When Addy Knetzer picked up her 971st rebound as a Yellow Jacket she didn’t immediately know she made program history.

“I actually didn’t know during the game at all, I was completely unaware of it,” said Knetzer. “I was actually mad in the game to be honest, I was just upset with myself because I thought that I wasn’t playing to my full potential.”

At the conclusion of the game, she was told that she had set a new record in the history of Waynesburg University women’s basketball for career rebounds. As if that wasn’t enough, Knetzer also moved into second place for total points scored as a Yellow Jacket with 1,482.

Unlike some athletes who find their niche early on in childhood, Knetzer didn’t even start playing basketball until the sixth grade.

“I wanted to join a sport and my mom put me in basketball just to keep me out of trouble and have something to do with all of my energy,” said Knetzer.

Knetzer was a volleyball player during her freshman year of high school and after finding volleyball wasn’t a good fit for her, she decided to focus solely on basketball.

“After freshman year of high school, I was a bench warmer and it was terrible. So, I decided to focus on basketball over volleyball and I decided that if I wanted to play basketball I wanted to be good at it,” Knetzer said. “So, every summer since, I’ve lifted and worked on my basketball skills.”

The decision of colleges came down between rivals Waynesburg University and Washington & Jefferson, she ultimately picked Waynesburg and has been a starter all four years with the basketball team.

“I did not think that I would be that good,” said Knetzer. “When I started, I had one goal in mind and that was to get 1,000 points. I never thought about being the all-time leading rebounder and currently the second leading scorer. I didn’t get 1,000 points in high school, so I thought that I owed that to myself and I have always thought that I could do it.”

Even though Knetzer has broken the school’s all-time rebounding record and now sits comfortably in second place on the all-time scoring list, she hopes that someone in the future can overtake her.

“Records are meant to be broken so, at this point I am going to try and put my record as far out of reach as possible, but one day I hope somebody does break my record because it would be great for them,” said Knetzer.

Knetzer also added that a lot of drive comes from her coaches and the desire to be the best she can under their power, whether it was in high school or college.

“I love the game and I wanted to be really good at it,” said Knetzer. “I have just wanted to make my coaches proud of me.”

For Jones, Knetzer gets the most out of her ability.

“[Knetzer] is a special player,” said Jones. “She is a phenomenal athlete, she works really hard and [the record] is just a testament to her effort and her consistency over four years. She uses her God given athletic ability very well.”