.76 . . . logged a season-fast swim of 25.17 in the 50 free at the MAC Championships . . . added season-fast efforts in the 500 free (5:10.84) at the IUPUI House of Champions and the 100 free (53.98) at the Indiana Intercollegiates (10/18).

2007-08 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State . . . placed 10th in the 200 fly (2:05.66), 12th in the 100 fly (57.20) and 22nd in the 500 free (5:05.10) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/20) . . . her 500 free was a career-best . . . member of the 800 freestyle relay team that posted a school-record time of 7:35.05 at the league meet . . . added a career-best in the 100 free (53.03) and a season-best 200 free (1:53.53) at Akron (11/9) . . . posted a season-fast in the 50 free (25.48) versus Eastern Illinois and a career-best 200 IM (2:12.67) versus Illinois State (1/19).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at Jasper for coach Kristy Vaughn . . . four-time state finalist . . . Academic All-American as a senior . . . All-American in the 100 fly . . . set school records in the 100 fly (56.51), 200 medley relay, 200 free relay and 400 free relay.

PERSONAL: Majoring in education . . . born Nov. 12, 1988 in Jasper, Ind. . . . daughter of Michael and Sharon Gramelspacher . . . has two sisters, Elizabeth and Amy, and one brother, John.