Melissa McCarthy

Photo by: Christian Shuts - The Snapper

Photo by: Jen White, Mercyhurst

Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-2
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Haverford
Hometown:
Havertown

2010: Started 19 games and played in all 20...Led the team in shots with 44 and in shots on goal with 26...Tallied two goals and five assists for nine points on the year...Scored Marauders’ only goal against Bellarmine on Sept. 12...Registered a goal and an assist in 3-0 rout of Slippery Rock on Sept. 18...Posted a .591 shot on goal percentage...Named to All-PSAC East Second Team for the second year in a row.

2009: Posted an impressive freshman season with 19 starts…Recorded four goals and one assist for nine points…Notched the first goal of her career in the 2-1 edge over Mansfield on Sept. 13…Scored the game-winning goal against Mercyhurst on Oct. 18 and another on Sept. 30 against C.W. Post…Named to All-PSAC East Second Team...Named to NFHCA Division II National Academic Squad...Named PSAC Scholar-Athlete.

High School: Helped team to Central League title in 2006 and 2007...Team qualified for district playoffs all four years and were state quaterfinalists in 2007...Named second team all-state in 2008...All-Main Line and All-Central League First Team...All-Delco Second Team in 2008...All-Delco, All-Main Line and All-Central League Second team as a junior...All-Delco, All-Main Line and All-Central League Honorable Mention in 2006...Earned Merry Tropp Sportsmanship Award in 2008...Voted as team's offensive MVP...Totaled 46 goals during four-year career...National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born on April 3, 1991...Daughter of Stephen and Robin McCarthy...Majoring in early childhood education.