2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster
Heath, Melissa
Jersey Number 23
Melissa Heath
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-2
- Hometown:
- Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.
- High School:
- Northern Highlands Regional
Bio
2017-18: Played in one game – at Central Connecticut (Nov. 16) … Missed the remainder of the season due to injury.
2016-17: Earned the team’s Coaches’ Award … Played in 15 games … Averaged 4.1 minutes, 1.0 rebounds, and 0.4 points per game … Shot 3-of-14 (21.4 percent) from the field on the season … Posted season highs in points (six) and rebounds (seven) vs. Rhode Island College (Jan. 9) … Appeared in six Ivy League games.
2015-16: Appeared in 15 games … Averaged 4.8 minutes, 2.1 points, and 1.1 rebounds per game … Shot 13-of-18 from the field on the year (72.2 percent) … Posted season highs with 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting and five rebounds vs. Mount Ida (Nov. 19) … Notched eight points and four rebounds vs. Rhode Island College (Jan. 6).
Before Brown: Earned First Team Group 3 All-State, First Team All-County, and First Team Big North Jersey honors as a senior … Gained Bergen County and Big North Player of the Year as a junior … Garnered First Team Big North Jersey and All-County … A High Honor Roll and National Honor Society student … Topped 1,000 points in career.
Personal: Born March 13, 1997 ... Daughter of Charles and Diane Heath ... Has three sisters, Stephanie, Stacie, and Kimie … Applied Mathematics-Economics concentrator.
Why Brown? “The first time I visited Brown University I fell in love with the school. The atmosphere that the coaches, faculty, and students created was loving, welcoming, and comforting. I knew that the environment that I was going to be in at Brown was going to be the best place for me to learn and grow, as well as prepare myself for the future.”
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 12, vs. Mount Ida (11/19/15)
Rebounds: 7, vs. RIC (1/9/17)
Assists: 1, 6x, last at Columbia (3/3/17)
Steals: 1, vs. RIC (1/9/17)
Blocks: 1, 3x, last vs. Howard (11/11/16)
2016-17: Earned the team’s Coaches’ Award … Played in 15 games … Averaged 4.1 minutes, 1.0 rebounds, and 0.4 points per game … Shot 3-of-14 (21.4 percent) from the field on the season … Posted season highs in points (six) and rebounds (seven) vs. Rhode Island College (Jan. 9) … Appeared in six Ivy League games.
2015-16: Appeared in 15 games … Averaged 4.8 minutes, 2.1 points, and 1.1 rebounds per game … Shot 13-of-18 from the field on the year (72.2 percent) … Posted season highs with 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting and five rebounds vs. Mount Ida (Nov. 19) … Notched eight points and four rebounds vs. Rhode Island College (Jan. 6).
Before Brown: Earned First Team Group 3 All-State, First Team All-County, and First Team Big North Jersey honors as a senior … Gained Bergen County and Big North Player of the Year as a junior … Garnered First Team Big North Jersey and All-County … A High Honor Roll and National Honor Society student … Topped 1,000 points in career.
Personal: Born March 13, 1997 ... Daughter of Charles and Diane Heath ... Has three sisters, Stephanie, Stacie, and Kimie … Applied Mathematics-Economics concentrator.
Why Brown? “The first time I visited Brown University I fell in love with the school. The atmosphere that the coaches, faculty, and students created was loving, welcoming, and comforting. I knew that the environment that I was going to be in at Brown was going to be the best place for me to learn and grow, as well as prepare myself for the future.”
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 12, vs. Mount Ida (11/19/15)
Rebounds: 7, vs. RIC (1/9/17)
Assists: 1, 6x, last at Columbia (3/3/17)
Steals: 1, vs. RIC (1/9/17)
Blocks: 1, 3x, last vs. Howard (11/11/16)
Brown University 50th Anniversary Event Recap
Friday, April 11
WBB vs. Harvard Post Game Press Conference
Sunday, February 23
WBB Senior Day - Gianna Aiello
Saturday, February 22
WBB Senior Day - Isabella Mauricio
Saturday, February 22
