Western Illinois University Athletics

At Western Illinois

2006 (senior season): Named Mid-Con Player of the Week for the week of November 13, becoming the first player since 2003 to win the offensive and defensive player of the week awards in the same season... captured the number two spot in the Mid-Con for blocks in conference play with 60, including five solo and 1.3 per game...  recorded 11 blocks with one solo for the win against Chicago State September 29...  earned a .647 hitting percentage with 12 kills in the three game win over IUPUI September 30... named to the Mid-Con Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence and named to Mid-Continent Fall Academic All-Conference Team.

2005 (junior season): Averaged 1.80 kills and 0.79 blocks per game...placed on the Barker GMC Classic All-Tournament Team after hitting .242 and tallying 23 kills and eight blocks over the weekend...earned a spot on the Mid-Con All-Academic team and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence....notched double-digit kills seven times.

2004 (sophomore season): Averaged 2.11 kills per game...appeared in 104 games...recorded 57 total blocks...tallied 30 aces...earned 2004 academic all-conference honors...accumulated double-figure kills on four occasions...fourth on the team with 297 digs.

2003 (freshman season): Earned Mid-Con All-Freshman Team honors...appeared in 103 games...averaged 1.88 kills per game...recorded a team-high .243 attack percentage...also recorded 70 total blocks.

High School
Earned honorable mention all-area status in 2001 and 2002...started on her 2001 Class AA state runner up squad...played for the USAV Celtic Force VBC club team.

Personal
Daughter of Robert and Nancy Melinauskas...born September 7, 1984...majoring in elementary education.