High School: Tappan Zee High School record holder in the 6-meter and 11-meter dive • all-state selection as a senior • earned all-league honors her final three years and all-county laurels during all four years of high school • five-year letterwinner at Tappan Zee • also swam freestyle • honor roll student as a junior and senior • member of Student Showcase as a senior.

Personal: Melissa Catherine Berke • daughter of Catherine Berke • has two brothers, Dan and Bobby • has not declared a major at Delaware.