Hall of Fame
Michele Ruzicka Lamb graduated in December, 1999, from Bloomsburg University and had a sensational four-year career on the Huskies' women's basketball team.
Ruzicka was named the PSAC Eastern Division Athlete of the Year following the 1997-98 campaign after averaging 15.6 points and 8.0 rebounds per game while shooting better than 56% from the field. At the time, she was the fifth player in program history to earn Athlete of the Year honors. That season, she led the Huskies in scoring 13 times and rebounding on 18 different occasions as Bloomsburg won 22 games and advanced to the regional final. She was named the PSAC East Player of the Week four times during a five-week period in January of that year.
Ruzicka later earned Second Team All-Region accolades from Daktronics and First Team All-PSAC East laurels. During her senior season in 1998-99, Ruzicka claimed a second consecutive spot on the All-PSAC East First Team after averaging 13.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game for the Huskies.
At the time of her final collegiate game, Ruzicka ranked fifth in scoring with 1,257 career points and was sixth in rebounds with 728 career boards. She now ranks eleventh and ninth, respectively, in those categories. She is also 13th all-time in career steals with 187. Ruzicka also held the program record for field goal percentage in a single season and a career until both records were broken in 2016.
Her 468 points and 240 rebounds during her Player of the Year season of 1997-98 each rank in the top 13 single-season bests in program history.
Ruzicka helped the Huskies to an 80-33 overall record during her career, two PSAC East titles, a PSAC runner-up finish in 1999, and a trip to the NCAA regional final in 1998.
Ruzicka and her husband, R.J., currently reside in Glenside along with their two children, Presley and Maxwell. Ruzicka is currently a realtor at Long & Foster Blue Bell.
