March 2, 2015

Marmelstein, Schwartz earn All-PAC honors

GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Grove City College senior guards Mitch Marmelstein (San Juan Capistrano, Calif./St. Margaret's) and J.T. Schwartz (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler) were named to the 2015 Presidents' Athletic Conference Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams, as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon.

Marmelstein was named to the All-PAC Second Team while Schwartz earned Honorable Mention. In addition, Grove City and 17th-year head coach Steve Lamie were selected as the Team Sportsmanship Award recipient for 2015.

The all-conference selections, as well as the PAC's yearly award winners, are determined, by vote, of the league's nine head coaches.

An all-conference selection for the third year in a row, Marmelstein capped one of the finest careers in program history with his best season, leading the team and ranking fifth in the conference in scoring (15.4). Marmelstein also ranked third in the conference in minutes per game (33.2), fourth in threes made per game (1.9), seventh in free throw percentage (.798), eighth in three-point field-goal percentage and 10th in assists per game (2.5).

He became the 26th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points in Grove City's 58-43 win over Franciscan on November 15 and finished his career ranked fourth all-time with 1,383 points. Marmelstein also ranks third in program history with 174 threes and ninth with 242 assists.

Also an Honorable Mention pick in 2013, Schwartz ranked second on the team in scoring (9.9) and assists (2.7) while leading the team with 57 steals, matching his own program-record total from a year ago. He ranked third in the conference in steals per game (2.2) and free throw percentage (.841) and ninth in assists (2.7) and three-point field goal percentage (.388).

He became the program's all-time steals leader in Grove City's December 6 game at Waynesburg and became the first player to reach 200 career steals on February 4 in a 72-67 win at Westminster. He finished his career ranked first in program history with 211 steals, sixth with 115 threes and eighth in assists with 262. He also owns four of the top nine single-season steals marks all-time.

Grove City finished the 2014-15 season 9-17 overall and 4-12 in Presidents' Athletic Conference play.