Melissa Cairo

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Hillsborough, Calif.
High School:
Menlo School

2017: Gained Honorable Mention All-Ivy accolades … Garnered Academic All-Ivy accolades … Served team as co-captain … Earned a spot on the Holy Cross Invitational All-Tournament Team … Ranked third in the Ivy League in digs pet set (4.10) and fourth in total digs (369) … Led the team with 27 service aces … Played in 24 matches and 90 sets … Dished out 73 total assists … Posted a career-high 34 digs vs. Dartmouth (Nov. 3) … Totaled 20 or more digs in each of six matches … Tallied double-figure digs in each of 18 matches … Notched 28 digs at Cornell (Nov. 11) … Registered 24 digs vs. Harvard (Nov. 4) and at Bryant (Sept. 9).

2016: Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors … Played in 21 matches and 79 sets as the team’s libero … Ranked second in the Ivy League with 4.89 digs per set … Totaled 386 digs on the year … Tallied 5.48 digs per set in Ivy matches … Added 0.81 assists per set and six service aces … Posted 10 or more digs in each of 20 matches … Recorded 20 or more digs 10 times … Notched a season-high 29 digs at Harvard (Nov. 12) … Logged 28 digs at Dartmouth (Nov. 11) … Compiled 26 digs at Columbia (Sept. 30).

2015: Played in all 26 matches and 94 sets … Performed as the team’s libero for much of the season … Finished fourth in the Ivy League with 4.31 digs per set … Averaged 0.26 aces per set … Tallied double-digit digs in 23 of 26 matches … Posted 20 or more digs in each of eight matches … Totaled a season-high 31 digs at UTEP (Sept. 11) … Made 28 digs vs. Dartmouth (Nov. 13) … Finished with 29 digs vs. Robert Morris (Sept. 12).

2014: Saw action in all 26 matches, competing in 83 sets … Finished with 150 total digs and 1.81 digs per set, good for fourth and fifth on the team respectively … Tallied a career-high 15 digs against Penn (Nov. 14) … Posted double-digit digs in each of four matches.

Before Brown: Three-year team captain at Menlo School … First Team San Mateo County and First Team All-League as a senior … Led team to Northern California, Section and League Championships … Silver and bronze medalist at Junior Nationals with Vision club team.

Personal: Melissa is the daughter of Mary Huser and Dave Cairo … Has two siblings, Casey and Alecia … Health and Human Biology concentrator… Born on April 19, 1996.

CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 1, 4x, last at Dartmouth (Oct. 14, 2017)
Digs: 34, vs. Dartmouth (Nov. 3, 2017)
Assists: 8, 2x, last at Dartmouth (Nov. 11, 2016)
Service Aces: 4, 2x, last vs. Harvard (Nov. 4, 2017)
Total Blocks: 1 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (Sept. 1, 2017)