Fall 2021 (Junior): Played in 29 sets, finishing with season bests in kills (8) and blocks (22), including three solos…Tied a career-high four blocks and had four kills at Maryland Eastern Shore (10/17)…Finished with four blocks, including a solo and two kills at George Mason (9/10)…Collected four blocks at Towson (9/5).
Spring 2021 (Sophomore): Started all five of the six matches she played, totaling 19 sets…Finished with five kills, four service aces, three digs and nine blocks, including two solo blocks…Tied a season-high two kills and had a dig at Howard (3/19)…Totaled two kills, a career-high four service aces, a career-high two digs and added two blocks at Howard (3/18)…Made her first start of the season and totaled two blocks in the home opening sweep of George Washington (1/28)…Recorded a kill, three blocks, including two solos in the season opener at Temple (1/23).
2019 (Freshman): Started in one of the three matches played, appearing in five sets…Averaged 1.20 kills per set and 1.00 blocks per set…Finished with six kills, five blocks, including one solo and an assist…Made her collegiate debut with a start against South Carolina State (10/25) and hit .875 with six kills, four blocks, including a solo block (all season highs)…Earned a block against Norfolk State (11/3)…Had an assist and a dig in the MEAC semifinal victory over North Carolina A&T (11/23).
High School: Lettered in volleyball at North Point High…Was a first-team All-Southern Maryland Athletic Conference (SMAC) and a first-team All-Charles County selection in 2017 and 2018…Also earned MVP honors as a junior and senior…Coached by Sara Young…Served as class President of the Student Government Association all four years and was the student government association historian her senior year…Was editor-in-chief of the school newspaper…A member of the National Honors Society and was on the Principal’s Honor Roll.
Personal: Born January 30, 2001 in La Plata, Md….Daughter of Brian and Revel Battle…Her parents and oldest brother Brian graduated from Hampton, while her brother Brandon played football at William & Mary…Major is multimedia journalism…Career ambition is to pursue a career in the journalism field…Hobbies include reading and writing…She eats and writes with her left hand and does anything sports related with her right hand…Will serve as junior class senator in Morgan State’s Student Government Association…Is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the National Pan Hellenic Council-MSU section historian and a member of the National Council of Negro Women-MSU section.
MELANIE’S CAREER HIGHS
| Attack Percentage |
.857 vs. South Carolina State (10/25/19) |
| Kills |
6 vs. South Carolina State (10/25/19) |
| Total Attempts |
7 vs. South Carolina State (10/25/19) |
| Assists |
1 vs. North Carolina A&T (11/23/19) |
| Digs |
2 at Howard (3/18/21)* |
| Aces |
4 at Howard (3/18/21)* |
| Blocks |
4 five times; last at Maryland Eastern Shore (10/17/21) |
* Played Spring 2021 due to COVID-19.
