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29 Morgan Melito

  • Bats/Throw R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Westlake Village, Calif.
  • High School Westlake
  • Position INF
  • House History

Biography

Senior (2022)

Voted to the All-Ivy League Second Team... Earned Ivy League All-Academic Team accolades... Landed on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team... NFCA Scholar-Athlete... Recipient of the team's Best Offensive Player Award and shared with Brianna Jewett the team's Betty Ippolito Legacy Award, which is given annually to the player(s) who have done the most to continue the tradition of excellence within Harvard Softball... Served as team tri-captain... Led the team in nearly every offensive category, hitting .342 with a .988 OPS, racking up 39 hits, five doubles and four home runs en route to 26 RBI... Finished second on the team in triples (2)... Had six stolen bases (6-for-7), tied for the third-highest total on the team... Recorded a .996 fielding percentage (one error)... Posted eight multi-hit games and six multi-RBI performances... Finished her career with at least one hit in nine of her last 10 games... Opened the campaign with a 3-for-4 effort vs. Rhode Island at the Hatter Classic in DeLand, Fla., leading to two runs and four RBI... Named the Ivy League Player of the Week on Feb. 28 after leading the team in batting average (.571), hits (8), doubles (1, tied), home runs (2, tied), RBI (8), total bases (15), sacrifice flies (2) and stolen bases (3), while slugging 1.071, to go with an on-base percentage of .529 in five games at the Hatter Classic... Had four RBI after going 2-for-3 in Game 2 of a home doubleheader vs. Princeton... Enjoyed 3-RBI outings in Game 2 of a doubleheader at Columbia and vs. Dartmouth... Belted home runs against Rhode Island (Feb. 25), at Stetson (Feb. 26), at Columbia (Game 2, April 2) and at Brown (April 24).

Junior (2020)

Started all 10 games on the season for the Crimson... Batted .258 through 36 plate appearances and a .419 slugging percentage...Totaled eight hits including two doubles on the year... Hit her first home run of the season against N.C. Central on March 1... Went a season-high 2-for-3 against N.C. Central on March 1 with three RBIs and three runs scored...Named to 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District team.

Sophomore (2019)

Played in 43 games... Held a .250 batting average with a .761 OPS (.397 SLG%, .364 OBP), eight doubles, three home runs and 28 RBIs... Picked up first home run of the season with two RBIs in the 4-3 victory against Cal State Fullerton (March 15)...  Hit two doubles while going 2-for-3 with two RBIs in the 14-1 win over Columbia (April 6)... Went 1-for-1 with a home run and three RBIs against Columbia (April 7)... Went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI in the 4-2 win against Boston University (April 11)... Recorded a double, run and a RBI in game two of the Ivy League Playoff Series against Columbia (May 11)... Helped Harvard to its second-straight Ivy League Championship, Playoff Series and a berth to the NCAA tournament.

Freshman (2018)

Appeared in the first nine games for the Crimson, while starting eight games ... Posted a .320 batting average with an .850 OPS (.480 SLG%, .370 OBP), four doubles and an RBI ... Registered a career single-game best, going 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored against Miami (Ohio) on Feb. 23 ... Drove in her first career run in a 4-3 win over North Carolina on March 2. 

Before Harvard

Four-year letterwinner and starter on the varsity softball team at Westlake… Three-year captain at Westlake… Four-time first-team All-Marmonte League selection… 2017 Marmonte League Offensive Player of the Year… Earned all-county honors (2017)… Holds Marmonte League record for career batting average… Led Westlake to CIF semifinals in 2015… Named Marmonte League Freshman of the Year in 2014… A seven-year member of the National Charity League… Played for Bownet and ACES club softball teams.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018First-Year

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    2019Sophomore

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    2020Junior

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    2022Senior

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