| Morgan Melloh |
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Accolades
• 2008 Easton Sports First Team All-American
• 2008 NFCA Second Team All-American
• 2008 NCAA Fresno Regional Co-MVP
• 2008 All-West Region First Team
• 2008 WAC Freshman of the Year
• 2008 WAC Pitcher of the Year
• 2008 First Team All-WAC
• 2008 Fresno State Female Athlete of the Year
• 2008 WAC Athlete of the Week - five times
• 2008 Toyota/gobulldogs.com Student-Athlete of the Week - three times
• 2008 Academic All-WAC
• 2008 WAC Scholar-Athlete
• 2008 Fresno State Scholar-Athlete
Fresno State
2008 (Freshman): Posted the most dominating performance in circle as a freshman in school history ... only Bulldog pitcher to have a 40-win season ... just the third Bulldog to tally a 400-strikeout season ... the fourth Bulldog to appear in 50 or more games in a year ... fifth pitcher in school history to post 20 shutouts in a season ... only fifth `Dog to collect 40-plus complete games in a season ... Notched 21 10-strikeout games on the season ... captured the WAC's triple crown in pitching (ERA, wins and strikeouts) ... won 13 of first 14 games to open the year ... closed out the season by going 21-6 in the circle ... had winning streaks of 12-, 10-, and 8-consecutive wins during the season ... went 11-6 against the Top 25 ... posted Top 10 wins over Michigan and Oklahoma ... finished the year with a 42-9 mark while completing 44 of 46 starts and appearing in 59 games ... collected 20 shutouts and three saves while striking out 454 in 360.1 innings for an 8.82 strikeout per 7/IP as opponents batted just .181 ..of the nine losses, five were by one run ... posted a season-best mark of 31.0 scoreless innings pitched (April 11-19) while also posting a streak of 29.1 scoreless innings earlier in the year (Feb. 15-22) ... tallied a season-high streak of 31.1 innings without an unearned run, twice (April 11-19: Feb. 15-22) ... set five Fresno State single-season pitching records: games pitched (59), consecutive games pitched (30), innings pitched (360.1), wins (42) and strikeouts (454) ... in the school's single-season pitching list, ranks in 11 categories, including five single-season school and three Western Athletic Conference records that were set: No. 1 appearances (59) --- school record; No. 1 wins (42) -- school & WAC record; No. 1 innings pitched (360.1) --- school and WAC record; No. 1 strikeouts (454) --- school & WAC record; No. 1 consecutive games pitched (30); No. 2 complete games (44); No. 2 games started (46), No. 4 strikeouts per 7/IP (8.82); No. T4 shutouts (20); No. T4 saves (3); and No. 9 consecutive wins (12) ... In the school's career annals, already ranks in three categories: No. 6 consecutive wins (12); No. 6 saves (3); and No. 9 consecutive scoreless innings (31.1) ... is sixth Bulldog pitcher to be an All-American in her freshman season ... became the third Bulldog hurler to be named pitcher and freshman of the year in the same season ... ninth Bulldog who has been honored as WAC Freshman of the Year ... is the seventh Bulldog hurler to garner conference pitcher of the year accolades (12 times overall a Bulldog has been honored as league pitcher of the year since 1988) ... In the final WAC stats, led the league in ERA (1.28), strikeouts (454), batters truck out looking (82), appearances (59), innings pitched (360.2), wins (42) and games started (46) while third in saves (3) ... in the 12 weeks of the NCAA statistics this past season, ranked every week in wins, saves, ERA and strikeouts per 7/IP ... never ranked lower than second in the nation in victories all year long ... in the final NCAA stats, ranked No. 2 in victories (42), No. 23 in strikeouts per 7/IP (8.8), No. 28 in ERA (1.28) and No. 75 in saves (3) ... Second Team All-American ... selected to the 2008 NCAA Fresno Region II Team and was named co-MVP ... First Team All-West Region ... WAC Pitcher and Freshman of the Year ... First Team All-WAC ... Five-time WAC Pitcher of the Week ... Three-time Toyota/gobulldogs.com Student-Athlete of the week ... WAC All-Academic ... WAC Scholar-Athlete ... Fresno State Scholar-Athlete ... Fresno State Female Athlete of the Year (second freshman to be honored by school regardless of sport).
Hamilton Southeastern High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in softball ... led her team to a 31-0 record in '07 and a state championship ... was Indiana Miss Softball ... was a EA Sports first-team All-American ... was an all-north Player of the Year three times ... set a strikeout record in a championship high school game by sitting down 26 batters in 10 innings ... played in a 25-inning game as a sophomore, recording 37 strikeouts with a 0.19 ERA ... during senior season, fanned 426 batters in 167 innings while hitting .378 with six home runs, 11 doubles and 33 RBI.
Personal: Born Aug. 21, 1988 ... parents are Kathleen and Jeffrey Melloh ... younger brother is Jacob and younger sister is Kristin ... lists favorite athlete as Peyton Manning because of his modesty and his never-quit attitude ... her biggest athletic thrill came when she drove in the winning run during the state title game ... admires her parents, family, friends and coaches for their support and lessons taught ... chose to attend Fresno State due to the great softball program and coaching staff, as well as a strong academic program ... enjoys drawing, ultimate Frisbee, dodgeball, swimming and roller blading.
