Sidney Melton

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Sidney Melton high fives Megan Hensley during the game against Lipscomb.

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Sidney Melton steals second during game one of the double-header against Morehead State at Ulmer Stadium.

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Softball's Megan Hensley, head coach Holly Aprile, and Sidney Melton address the media during the second round of Spring Sports Media Day at the Planet Fitness - Kueber Center on campus.

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Class:
Junior
High School:
Bishop Hartley
Hometown:
Columbus, Ohio

• 2019 All-ACC Second Team Selection
• 2019 ACC Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient
• 2019 Preseason All-ACC Selection
• 2018 All-ACC First Team Selection
• 2016 ACC All-Tournament Team Selection
• Owns Louisville’s game and season record for stolen bases
As a redshirt senior (2019): Named to the All-ACC second team... Preseason All-ACC selection... Selected to Google Cloud Academic All-District first team... All-ACC Academic Team member... Started every game at third base... Led the team with a .338 batting average... Second on the team with 47 runs... Third on the team with a career-high 37 RBIs... Set a school record for stolen bases in a season (35)... Finished her career ranked second on Louisville’s all-time stolen base list (68)... Ranked fifth in career runs scored (157)... Tied for 25th in the NCAA with five triples... Blasted a solo home run in the 2-1 win over No. 17/16 Northwestern in the Evanston Regional to help the Cards reach the Regional Final... Also hit a home run in the 9-5 win over Southern Illinois in the opening game of the Evanston Regional... Connected on a triple to drive in the tying run and subsequently scored the game-winning run in the 5-4 win at Marshall (4/23)... Went 3-for-3 with two runs an an RBI in the 11-7 win over Georgia Tech (4/19)... Went 2-for-5 with two run, and RBI and a stolen base in the 8-7 win against N. 24/23 Kentucky (4/17)... Hit a three-run triple to even the score at 3-3 in the eventual 10-9 win over No. 3/3 Florida State (4/8) also had a double in that game... Went 2-for-3 with a double and a triple and scored a run in the 4-1 loss to No. 3/3 Florida State (4/6)... Went 2-for-3 and drove in all four runs in the 4-2 win over Syracuse (3/15)... Set a school record with four stolen bases in the 8-0 win over Morehead State - also scored a three runs in that game (3/12)... Went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and three RBIs in the 6-0 win over Radford (3/9)... Tallied a career-high four RBIs in the 14-1 win over Michigan State (3/8)... Scored the lone run in Louisville’s 1-0 win over Radford (3/8)... Went 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs in the 5-3 win over Kansas (2/24)... Singled and scored the game-tying run in the 2-1 win over No. 15/17 Michigan (2/16)... Went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs and a stolen base in the 7-5 win over Utah State (2/10).

As a redshirt junior (2018): Named to the 2018 All-ACC first team... Led the team with a career-best 45 runs scored - ranks ninth on Louisville’s single-season list... Went 15-for-15 in stolen bases (second on the team)... Stood third on the team with a .329 batting average... Belted out three home runs... Started 52 games in the outfield or at shortstop... Went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs in the ACC quarterfinal loss to No. 7/10 Florida State (5/10)... Went 2-for-3 with a home run to help the Cards rally to tie the game after falling behind 7-1 at Pitt (5/4)... Went 2-for-3 with three runs and two RBIs in the 13-10 win over Marshall (5/2)... Went 2-for-3 and matched a career-high for RBIs with three in the 8-0 win against Boston College (4/29)... Tied a career-high with three RBIs in the 11-7 win over Indiana (4/18)... Went 2-for-3 in the loss at No. 20/21 Kentucky (4/4)... Went 3-for-4 with three runs in the 7-0 win against NC State (3/31)... Registered a career-high and tied a school record with three stolen bases in the 5-3 win over Duke (3/23)... Hit a home run in the 7-2 loss to Notre Dame (3/18)... Belted out three hits in back-to-back games against Bradley and UMass (3/9)... Scored a season-high three runs in the 10-8 win against Bradley (3/9)... Scored two runs in the 5-3 win over UCF (2/9)... All-ACC Academic Team selection... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.

As a junior (2017): Started 13 games at shortstop before being sidelined by a season-ending injury...Carried a .364 batting average with 12 runs... Tied a school record with four runs against Southern Utah (2/10)... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall and spring.

As a sophomore (2016): Named to the ACC All-Tournament team… Led the team with 43 runs and 15 stolen bases… Tied for the team lead with three triples on the season… Second on the team with a .365 batting average… Tied for second on the team with 14 multi-hit games… Started 44 games, spending the first part of the season in the outfield and the last part at shortstop… Had a hit and scored a run in the 4-0 win over No. 5 Florida State (5/7)… Had two hits with a triple and a run in the 4-3 loss at No. 5 Florida State (5/8)… Missed the Notre Dame series due to injury… Put together a 10-game hitting streak during the season… Went 2 for 2 with three runs and an RBI in the 8-0 win over N.C. Central (4/17)… Went 2 for 2 with two runs and an RBI in the 12-0 win over WKU (3/30)… Went 4 for 5 with three runs, an RBI and a stolen base in the 19-3 win over NC State (3/26)… Went 3 for 4 with a triple and two runs in the 7-2 win over Virginia (3/18)… Hit a game-tying two-run triple in the 6-3 win over Kent State (2/28)… Scored two runs in the 5-0 win over Wisconsin (2/20)… Stole a pair of bases against Sam Houston State (2/14)… Went 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI against Sam Houston State (2/14)… Tied a career high with two RBIs against Texas A&M Corpus Christi (2/13)… … CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 selection… Named to ACC All-Academic team and ACC Academic honor roll… NFCA Scholar Athlete… Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll in the fall and spring.

As a freshman (2015): Played in 29 games with six starts in the outfield or at second base... Registered a .276 batting average... Scored 10 runs and drove in four... Went 2 for 4 with a double, two runs and two RBIs in the 15-11 win over Syracuse (3/28)... Hit her first career home run in the 14-4 win at Ohio State (3/18)... Scored the game-winning run after her bunt single set up Maryssa Becker’s two-run hit in the 7-5 victory over Virginia (3/15)... Drove in her first career run in the 4-3 loss to Illinois State (3/9)... Registered first career hit in the 6-4 win over UC Davis... Named to the ACC All-Academic team… Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll and was a Dean’s Scholar in the fall and spring semesters.

High School/Travel: Lettered four years for coach Meghan Zuecher…Four-time all-league and all-state selection… Four-time Bishop Hartley High School Offensive Player of the Year award recipient… All-state selection (2013)…First team all-metro selection (2013)…Second team all-state and all-metro (2014) selection…Two-time team MVP…Named a 2013 Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association Scholar Athlete… Helped her travel team win 14U National Championship …Played for the Louisville Lady Sluggers…Also lettered in swimming, basketball, and track and field…Member of the honor roll.

Personal: Full name is Sidney Melton…Nickname is Melton…Daughter of Shane and Holly Melton…Birthdate is January 24, 1996…Has one sibling, Reese…Major is exercise science/pre-physical therapy… Post college ambition is to be an RN or RDN working at a university… Wears No. 9 because it was the number her dad wore in college… Favorite memory was hitting her first (and only) home run at Ohio State in her hometown.