The local basketball season is over.

So, too, are the college career of Amy Achesinski and high school career of Bobby Swartwout.

The two parallel each other in so many ways.

Both excelled in multiple sports at Butler. Achesinski was a standout volleyball and basketball player for the Golden Tornado. Swartwout has begun his senior baseball season after a stellar hoop career.

Both played integral roles in getting their teams to postseason play. Achesinski led Mercyhurst College to its first postseason game in more than a decade. Swartwout helped Butler win its first state tournament game in 11 years.

Both were 1,000 point scorers in high school. Both played center and both are among the best at their position to ever don a Tornado uniform.

Both are stellar students with pleasant personalities as well.

In this business, it’s hard to say goodbye to athletes like that.

Swartwout will go on to a nice college career, of course, quite possibly in two sports. This is a guy who raised his stock considerably by his consistent scoring and rebounding down the stretch and into the playoffs this year.

This kid posted double-doubles virtually throughout the playoffs. He sank more than 90 percent of his free throws during the playoffs and 80 percent of his field goal attempts in the fourth quarter.

He closed his prep basketball career by scoring 20 points against Mt. Lebanon — a team that allows a mere 42 points per game.

Achesinski scored 1,525 points in high school. She topped that by scoring 1,704 in college, ranking third on Mercyhurst’s all-time list. Her 889 rebounds rank third all-time for the Lakers, her 56.8 field goal percentage and 476 free throws made second, her 216 assists eighth.

Like Swartwout, she was a consistent double-double performer, producing 14 such games her senior year in college.

Coming out of high school, Achesinski could have gone to a bigger school. She opted for Mercyhurst because she wanted to play for four years while helping to build a program somewhat close to home.

Mission accomplished.

Swartwout is similar in his desire to play early in college, if not right away. For the opportunity to play two sports, he may pick a smaller school.

When Achesinski was at Butler, she was part of a consistently winning program.

Time will tell, but Swartwout may have been among the guys who laid the foundation for a consistent winner as well.

Intense on the court, Achesinski and Swartwout are all smiles off it. They enjoy teammates, competition and everything that goes with sports.

If you’re a parent looking for a role model for your young athlete, neither of these two would be a bad choice.

Butler High School has produced a number of athletic standouts over the years.

In terms of well-rounded student athletes, Achesinski and Swartwout need take a back seat to none of them.

John Enrietto is sports editor of the Butler Eagle