2019-20 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Melnick, Melissa
Melissa Melnick
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Ladue Horton Watkins
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Mo.
Bio
2020-21: Competed in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 fly at the Big Ten Championships (2/23-2/27).
2018-19: Setting a personal best and winning her first collegiate event, took first place in the 50 fly at the TYR Invitational ... Added a fourth place in the 100 fly, seventh in the 100 free, and tenth in the 50 free, all season best times (11/16-18) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017-18: Swam in her first collegiate meet against Georgia (10/20).
High School: Rated as the No. 3 graduating senior in Missouri by CollegeSwimming.com ... Four-time Winter Junior Nationals participant ... Four-time Region VIII Speedo Sectionals medalist ... Two-time Academic All-American ... Has been named to the honor each of her four years in high school ... Served as the sports editor of the school yearbook for three years.
Personal: Father Steven played football and baseball at Washington University ... Grandfather Samuel Shaw ('85), Grandmother Diane Shaw ('56 and '63), Uncle Michael Shaw ('95 and '98) and Uncle Brian Shaw ('87) are graduates of Northwestern University.
MELNICK'S CAREER BESTS
2018-19: Setting a personal best and winning her first collegiate event, took first place in the 50 fly at the TYR Invitational ... Added a fourth place in the 100 fly, seventh in the 100 free, and tenth in the 50 free, all season best times (11/16-18) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017-18: Swam in her first collegiate meet against Georgia (10/20).
High School: Rated as the No. 3 graduating senior in Missouri by CollegeSwimming.com ... Four-time Winter Junior Nationals participant ... Four-time Region VIII Speedo Sectionals medalist ... Two-time Academic All-American ... Has been named to the honor each of her four years in high school ... Served as the sports editor of the school yearbook for three years.
Personal: Father Steven played football and baseball at Washington University ... Grandfather Samuel Shaw ('85), Grandmother Diane Shaw ('56 and '63), Uncle Michael Shaw ('95 and '98) and Uncle Brian Shaw ('87) are graduates of Northwestern University.
MELNICK'S CAREER BESTS
| Event | Career Best |
| 50 free | 23.82 |
| 100 free | 51.92 |
| 500 free | 5:10.08 |
| 50 fly | 25.20 |
| 100 fly | 54.99 |
| 50 back | 27.50 |
| 100 back | 59.04 |
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