Melissa Lewis

Height:
5-10
Class:
Junior
High School:
Madison
Hometown:
Mansfield, Ohio

1999: A First-Team All-MAC choice by the league[apos]s coaches ... earned MAC Offensive-Player-of-the-Week honors three times in a four-week span ... the first Falcon ever to earn league P-O-W laurels three times in the same season ... had 527 kills, the fifth-most in a season in BG history ... her 1,303 attack attempts were the third-most in a season by a Falcon ... ends her career ranked fifth in school history in both categories (1,277 kills, 3,303 attempts) ... in 1999, hit a team-best .279, with 4.47 kills and 2.97 digs per game ... her 27 matches with double-digit kills totals included eight matches of 20 or more ... had a career-high 31 kills at Wright State, then tied that mark three days later vs. Kent ... had her 1,000th career kill in that KSU match ... also had a career-best 22 digs vs. WSU ... her 63 total blocks included a career-high six at Eastern Michigan ... had a career-best three solo rejections vs. Cleveland State ... tied her career best with four service aces vs. Mississippi State ... had BG[apos]s top-five single-match kill efforts on the season ... ranked third in the MAC in kills per game and eighth in the league in hitting percentage.

1998: Came into her own, with 461 kills (3.94 per game) ... her kpg average ranked fifth in the MAC ... started all 32 matches and played in all 117 games ... her kills total ranked seventh on the BGSU single-season list ... had 1,238 attack attempts, good for fourth on that seasonal list .... led BG in kills 14 times, including in 11 of the last 12 matches ... hit double digits in kills on 23 occasions, including eight contests of 20-plus kills ... banged out 29 kills vs. Marshall ... set a BGSU single-match record with 89 attack attempts in that match ... had 359 digs (3.07 per game) on the year, ranking 10th in the MAC and tying her for ninth on the school[apos]s season list ... her 19 double-digit dig efforts included a career-high 21 vs. Kent ... totalled 18 double-doubles.

1997: Played in 25 matches, starting 21, for a total of 91 games ... earned all-tourney team honors at WMU Earlybird Tournament ... had 16 matches of 10-plus kills, including a then career-best 19 vs. both Western Michigan and Youngstown State ... missed six matches due to a knee injury .... led BG in kills at the time of the injury, in early October ... still finished with 277 kills on the year ... hit .230 ... had 25 service aces, including four at Wright State ... also totalled 190 digs, including 17 against Arkansas-Little Rock ... had eight matches of double-digit dig totals ... posted seven double-doubles, including in five-straight matches in late September ... had 36 total blocks.

1996: Saw action in 12 matches, including the last seven of the year ... had 12 kills in 20 games played ... recorded three kills vs. both Miami and Central Michigan ... had nine digs, including three each in that CMU match and vs. Toledo ... BG was 7-5 in matches in which Lewis saw action.

High School: A three-year letterwinner for Madison Comprehensive High School ([apos]96), helping the Rams to an impressive 67-10 record ... team posted back-to-back-to-back 8-0 seasons and league titles under coach Sue Subich during her tenure ... named Second-Team All-Ohio as a senior in 1995 .... earned third-team honors as a junior ... was Madison[apos]s top offensive player as a junior and senior ... a 1995 Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association elite camp selection ... twice named to the all-conference and all-district first teams ... MHS advanced to the state final four in 1993 ... the team finished at the top of the state poll and won the district in both 1994 and 1995.

Personal: Full name Melissa Marie Lewis ... born April 5, 1978, in Mansfield, Ohio ... daughter of Brent and Cheryl Lewis ... has two older sisters ... sister, January, graduated from and played soccer at Lincoln Memorial University ... human movement science major with a 3.12 GPA.