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2024 Volleyball Roster

1 Melanie Feliciano

  • Position OH
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus
  • Hometown Ponce, Puerto Rico

Biography

Major: Psychology

2024:
  • Limited to 37 sets due to injury
  • Racked up. 95 kills, an average of 2.57 per set
  • Averaged 2.81 digs per set
  • Opened the season with 11 digs versus Akron and 12 against Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
  • Added back-to-back 11-kill performances versus Samford and Miami Ohio
  • Season-high of 13 kills came in five-set contest against Eastern Michigan
  • Top dig tally of 13 came on four occasions

2023
  • Second on the team and fifth in the MVC with 3.64 kills per set
  • Finished with 4.13 points per set, second for UE and sixth in the MVC
  • Played in 111 sets
  • Her 2.42 digs per set was 28th in the league
  • Top season total of 17 digs came against USI and at Belmont
  • Had 11 double-doubles over the course of the season
  • Posted a season-high 31 kills in win at Indiana State
  • First 20-kill effort of 2023 saw her record 22 at DePaul
  • Following a 20-kill match in home win over Sycamores, notched 27 kills and season-high 77 attempts versus UIC
  • Added 23 kills in 5-set contest at Drake

2022
  • Injury limited her to 29 sets over the course of 8 matches
  • Recorded an average of 2.86 kills and 2.41 digs per set
  • Posted at least 8 kills in each match
  • Top season total of 14 kills came against Western Carolina
  • Added 12 kills in first road contest at Marshall
  • Hit a season-high .542 versus Western Carolina

Fall 2021:
  • Earned a spot on the All-MVC First Team for the first time in her career
  • Accumulated a total of 380 kills, an average of 3.28 per set
  • Her average ranked 6th in the MVC and third on the team
  • Tallied 3.54 kills per set in Valley play while hitting .310
  • Paced UE with a .273 hitting percentage (11th in the Valley)
  • Finished with a season-high 20 kills against Northern Kentucky
  • Added 19 kills in matches versus Missouri State and Loyola
  • Averaged 2.52 digs per set, which was third on the team
  • Top season tally of 15 digs came vs. NKU
  • Played in 116 out of 118 sets in the fall

Spring 2021:
  • Finished second on the team and fourth in the MVC with 3.89 kills per set
  • Her 11.69 attacks per set was 28th in the nation while her total attack number of 877 was 26th
  • Completed the spring third on the squad and 21st in the league with 3.19 digs per frame
  • Her average of 4.17 points per set was 6th in the conference
  • Posted double digit kills in 18 out of 20 matches
  • Season mark of 25 kills came at Missouri State on 3/1/21…she also hit a season-best .368 in the contest
  • Finished with 19 kills on two occasions
  • Totaled double figure digs in 15 matches with season mark of 20 coming at Loyola on 2/15
2019: Named a 2019 VolleyballMag.com All-Freshman Honorable Mention…earned a spot on the All-MVC Second Team and the MVC All-Freshman Team…set UE freshman record with 456 kills; it was 3rd-highest mark in UE record book…her 4.18 kills per set average was second in the MVC and one of the top three averages among freshmen in the nation…that tally was 34th in the country…her 12.02 attacks per set was 18th in the NCAA…her 1,310 total attacks ranked 31st in the country and third in UE history…was a 4-time MVC Freshman of the Week…opened her career with 19 kills against Western Illinois…posted double digit kills in 23 of her 28 matches...set season mark with three service aces against Jackson State…in her first home match, had 29 kills against Purdue Fort Wayne, hitting .424…tallied 27 kills against Middle Tennessee State before adding 36 in the win over Eastern Illinois…her 36 kills was the most in program history before Rachel Tam broke the record three days later…had 95 attempts in the match, setting the MVC and UE program marks; also had season-high six block assists…added 20 digs against the Panthers…recorded 22 kills in MVC opener vs. UNI…had at least 20 kills in first four conference matches including her top MVC effort of 24 at Drake…notched 22 kills while hitting a season-best .455 against Missouri State…added 21 kills and 21 digs in home contests versus SIU.

Prior to UE: Attended Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus where she was a member of the volleyball team and also participated in softball and track/field...earned MVP honors in several high school tournaments while being named an All-Star...her club team was Criollas de Caguas where she was a tournament MVP and All-Star.

Personal: Daughter of Fernando Feliciano and Olga Santiago...has a brother - Fernando...will be majoring in Chemistry at UE.

Statistics

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2024

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

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    2020Sophomore

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    2021Junior

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    2022Senior

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    2023Graduate Student

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    2024Graduate Student

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