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2022 Softball Roster

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26 Melissa Bike

26 Melissa Bike

  • Position:
    Infield
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Stratford, Conn.
  • High School:
    Saint Joseph
  • Major:
    Criminal Justice - Crime Analysis

Summary

Biography

CAREER: Closed out her career among the Top-10 all-time in career putouts with 990 total to finish fifth on the list.

2022: One of two players to play and start all 40 games … closed out the year with a .202 batting average, scattering 23 hits, fourth most on the team, including six doubles, a triple and a home run … Drove in 10 runs and scored seven times … Led the team with 279 putouts … Finished 17 games with at least one hit, putting up multiple hits in five games, including a season-high three hits when she went 3-for-3 against Assumption (Mar. 27) … Strung together a late-season rally that included at least one hit in five straight games, including back-to-back two hits games against Saint Michael’s (Apr. 26) and Saint Anselm (Apr. 29) … Her lone home run of the season came in Florida when she drilled a three-run shot against Minnesota Crookston (Mar. 15) … Earned Academic Excellence accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both semesters.

2021: Earned Academic Excellence accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean's List following the Fall 2020 Semester … Started all 33 games she played in at first base … Closed out the season with 20 hits and a .208 batting average while scoring 10 runs and drive in 10 runs … Three of her hits went for extra bases, all doubles, while also earning four free passes on a pair of walks and hit by a pitch twice … Finished a pair of games with multiple hits, including a career-afternoon going 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBI against crosstown rival Southern Connecticut (Apr. 7) … Also finished with a pair of hits and an RBI in the opening game of a doubleheader against Pace (May 1) … Closed out the season with 295 putouts, tied for the eighth most in a single season.

2020: Earned Academic Excellence accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following both the Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 semesters … Started all six games before the season was suspended due to CoVID19 … Finished with three hits and a pair of RBI, while also swiping a pair of bases without being caught … All three hits came in different games, while she knocked in runs against Palm Beach Atlantic (Feb. 7) and in the only home game of the season against Southern Connecticut (Feb. 9).

2019: Named to the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and earned New Haven Dean’s List honors following both semesters … Stepped into the everyday first baseman role starting all 49 games … Finished the season with a .224 batting average connecting on 30 total hits across 134 at bats … Among her 30 hits were 10 extra base knocks including nine doubles and her first collegiate home run which came against LIU Post (Mar. 17) … Her nine doubles was tied for third most on the team while she was tied for second on the team with 18 walks … Opened up the season with five hits, four of which were doubles, while driving in three runs over the first three games of the season against Clarion (Feb. 15), Felician (Feb. 15) and Millersville (Feb. 16) at the Snowbird Freeze Out in Myrtle Beach … Hit safely in 24 games, finishing with two hits in six different outings … Strung together a streak of five straight games with a hit that spanned Mar. 9 – Mar. 20 … Finished with two hits and two RBI in a conference game against Assumption (Mar. 23) … Tied her career-high with three RBI which came on two hits against crosstown rival Southern Connecticut State (Mar. 26) … Finished the year with 335 putouts, fourth most in a single season.

2018: Named to the Northeast-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and New Haven Dean’s List following both semesters … Appeared in 13 games, starting four … Finished with three hits and three RBI with two of her three hits going for two bases … Drove in a career-high three RBI when she finished 1-for-3 with a double against Tusculum (Mar. 13) … All three hits came in three-straight games, all of which while the Chargers were in Tennessee … The remaining two hits game against Lincoln Memorial (Mar. 12), while adding another in the second game of a doubleheader with Tusculum.

High School: 2017 Female Athlete of the Year at Saint Joseph’s High School … Named Class M Softball All-State … First Team All-Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC) Selection … Team won FCIAC Championship three times … Hearst Connecticut Media Softball All-Star … Hit .433 with an on base percentage of .503 … totaled 126 hits, 101 RBI and 92 runs scored during her high school career … Also played volleyball and basketball for the Cadets where she was a captain of both teams … named honorable mention All-FCIAC selection for basketball … Was a member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society … Presidents Honor Roll all four years … won the Presidents Education Outstanding Academic Achievement Award her senior year.

Personal: Daughter of Jesse and Colleen Bike … Has one brother, Jesse and one sister, Amanda …. Uncle William Miller, Jr. played Division III Football at Wesleyan University … Grandfather William Miller, Sr. played Division I Baseball at the University of Connecticut … cousin Jenna Bike plays Division I soccer at Boston College … Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice with a concentration in investigative services in January 2021, currently pursuing a Master of Science in Emergency Management.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    INF
    5'5"
    26
  • 26

    2019Sophomore

    INF
    5'5"
    26
  • 26

    2020Junior

    INF
    5'5"
    26
  • 26

    2021Senior

    Infield
    5'5"
    26
  • 26

    2022Graduate Student

    Infield
    5'5"
    26