Tremendous athlete in the net... Great footwork and speed... Leader by example and very vocal between the pipes.
2010 (5th-Year Senior): Started all of the 20 games for the Blue and White, playing all 1418:53 minutes for the Hawks...Named to the Second-Team All-NEC...Named NEC Player of the Week (9/13)...Tabbed to the NEC All-Tournament team... Registered 83 saves on the season... Owned a 1.38 goals against average, good for second in the NEC... The local product recorded a .748 save percentage... Posted six shutouts on the season...Turned away season high eight shots, four times, against Delaware (9/12), at Rutgers (9/19), at Vermont (9/26) and at Penn State (10/3).
USA High Performance Women's National Championships: Became the first Monmouth University player to be selected to compete with the best in the nation... Keeper will compete on The New Jersey team, which took gold in 2009 National Competition... From this tournament, the U.S.A National team will be picked.
2009 (Senior): Started all 21 games in goal for the Blue and White...Finished with a 9-11 record in 1499:33 Posted 148 saves (3rd in NEC), 7.40 saves per game (4th in NEC), two shutouts (Tied for 4th in NEC), 3.18 goals against average (6th in NEC) and .736 save percentage (9th NEC)... Posted double digit saves in six games against West Chester ( 9/6), Brown (9/12), Boston College (9/13), Richmond (9/19), Rider (10/9, 11/6).
2008 (Junior): Started and played in all 18 games for the Blue and White... Logged 116 saves on the season with a .720 save percentage, good enough for third best in the NEC... Fifth in the conference in saves per game with 6.44... Owned a three and fifteen overall record with one shutout against Davidson (9/28).
2007 (Sophomore): Played in 10 games in goal, making nine starts... Had 57 saves with a .655 save percentage... Had three wins and six losses on the season, with one shutout against Siena (10/5).
2006 (Freshman): Red-shirted her freshman campaign at Michigan State.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Monmouth Regional High School in Tinton Falls, N.J... 2005 All-Shore Conference First-Team selection... NJSIAA All-Group III team honoree... All-State Second-Team selection... Helped Falcons qualify for Shore Conference and New Jersey State Tournament senior season... National Honor Society member... Also lettered in indoor track and field and lacrosse.
Personal: Born Melissa Rose Katz on April 3, 1988 in Long Branch, N.J... Daughter of Margaret and Rich Katz... Majoring in art.
