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Melissa Roth Class: Junior Hometown: Long Beach, Calif. High School: Long Beach Polytechnical Height: 5-6 Position: C Bats/Throws: L/R

As a freshman: Started all 62 games at catcher... Tied for first on the team with 12 doubles... Third on the team with a .322 AVG, 38 runs... Her two-run double proved to be the winner in the Cards' 5-1 BIG EAST conference semifinal win over USF (5/11)... Reached base 14 times after being hit by a pitch - a new school single season record... Went 4 for 4 with two runs in the 10-8 win over Seton Hall (5/5)... Went 3 for 4 with two runs in the 6-2 win over Syracuse - also drove in the winning run in that game... Blasted her first career home run against Central Connecticut (3/10)... Went 3 for 3 with two runs in the 7-1 win over Kansas (2/23)... Named to the Athetic Director's Honor Roll and the Dean's List in the fall semester.

In high school/club ball: Played softball for four years under coach Ken Munger... Played for the Worth Firecrackers... Four-time All-Moore League 1st team ...Named Moore League MVP...All CIF 1st team and 2nd team...Best Offensive Player for high school team three years...MVP for two years...and Best Defensive Player for one year...Rookie of the Year...Also lettered in golf for four years under coach Ken Munger...All-Moore League for golf two years.

Personal: Daughter of Galen and Christina Roth...Born Melissa Roth on October 15, 1988...Post college ambition is become a softball coach... Major is accounting...Favorite pregame meal is doughnuts and Pepsi...Favorite TV shows include Law and Order and Charmed...Academic goal at U of L is to make the dean's list...Athletic goal at U of L is to win the College World Series...She was born on the same day as Kirk Gibson's game winning home run...Proudest moment is being asked to play for the Firecrackers...Advice she would give a younger player...relax and have fun.