Jessica Melby

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-6
Position:
Goalkeeper
High School:
Upper St. Clair
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Major: Spanish

2013: Had a outstanding four-year career between the pipes, starting final 54 straight games ... named to the All-Big South First Team ... one of three Wildcats to earn Big South All-Tournament Team honors after guiding Davidson to the championship game ... named the team's MVP with Abigail Doelger ... led the Big South with a career-best 8.36 goals against average and 48.1 percent save percentage ... the 8.36 GAA set a Davidson single-season record and the 997.02 minutes played were third-most in a season ... concluded four-year career ranked second all-time in minutes played and goals against average, while finishing in the top-10 in saves with 415 ... stopped 130 of those shots during senior campaign ... 11th in the nation in GAA and ninth in save percentage ... pulled in a career-best 32 groundballs, second-best on the team ... three times in a game scooped up four groundballs, a season-high ... also forced a personal-best tying four turnovers ... 12 times held the opposition to under 10 goals, including a season-best zero against Kennesaw State in 30 minutes of play ... had five games of double-digit saves, with a season-best 13 coming in a regular season victory at home against High Point ... closed out final game of career with 10 saves in the Big South Championship game vs. HPU ... earned a career-high 11 wins and had a career record of 24-29 between the pipes.

2012: Junior year produced a spot on the All-NLC Second Team as the top goalie ... started all 18 games, going 7-10 between the pipes to move career mark to 13-22 ... tallied a career-best 153 saves, good for second-most in the NLC ... added 18 groundballs and four caused turnovers ... had six multi-groundball games, including picking up three groundballs in a game three different times ... held Howard to a career-low five goals in a 21-5 win on the road ... seven times stopped 10 or more shots in a game, saving a personal-best 17 in leading Davidson to a 15-10 home win against UC Davis ... 12.39 goals against average was third-best in the NLC ... registered back-to-back 10-plus saves, getting 12 against Jacksonville at home and then following it up with a 15-save road game against Detroit.

2011: Took over goalie position in sophomore campaign, starting all 18 games ... honored with the team's Most Improved Award ... came up with 131 saves, including stopping at least 10 or more shots three times ... was sixth in the league saves and fourth with a 12.65 goals against average ... came up big in Wildcats' semifinal NLC Tournament game vs. Jacksonville, stopping a career-best 16 shots ... closed with 20 saves for the tournament and was named to the all-tournament team ... earned 10 stops each vs. California and Robert Morris during the regular season ... three times held opponents to a season-low six goals in wins vs. Robert Morris, Howard and Liberty, which was in the first round of the NLC Tournament ... also totaled 29 groundballs and seven caused turnovers ... had a season-best four groundballs vs. Robert Morris, while picking up a pair of forced turnovers vs. Liberty at the NLC Tournament.

2010: Saw action in three games as a freshman, all three being Davidson wins ... picked up first career save in second half of a 19-9 win vs. Saint Francis ... also picked up a groundball in the win.

Prep and personal: Three-year letterwinner for Upper St. Clair ... two-time All-WPIAL First Team member ... named to the 2008 All-WPIAL All Star team ... Upper Atlantic Team Eight member ... also played field hockey and soccer for the Panthers ... honor roll student.

Year	G	GS	Min	GA	GAA	Svs	ShO	GB	CT
2010	3	0	90:00	10	6.67	1	0	1	0
2011	18	18	1086:00	229	12.65	131	0	29	7
2012	18	18	993:04	205	12.39	153	0	18	4
2013	18	18	997:02	139	8.36	130	0	32	4
Totals	72	54	3,166:06	583	11.05	415	0	80	15