Darby Melia

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Forward
Height:
5-6
Hometown:
Marshfield, Mass.
High School:
Thayer Academy

2020-21: Earned Academic All-Ivy honors ... Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year finalist ... Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20: Appeared in all 29 games for the Bears, totaling five points on four goals and one assist … Named to the ECAC All-Academic Team ... Recorded three points in conference play (2-1-3) … Tallied goals against RIT (Oct. 26), Dartmouth (Nov. 2), Merrimack (Nov. 27) and RPI (Jan. 18) … Registered an assist versus Colgate (Nov. 15) … Recorded 57 shots … Added 13 blocked shots.

2018-19: Appeared in all 29 games for the Bears, recording two goals and one assist for three points ... Selected to the ECAC All-Academic Team ... Scored her first-career goal at Union on Nov. 10 ... Registered her first-collegiate assist at St. Lawrence (Jan. 18) ... Also notched a goal versus Princeton on Feb. 8 ... Added 11 blocked shots.

2017-18: Appeared in 27 games in her rookie campaign ... Named to the ECAC All-Academic Team ... Generated 16 shots on the season.

Before Brown: Competed in field hockey, hockey and track & field at Thayer Academy ... Recorded 28 goals and 28 assists for 56 points in 30 games played as a senior ... Three-year captain of the hockey team ... Two-time MVP and All-Independent School League Team ... Earned Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic honors as a senior ... Selected All-Independent School League Honorable Mention as a junior .... Received the Coaches Award as a freshman ... Invited to the USA National Development Camp (2013-15) ... Also played for the Bay State Breakers Tier I ... In field hockey, captained the team as a senior and earned the Coaches Award ... Also named All-Independent School League Team and Most Improved Player as a junior ... In track & field, placed in top-three at the ISL Championship and New England Championships ... Selected to the Keith Waldman National High School Academic Squad in 2016 and 2017 ... Received the Smith College Book Award and the Bill Holbrook Memorial Arts Prize in 2016 ... Member of Thayer Academy’s Cum Laude Society ... Was the Thayer Academy Head Tour Guide and Admissions Representative.

Personal: Daughter of Donna and Patrick Melia ... Has one sibling, Ryan ... Concentrating in Biology.

Melia's Career Highs
Goals: 1 (6x - last 1/18/20 - at RPI)
Assists: 1 (2x - last 11/9/19 - Union)
Points: 1 (8x - last 1/18/20 - at RPI)