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Melanie Schaffer
- Year:
- Junior
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Allison Park, Pa.
- High School:
- Hampton
Bio
At JMU: 2007: ESPN the Magazine (CoSIDA) Academic All-District III third team (3.978 GPA in biology/pre-medicine). Soccer America Team of the Week, topdrawersoccer.com Team of the Week and CAA Player of the Week Sept. 23 (game-winners vs. American and Navy). All-CAA preseason team. Team tri-captain. Conference (CAA) Commissioner’s Academic Award. JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete.
2006: Academic All-State (VaSID). Conference (CAA) Commissioner's Academic Award.
2005: ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III third team (3.97 grade-point average in biology). JMU/Comfort Inn Invitational All-Tournament Team. Conference (CAA) Commissioner's Academic Award. Academic All-State (VaSID) honorable mention. JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete.
2004: Conference (CAA) All-Rookie Team. Led team in game-winning goals and tied for team lead in goals. Conference (CAA) Rookie of the Week (Sept. 26). Conference (CAA) Commissioner's Academic Award.
High school and club: All-state as a junior and senior. Four-time all-section and three-time All-WPIAL (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League). Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Elite 11 and North Elite 11 as a junior. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette All-Star and North All-Star as a junior and senior. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review North Player of the Year runner-up as a junior. Four-year starter. Team captain and MVP as a senior. Led team in scoring and assists as a junior. Her Beadling club team was Region I Premier League champion 2002. Beadling was Pennsylvania West champion 2001 and 2002 and runner-up 2003 and 2004. Olympic Development Program Region I pool 1999, 2000 and 2002. Member of Pennsylvania West ODP Team 1999-2002 and team captain 2002. Also lettered in basketball and track. Set school record in discus and finished fifth in WPIAL in javelin. Hampton’s top female scholar-athlete award-winner as a senior. National Honor Society member. Salutatorian of her high school class.
Personal: Melanie Schaffer. President’s List student in biology. Tri-Beta biology honor society's outstanding junior award for excellence in biology. 2008 JMU biology department Margart A. Gordon Memorial Scholarship winner and Excellence in Biology award. President of Student Athlete Advisory Council.
2006: Academic All-State (VaSID). Conference (CAA) Commissioner's Academic Award.
2005: ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III third team (3.97 grade-point average in biology). JMU/Comfort Inn Invitational All-Tournament Team. Conference (CAA) Commissioner's Academic Award. Academic All-State (VaSID) honorable mention. JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete.
2004: Conference (CAA) All-Rookie Team. Led team in game-winning goals and tied for team lead in goals. Conference (CAA) Rookie of the Week (Sept. 26). Conference (CAA) Commissioner's Academic Award.
High school and club: All-state as a junior and senior. Four-time all-section and three-time All-WPIAL (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League). Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Elite 11 and North Elite 11 as a junior. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette All-Star and North All-Star as a junior and senior. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review North Player of the Year runner-up as a junior. Four-year starter. Team captain and MVP as a senior. Led team in scoring and assists as a junior. Her Beadling club team was Region I Premier League champion 2002. Beadling was Pennsylvania West champion 2001 and 2002 and runner-up 2003 and 2004. Olympic Development Program Region I pool 1999, 2000 and 2002. Member of Pennsylvania West ODP Team 1999-2002 and team captain 2002. Also lettered in basketball and track. Set school record in discus and finished fifth in WPIAL in javelin. Hampton’s top female scholar-athlete award-winner as a senior. National Honor Society member. Salutatorian of her high school class.
Personal: Melanie Schaffer. President’s List student in biology. Tri-Beta biology honor society's outstanding junior award for excellence in biology. 2008 JMU biology department Margart A. Gordon Memorial Scholarship winner and Excellence in Biology award. President of Student Athlete Advisory Council.
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