Melina Livingston Season 2020

2021 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for second-straight season.

Season: Started 22 games and made 24 total appearances between outfield and third base...Totaled 17 hits and seven RBI...Scored eight runs...Led team with .279 batting average and .397 on-base percentage...Had three multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game...Drew 12 free bases with eight walks and four hit-by-pitches...Added four stolen bases.

vs. Wisconsin (2/26): Started both games of doubleheader at third base in season opener...Drew lead-off hit-by-pitch in game two...Scored one run. vs. Purdue (2/27): Had one hit. Ohio State (4/3): Returned to field as pinch hitter in game one of doubleheader after missing time due to injury...Started game two in outfield...Went 2-for-3 at the plate...Hit first home run of season...Scored season-high two runs. Rutgers (4/9): Started season-long five-game hit streak with RBI-single in game one of doubleheader...Hit two-RBI single in game two for first multi-RBI game of season...Added another single for second multi-hit game...Scored one run. Rutgers (4/10): Recorded a hit and scored a run in both legs of Saturday doubleheader...Collected two walks in game one...Added career-high two stolen bases also in game one. No. 19 Michigan (5/2): Hit RBI double in sixth inning to add another run on the board for Nittany Lions. at Indiana (5/7): Registered RBI double in second half of doubleheader to give Nittany Lions lead in fifth inning...Scored one run...Drew tied season-high two walks...Added one stolen base. at Michigan State (5/11): Recorded third multi-hit game of season with a single and double in game one of rescheduled doubleheader...Had one stolen base in game two. No. 23 Minnesota (5/16): Had one hit...Scored one run to help Nittany Lions to first win over ranked opponent since 2017.

2020 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

Season: Played all 26 games with 25 starts in the outfield…Totaled 20 hits, second most on team…Batted in team-high 14 runs…Scored 13 runs…Hit two home runs…Had five multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games…Went perfect 3-for-3 in stolen bases…Drew 10 walks, second-highest total on team…Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.

vs. Cal (2/7): Scored game-winning run on Kaitlyn Morrison’s walk-off double to give Penn State win in season opener…Drew walk as lead-off in bottom of seventh to get on base…Had one stolen base. at FIU (2/7): Scored insurance run. vs. Michigan State (2/8): Hit RBI single for first of season in 11-0 shutout win. vs. Villanova (2/14): Crushed a solo home run for first of season…Drew one walk. vs. FAU (2/15): Went 2-for-2 at the plate…Scored one run in 3-0 shutout victory…Collected season-high two walks. vs. Iowa State (2/15): Scored eventual game-winning run on a wild pitch. at No. 10 Alabama (2/22): Recorded a two-RBI double…Scored one run. vs. Wichita State (2/23): Hit a two-RBI single. at Georgia State (2/28): Subbed into game one of doubleheader from dugout…Recorded one single. at Georgia Tech (2/29): Went 4-for-6 combined at the plate in the doubleheader…Had season-high three hits in game two, including an RBI double to put Penn State on the board and a solo home run…Scored season-high three runs in game two…Scored one run in game one while drawing a walk…Had one stolen base. at Kennesaw State (3/1): Hit a pair of singles for second-straight multi-hit game. vs. Seton Hall (3/7): Went 2-for-3 at the plate…Hit one RBI-double. vs. Robert Morris (3/7): Had another 2-for-3 performance in 8-0 shutout…Collected season-high four RBI…Recorded two multi-base hits with an RBI triple and two-RBI double…Drew one walk with the bases loaded to score a run. vs. Western Michigan (3/8): Hit sacrifice fly in opening inning to get Penn State on the board…Had one double.

2019 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played and started all 56 games at shortstop…Totaled 40 hits, including five home runs…Batted in 18 runs and scored 29 as nine-spot hitter…Recorded season-high nine-game hit streak…Registered 11 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games. 

vs. Ball State (2/8): Made Penn State debut at shortstop in game one of FGCU Kickoff Classic…Scored two runs as Nittany Lions won season opener…Stole first career base. at FGCU (2/8): Registered first collegiate hit. at Duke (2/15): Hit first collegiate home run in 6-0 victory…Went perfect 2-for-2 at the plate…Recorded first career RBI, two of them, in first multi-RBI game. vs. Boston College (3/1): Registered one hit to start season-long nine-game hit streak. vs. Holy Cross (3/8): Went perfect 3-for-3 at the plate…Batted in season-high three runs and scored an additional run…Knocked in a run with every at-bat to help Penn State to five-inning run-rule victory. vs. South Dakota State (3/8): Had one hit…Scored first run in seventh for comeback victory. at Michigan State (3/22): Went 2-for-3 at the plate in series opener…Batted in season-high three runs with third home run of season. at Michigan State (3/23): Registered another 2-for-3 performance in game two of series…Scored one run and batted in another in comeback victory. at Michigan State (3/24): Doubled and scored to finished conference series with at least one hit in each game. Saint Francis (4/3): Hit single in eighth inning in game one of doubleheader to get on base for Toni Polk’s game-winning two-run home run…Hit two of Penn State’s six home runs in game two of doubleheader…Recorded first multi-home run game for a Nittany Lion hitter since 2016. at Maryland (4/20): Registered third three-RBI game of season in game two of doubleheader…Hit one double, eighth of season, second highest on team. at No. 22 Michigan (4/26): Went 2-for-2 at the plate in narrow loss to in game one of series…Scored two of the five Nittany Lion runs. 

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four varsity letters at Regina High School in Warren, Michigan…Member of the 2015 Division I State Championship team as a freshman…Helped her team earn third Catholic League Championship in four years as a senior…Posted a .488 batting average in her sophomore year, earning first-team all-district, all-region and All-Catholic honors while earning an all-county honorable mention…Earned first-team all-district, all-region, All-Catholic, all-county and all-state laurels at third base in 2017…Garnered first team all-district, all-region, All-Catholic, all-county and all-state while also being honored as one of the top five softball players in the state of Michigan by State Champs Network in 2018…Had a breakout junior year, boasting a .689 batting average with 13 home runs…Batted .525 as a senior and hit a school record 17 home runs…Competed as a member of the swim team, qualifying for state championships every year and earning four varsity letters.

PERSONAL
Full name is Melina Margaret Livingston…Daughter of Kevin and Deanna Livingston…Has one brother, Mitchell…Mother, Deanna, was a collegiate swimmer at Oakland University…Majoring in kinesiology…Born February 12, 2000.