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Jersey Number 10
Melanie Kusakavitch
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Pittston, Pa.
- High School:
- Holy Redeemer
- Major:
- Health Sciences
2017-18 as a senior:
- Team captain
- Tied career-high in goals with 2 in win over Hofstra (10/22/17)
- Scored 7 goals while adding 2 assists on the season
- Started all 18 games playing 988 minutes
- Named to the 2017 All-CAA First team
2016-17 as a junior:
- Recorded a career-high goals (2) and points (4) in 12-0 victory over Towson (10/1)
- Tallied JMU’s first assist of the season when she made the steal and pass to Melissa Wilken for a goal just 19 seconds into the season opener against #13 Liberty (8/26)
- NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad
- Earned 19 starts and appeared in all 20 games for the Dukes
- Preseason All-CAA
- Team captain
2015-16 as a sophomore:
- Notched first multi-goal game on Oct. 11 vs. Northeastern, scoring a pair against the Huskies in a 3-1 victory
- NFHCA National Academic Squad
- CAA All-Academic Team
2014-15 as a freshman:
- Appeared in 19 games for the Dukes, getting the start in five
- Named to CAA All-Rookie team
- Scored her first collegiate goal in the 4-2 win against Longwood
- NFHCA National Academic Squad
- Dean’s List Fall 2014
Before JMU:
- All-State First Team as a senior
- Competed at the Junior Olympics as a sophomore
- NFHCA National Squad selection as a senior
- Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Coaches Association Academic All-State as a senior
- Two-time Citizens Voice All-Star Second Team
- Times Leader All-Star First Team
- Team captain in 2013
- Also competed for basketball and track teams at Holy Redeemer
Personal:
- Daughter of Bernie and Mary Kusakavitch
- Majoring in health sciences with a minor in biology
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