Career Notes: 2020 All-California Pacific Conference Second Team selection.
2022: Started seven of her eleven games played...Recorded an assist in the regular season finale at Cal Maritime (10/29).
2021: Was credited with an assist on the game-winning goal at Pacific Union College (10/10)...Scored in the regular season finale at Cal Maritime (11/7).
2020: All-California Pacific Conference Second Team selection...One of seven Bobcats to start ell eight games...Tallied two goals on seven shots...Logged 547 minutes as a defensive midfielder...Scored first career Cal Pac goal in the season opener at Pacific Union (3/3)...Continued her strong efforts on the road with another goal at University of Antelope Valley (3/20).
2019: One of six Bobcats to appear in all 18 games...Was inserted into the starting lineup on nine occasions...Scored a goal and recorded three assists as an outside back...Got off ten shots, four of which were on goal...Earned the start and played all 90 minutes in the season opener against Menlo College (8/24)...First career shot was also her first career goal at NCAA Division III Mills College (9/17)...Credited with first career assist against No. 24 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (9/29)...Assisted the Bobcats lone goal at University of Antelope Valley (10/5)...Added an assist vs. Simpson (10/26) in the home finale...Tallied a shot on goal late in the second half at Marymount (11/2).
High School: Melendez helped lead Mission Oak to 73 wins and two CIF Central Section Championships as a four-year varsity starter....Was named to the All-American League First Team her junior year and the Second Team both her sophomore and senior seasons...Also earned Defensive Player of the Year honors as a junior and the John Pimental Soccer Award as a senior....Other high school accomplishments include earning All-League honors in softball and water polo and winning the 2016 softball CIF Central Section Championship...Was selected for the Central Section CIF Spirit of Sport Award...With South Valley United, Melendez's team won the NorCal State Cup, End of Summer Clash Tournament and the SoccerFest Tournament.
Personal: Majoring in Human Biology...Nicknamed Skittles...Has two sisters...Plans to become a teacher after her soccer career...Favorite food is Portugese food...Can be found hunting and fishing in her free time...Favorite athlete is Julie Ertz...Favorite musician is Eminem and favorite movie is 8 Mile...Lists her parents as her biggest influence because of their ability to push her to be her best and to work hard to achieve goals...Every moment on the soccer field is a good moment for Skittles, but if she had to pick her happiest moment on the soccer field it would be when she earned her first career start.
