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Ohio State Overview
• Signed her National Letter of Intent with Ohio State in November of 2020
• An OSU Scholar-Athlete majoring in marketing
Honors and Awards
• First Team All-Big Ten (2023)
• NFCA Second Team All-Midwest Region (2023)
• NFCA Third Team All-Midwest Region (2022)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (April 25, 2022)
• Big Ten co-Player of the Week (March 21, 2023)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2022)
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2022)
As a Junior (2024)
• Played in five games before suffering a season-ending injury in mid-February
As a Sophomore (2023)
• Started all 53 games in right field.
• Led the Buckeyes in batting average (.373), RBI (44), runs scored (50), hits (66), home runs (11), slugging percentage (.718), on-base percentage (.439) and stolen bases (13).
• Ranked among the Big Ten leaders in batting average (seventh), RBI (10th), triples (first), slugging percentage (third), doubles (seventh), OPS (fourth) and hits (third).
• Reached base in every game between Feb. 24 and April 29 – 39 in total – which was the second-longest streak since 2013.
• Hit .581 with a 1.000 slugging percentage, 11 RBI and 11 runs scored in eight games from March 14-19 to earn Big Ten co-Player of the Week honors.
• Had a home run in four consecutive games between March 27 and April 2.
• Went 5-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in a 13-2 win over Charleston Southern, becoming just the second player in program history to record five hits in a game.
• Had a .311 batting average with a .737 slugging percentage and 24 RBI in 23 Big Ten games
As a Freshman (2022)
• Played in 49 games and started 45 times as a true freshman
• Finished with the third-highest batting average on the team at .342 with 34 runs scored, 11 doubles, four home runs and 13 RBI
• Her batting average was the seventh-highest ever for a freshman
• Had a .398 on-base percentage while hitting lead off for most of the season
• Led the team with 17 multi-hit games
• In six postseason games, hit .429 with a .714 slugging percentage, one home run, three doubles and six runs scored
• Was the Big Ten Freshman of the Week following a weekend series at Michigan where she hit .583 with three doubles and a home run
• Went 3-for-4 with a home run, double and three runs scored in the series opener, a 6-2 Ohio State victory
More on Melina
• Was named the Most Valuable Player of the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference as a senior in 2021
• Led the Pirates in nearly every statistical category as a freshman and sophomore
• Was an All-Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference honoree in 2018 and 2019
• Team MVP and third team All-Indiana as a sophomore
• Set the single-season record with 10 triples
• Topped the conference in batting average as a freshman and sophomore (.558, .634)
• Played club ball for the Beverly Bandits
• Also helped the basketball team to two WPIAL Championships and three straight 3A Sectional Championships, which is a school record
• Was an All-District selection as a senior in 2020-21
2023 Softball Roster
Wilkison, Melina
Jersey Number 23
Melina Wilkison
- Year:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Greensburg, Ind.
- Last School:
- Greensburg
- Height:
- 5-8
- B/T:
- R/R
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