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  Melissa Andrews

Melissa Andrews

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Vista, Calif.

High School:
Rancho Buena Vista

Last College:
St. Peter's

Height:
5-5

Position:
OF

B/T:
R/R

2007: NFCA Second Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region selection... Second Team All-Atlantic 10... Set a Fordham single season record with 21 stolen bases... Tied for the team lead in RBI at 43 and triples (3), while finishing second on the team with a .379 batting average... Also added seven doubles and four home runs... Hit .433 in Atlantic 10 play... Named Atlantic 10 and ECAC Player of the Week once... One of two Rams to have over 20 multi-hit games... Was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI against Delaware (3/3)... String together six straight multi-hit games in mid-March against Fairfield (3/17), Iona (3/18), George Washington (3/23-24), and La Salle (2 - 3/25)... Collected three hits and two RBI in games against Charlotte (3/30-31)... Was 5-for-8 with two RBI in a doubleheader at Seton Hall (4/3)... Was 3-for-3 with two home runs and seven RBI against Temple (4/5)... Hit the game-winning home run in the Rams' second game against Temple (4/6)... Went 3-for-3 in the first game against Saint Joseph's (4/7)... Collected three hits, three stolen bases, and three RBI in a doubleheader against Manhattan (4/10)... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI at St. Bonaventure (4/21)... Recorded three hits and three RBI in a doubleheader versus Dayton (4/29)... Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Championship team, after hitting .583 (7-12) in three games... Was a home run short of the cycle against Saint Louis, going 4-for-4 with two doubles and a triple (5/10).

Before Fordham: Played one season at St. Peter's College, leading the team in batting, triple, home runs, stolen bases, slugging percentage, and multi-hit games... Batted .425 as a freshman with eight doubles, three triples, five home runs and 19 RBI... Added 11 stolen bases and 30 runs scored... Posted a .435 on-base percentage and a .667 slugging percentage... Had 17 multi-hit games, while posting an 11-game hitting streak, second best on the team in 2006. High School: Played at Ranco Buena Vista High School... Was a First Team All-CIF selection... Named Coca-Cola Female Athlete of the Year.

Personal: Majoring in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing.