Melody Coombs Season 2023

2023 • JUNIOR SEASON  
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten. 
 
Season: Made 47 appearances for the Blue & White, adding 44 starts playing predominately at second base…Logged career-best marks in triples (two), doubles (five), hits (31), runs (26) and at-bats (125)…Finished the season batting at a .248 clip, adding nine RBI…Drew 16 walks and four hit by pitches, culminating in a career-high on base percentage of .349…Swiped a career-high 18 bases on 19 attempts…Finished the season with a .951 fielding percentage…Logged the longest reached-base streak on the roster, reaching first in 16 consecutive games during a stretch of the 2023 campaign.
 
Rankings: Ranked third in the Big Ten Conference with 0.40 stolen bases per game.
 
vs. Cleveland State (2/17): Went 1-for-1 in the box and scored a run after swiping a career-high three bases in the season-opening win. at Jacksonville (2/18): Registered a single and added two more stolen bases on two attempts, scoring a run in the process. vs. Kent State (2/24): Tallied her fifth run of the season in her seventh appearance…Went 1-for-2 at the dish, adding a walk and solen base in PSU’s winning effort. vs. Delaware (3/4): Logged a season-high tying three hits and stole a pair of bases in the win. at Hampton (3/5): Added a trio of runs, a season-high tally in the category. Cornell (3/16): Was 3-for-4 at the plate, scoring a pair of runs in the contest. Pittsburgh (3/21): Booked her first triple of 2023…Published a pair of hits in the game on four AB’s. at Northwestern (4/8): Cranked a two-run home run, her first of the season. at Northwestern (4/9): Logged her second home run in as many days. at Maryland (4/22): Was 1-for-2 with an RBI double…Finished with a season-high four putouts. 
 
2022 • SOPHOMORE SEASON  
Season: Appeared in 40 games and started in 38…Scored a career high 19 times…Batted .180 with 16 hits…Career high in putouts with 87 
 
vs. Cleveland State (2/18): Recorded five putouts. at Georgia Tech (2/25): Recorded two hits. at UNCG (3/6): Had two hits. vs. UMass Lowell (3/19): Scored three times...Had three RBI...Stole a base. vs. Cornell (3/20): Had one hit and two RBI. vs. Maryland (3/24): Had two hits and one RBI.
 
2021 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Started 30 games and made 33 total appearances, primarily at second base...Totaled 19 hits, second most on team...Batted in nine runs...Scored team-high 14 runs...Had three multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game...Was perfect 9-for-9 in stolen bases, tied for team best.

vs. Wisconsin (2/26): Made collegiate debut as starter in outfield in both games of doubleheader...Recorded first collegiate hit and RBI in game two. at Nebraska (3/27): Had a RBI-double in game one of doubleheader...Scored one run. at Nebraska (3/28): Went 4-for-5 at the plate for first four-hit game by a Nittany Lion since 2018...Hit first career home run...Scored two runs...Had two stolen bases. Ohio State (4/3): Hit second home run of season in second-straight game. Rutgers (4/9): Scored two runs to help Nittany Lions to dominant win in game two of doubleheader...Had one hit...Added stolen base and walk. Rutgers (4/10): Went 2-for-3 at the plate for second multi-hit game of season...Led comeback effort for Nittany Lions with double to left-center in bottom of sixth with one out...Scored first of unanswered three runs in that inning for team’s third-straight win and series win over Scarlet Knights...Recorded stolen base. No. 19 Michigan (4/30): Hit third home run of season. No. 19 Michigan (5/1): Registered two-RBI single in fifth inning to get runs on scoreboard for Nittany Lions...Marked first career multi-RBI game. at Indiana (5/7): Had two hits, including first-career triple, in game one of Friday doubleheader...Scored two runs in game two...Had RBI-single...Added two stolen bases. No. 23 Minnesota (5/16): Hit a double to contribute to Nittany Lions’ first win over ranked opponent since 2017...Had a stolen base.

HIGH SCHOOL
Spent four years at Saint Mary’s Ryken High School in Leonardtown, Maryland…Helped Knights to Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) runner-up finishes in 2017 and 2018…Led Knights to 17-2-1 record in 2019 and the WCAC Championship…Named WCAC Player of the Year as junior in 2019…Earned conference first-team honors every season…Named Team MVP in 2019…Held .507 batting average with 35 hits and 14 home runs in 2018…Threw out first pitch at Washington Nationals game in June 2019 after outstanding junior season…Considered top-40 player by Extra Inning Softball (No. 29) and FloSoftball (No. 36)…Did not participate in spring 2020 season due to COVID-19 pandemic.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Buster and Sadie Coombs…Has one older sister, Tyra, and one younger brother, Bud…Sister, Tyra, played basketball at University of the District of Columbia…Plans to major in biomedical engineering.