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2010 Softball

6 Melissa Schellberg

  • Bats/Throw R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada
  • High School Clark
  • Position Infield

Biography

Senior • 2010
Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup finalist … Finished her careerwith the most assists in school history with 369, most games playedwith 184, most at-bats with 531 and tied for most games startedwith 180 … Named to the All-Ivy League second team …Compiled a six-game hitting streak March 6-13 … Went 1 for 3with a RBI and run scored in a 4-0 win over Boston College March 7… Went 1 for 2 with an RBI and a run scored in 5-4 win overNorthern Illinois March 13 … Recorded a hit and an RBI in agame against No. 20 Texas A&M March 19 … Was 2 for 4with a run scored against Boston University March 25 … Went3 for 5 with a double and three RBI against Fairfield March 28… Named Ivy League Player of the Week for March 30 …Was 2 for 3 with a walk and two RBI in a win over Penn Apr. 10… Registered two hits, an RBI and a run scored againstProvidence Apr. 13 … Went 2 for 3 with a run scored and astolen base against Brown Apr. 19 … Started the Dartmouthseries with a 3 for 4 showing from the plate, driving in a pair ofruns and scoring twice … Went 2 for 4 with an RBI in gametwo of the Ivy League Championship series against Cornell andfollowed with a 2 for 3 showing in game three.

Junior • 2009
Started 42 games at third base … Compiled a .244 battingaverage … Recorded 30 hits and 23 RBI in 123 at bats… Was 2 for 4 with one run in 3-2 win over Kansas Feb. 28 inthe Quality Inn & Suites Invitational … Went 2 for 3with two RBI in 8-1 win over Bryant March 26 … Compiled asix game hitting streak from March 30-April 4 and had five RBI inthat stretch … Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll April 15after going 2 for 2 with two runs scored in 4-0 win over Yale April14 … Was 1 for 4 with three RBI and two runs scored in 11-0win over Brown April 19 … Named to the Ivy League Honor RollApril 28.

Sophomore • 2008
A member of the All-Ivy League honorable mention team ... One offour players to start all 47 games, getting the nod at third baseevery game ... Hit .255 with 12 runs, 35 hits and 15 runs batted in... Third on the team with eight sacrifice hits ... Fielded .952... Was 7 for 10 (.700) with a runner on third and less than twoouts and .304 with the bases empty (21 for 69) ... Had ninemulti-hit games ... Had a season-high three hits March 2 againstCal State Bakersfield ... Scored two runs and had two hits in a17-2 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff March 21 ... Plated three runsApril 7 in a 6-2 win against Penn ... Knocked in two runs in two ofthe next four games, at Holy Cross April 10 and at Yale April12.

Freshman • 2007
Earned All-Ivy League honorable mention ... Received the BeckyPocius Award, presented to the Harvard player who possesses thequalities of hard work, dedication and enthusiasm for the game ofsoftball ... Ivy League Rookie of the Week (May 8) ... Played in 44games, starting 42 at third base ... Led the team with a .375average in Ivy League games ... Tied for second on the Crimson withsix doubles and ranked fourth in batting average (.311), sluggingpercentage (.412), on-base percentage (.359), runs batted in (15)and sacrifice bunts (eight) ... Led Harvard with 103 assists andmade a number of outstanding defensive plays ... Recorded hits in11 of final 13 games and registered two hits in seven of thosegames, raising her average from .250 to .311 ... Hit agame-winning, three-run homer to at Dartmouth (May 1) to clinch theNorth Division title ... Hit a bases-loaded, RBI single and scoredto lead off the completion of the halted game against the Big Green(May 2), helping Harvard clinch homefield in the leaguechampionship ... Had three hits in the Ivy League Championshipagainst Penn (May 5), including a two-run single to score theeventual winning runs in Game 1 ... Made a pair of crucial divingstops in the championship sweep of Penn and a diving play to strandthe tying run at third base to end the 2-1, nine-inning win March29 at Boston University ... Added two hits in the second game at BUand finished with 11 two-hit games, including a 2-for-3, three-RBIperformance against Cornell (April 8) ... Made Crimson debut inseason opener against Lehigh (March 3), recorded first hit in winagainst St. Joseph’s (March 4) and hit first home run in winat Princeton (April 7).

Before Harvard
A three-year captain and four-year letterwinner for the Clark HighSchool softball team ... Won the Most Inspirational award threeyears ... Member of All-State Academic Softball Team ... Named theChevron Player of the Week in 2004 ... Class valedictorian ...Member of National Honor Society and Clark County Honor Band ...Two-year drum major of marching band and principle oboe player inWind Ensemble ... Drive Committee chairperson and Valley Hospitalmaternity ward volunteer.

Personal
Interests include music, reading and watching and playing sports... Concentrating in Psychology ... Is a peer advising fellow forfreshmen.

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2009Junior

    Third Base
    6
  • 6

    2010Senior

    Infield
    6