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Melissa DeLuca Hometown: Bahama, N.C. High School: Northern Durham Position: Setter Height: 5-9 Year: Senior # 2   Kills Digs Blocks Assists Career Highs 9 vs. Tusculum (10/28/06) 20 vs. Francis Marion (9/11/07) 8 vs. Francis Marion (8/27/05) 69 vs. Catawba (11/02/05)

                     Career Statistics
 

Season                GP-MP      K    K/G     E    TA    Pct     A   A/G    SA  SA/G    SE
2004................ 102-29     46   0.45    12    96   .354   763  7.48    31  0.30    45
2005................ 113-31    102   0.90    19   229   .362  1225 10.84    48  0.42    34
2006................ 113-33    106   0.94    18   225   .391  1397 12.36    58  0.51    27
TOTAL............... 328-93    254   0.77    49   550   .373  3385 10.32   137  0.42   106

Season                 GP    RE   DIG   D/G    BS    BA    TB   B/G    BE   BHE
2004................  102     0   216  2.12     3     9    12  0.12     1    52
2005................  113     2   216  1.91     1    64    65  0.58     4    52
2006................  113     0   257  2.27     4    43    47  0.42     2    43
TOTAL...............  328     2   689  2.10     8   116   124  0.38     7   147

Updated:10/01/2007

2006: Melissa DeLuca was named the 2006 Food Lion SAC Tournament MVP, helping the Bulldogs earn the tournament crown. She was also named to the Food Lion SAC All-Tournament team, recording 37 assists in the championship match against Lenoir-Rhyne. In her team-high 113 games on the season, DeLuca led the SAC with 12.36 assists per game and ranked in the top five in service aces (0.51). DeLuca led the Bulldogs with 1397 assists on the season. DeLuca was selected to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III volleyball first team and the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association 2006 All-State Volleyball Team (college division).

2005: DeLuca was named to the All-SAC second team. She was also placed on the Food Lion SAC All-Tournament team as she recorded 48 assists and 15 digs in the final match. DeLuca led the Bulldogs with 1206 assists.

2004: DeLuca was named to the SAC All-Freshman team, leading the Bulldogs with 763 assists. She averaged 7.48 assists per game. DeLuca also registered 46 kills and a .354 hitting percentage.

High School: DeLuca was the MVP of her Northern Durham High School team in both her junior and senior seasons. In addition, DeLuca was selected first team all-conference two years. She was a teammate of former Wingate standout Rebecca Brezovec on the Triangle Volleyball club. In 2002, DeLuca was selected to the USA High Performance Team that played in the World Cup Championship in Salt Lake City. DeLuca also played soccer three years for Northern Durham. An honor student at Northern Durham, Melissa is the daughter of Steve and Beverly DeLuca.

Coach Collier: “Melissa is truly one of the most positive and caring players I have coached in my entire career. In addition to her exceptional personality qualities, she has also developed into a skilled setter. Melissa has worked hard to enhance her leadership skills. She will have a new challenge this year, leading a young team to a championship, but she has what it takes to do it.”