2015 Women's Volleyball Roster
Michelle Melendez
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
- Position:
- DS
- Previous School:
- Westminster Christian (Palm Beach State)
Career Notes
• In two seasons at Liberty, registered 474 digs, 52 assists and 20 service aces
• Served as a team captain as a senior in 2016
2016 (Sr.)
• Played in all 112 of team's sets, making seven starts
• Collected 280 digs, good for second on team, while also adding 11 aces
• Posted 10 10-dig matches and team-best three 20-dig contests
• Tied career high with 22 digs at both Kennesaw State (Aug. 27) and Charleston Southern (Oct. 15)
• Recorded 15 digs in Big South opener at High Point (Sept. 23)
• Totaled 13 digs and season-high two aces in final match of season, Nov. 19 against High Point
• Named to Big South Presidential Honor Roll
2015 (Jr.)
• Played in 91 sets over 27 matches played, making 19 starts as defensive specialist
• Collected 194 digs, averaging 2.13 digs per set, good for third on the team
• Posted five 10-dig matches and one 20-dig contest
• Recorded a career-high 22 digs against Fairleigh Dickinson (Aug. 29)
• Collected 11 digs against Charleston Southern (Oct.16)
• Registered back-to-back double-digit dig matches, against Campbell (15 on Nov. 7) and at UNC Asheville (11 on Nov. 13)
• Served up two aces at both Winthrop (Oct. 24) and UNC Asheville (Nov. 13)
• Named to Big South Presidential Honor Roll
Previous School
• Transferred to Liberty from Palm Beach State College, where she played during the 2013 and 2014 seasons
• Two-time member of FCSAA All-Academic team
• Named to all-conference second team in 2014
• Twice joined the 25-Dig Club as a sophomore
• Member of the Student Athlete Leadership Team (S.A.L.T.)
Prep
• Graduated from Westminster Christian School
• Four-year letterwinner, splitting time as a setter and defensive specialist
• Two-time All-Dade honorable mention recipient
• Named to All-Dade third team as a senior
• Helped lead Westminster Christian to state final four during junior and senior seasons
• Voted school's Female Athlete of the Year in 2013
• Earned the 2011 Warrior Award
• Also played basketball as a senior
Personal
• Daughter of Alfred and Betty Melendez
• Majoring in developmental psychology
• Birthday is Oct. 20
