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2011 Softball

1 Melody Harrell

  • Position:
    SS
  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Wilmington, N.C.

Summary

Biography

2009: Started and played in 45 games ... Wasnamed to the Big South Second-Team All-Conference Team ... Led theteam with 32 runs scored and seven stolen bases ... Was tops on theteam with 148 at bats ... Tied for first on the team with threetriples ... Was second on the team with four homeruns, 50 totalhits and 74 total bases ... Was also second on the team with a .338average, a .500 slugging percentage and a .361 on-base percentage... Was third on the team with 23 RBI’s and six doubles ...Posted 16 multi-hit games on the season, the second most of anyBulldog ... Was second on the team with eight multi-RBI games ...Tallied a season-high seven game hitting streak ... Wentthree-for-four with a double, two RBI’s and two runs scoredagainst Austin Peay at the Samford Bulldog Bash ... Wastwo-for-five with two RBI and a stolen base against Howard ... Wentthree-for-five with a homerun, two RBI’s and two runs scoredin the win over Lehigh ... In four games at the Maryland RoundRobin, she was 7-for-14 with a homerun, a double, two RBI’sand three runs scored ... Went two-for-three with a triple, twoRBI’s and a run scored in the blowout of Winston-Salem State... Was two-for-five with two homeruns, three RBI’s and tworuns scored in the two regular season games against Radford ...Went three-for-four with a triple and a run scored in game twoversus Winthrop ... Had a stellar Big South Conference Tournamentin which she was 7-for-16 with two doubles, four RBI’s and astolen base over four games ... Earned a spot on the 2008-09Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

2008:
Started all 57 games ... Led the team with a .309average ... Posted a team-best 59 hits ... Tied for the team leadwith 16 steals ... Tied for second on the team with eight doubles... Went one-for-two with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored inthe season-opening game against Furman ... Legged out a triple,driving in one, while scoring one in the win over Marshall ... Wastwo-for-three with a run scored in the win over McNeese State ...Had a leadoff homerun and a triple in the 3-2 win over Notre Dame... Went three-for-three with an RBI against UNF ... Stole a baseand scored a run against Bucknell ... Was two-for-three againstSouth Carolina ... Went two-for-four against South Carolina in thesecond game ... Scored a run in the win over Presbyterian ... Wastwo-for-three with an RBI, a run scored and two stolen basesagainst ETSU ... Went two-for-four in the win over Mercer ...Blasted a two-run homerun in the win over USC Upstate ... Reachedsafely all four times at bat against Jacksonville, scoring twice... Went three-for-four with a solo homerun and two runs scored inthe win over Coastal Carolina ... Also had two stolen bases in thegame ... Scored two runs against FGCU ... Went two-for-four withtwo runs scored against the Eagles in game two ... Was four-for-sixin the doubleheader sweep of Appalachian State, driving in threeruns and scoring once ... Also stole three bases for the day ...Combined to go four-for-eight with two RBI and two runs scored inthe sweep of Belmont ... Was four-for-five with two RBI whilescoring the game-winning run in the victory over Campbell ...Recorded the game-winning run on a solo homerun in the upset oftop-seeded Lipscomb in the A-Sun Tournament ... Named to the A-SunAll-Academic Team.
 
2007: Finished ninth nationally in RBIs per game... Named to the A-Sun All-Freshman Team and A-Sun All-TournamentTeam ... Missed the first 15 games due to injury, but still playedin 42 contests, starting 40 ... Third on the team with a .324average ... Pounded out 10 doubles, four triples and seven homerunsen route to 51 RBIs ... Had a two-run homer, tying the game againstCharleston Southern ... Recorded a two-run homerun in the win overTowson ... Had a walk-off three-run homerun against Valpo ...Belted a homer and two triples en route to a season-best seven RBIsagainst WSSU ... Earned A-Sun Player of the Week for her efforts... Launched a three-run homer against No. 23 UNC ... Went 3-3 withthree doubles and three RBIs against ETSU ... Was 4-4 with six RBIsin the 8-0 win over Campbell at the A-Sun Championship ... Had twoRBIs in the second-round win over ETSU ... Recorded a sacrifice flyin the win over Stetson, moving the Bulldogs to the championshipgame ... Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.
 
High School:
Earned all-state honors her junior year ...Garnered Academic All-America honors ... All-state honorablemention her senior season ... Four-year letterwinner at Ashley H.S.... Broke 11 school records ... Batted .594 her junior season whilerecording a .613 on base percentage ... Totaled 74 hits, including14 homeruns and eight triples on the season ... Set the staterecord for homeruns during her junior year ... Three-time NFCAall-scholar athlete ... National Honor Society member ... Was aPresidential scholar and won the N.C. scholar award.
 
Personal:
Melody Anne Harrell was born January 31, 1988in Wilmington, N.C. ... Daughter of Leon and Teresa Harrell ...Majoring in business administration.

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Historical Player Information

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    2007Freshman

    3B/UT
    5'3"
    1
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    2008Sophomore

    3B/UT
    5'3"
    1
  • 1

    2009Junior

    3B/UT
    5'3"
    1
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    2010Senior

    SS
    5'3"
    1
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    2011Senior

    SS
    5'3"
    1