Ansley Melendi

Position:
Defender
Class:
Sophomore
Height:
5-3
High School:
H.B. Plant
Hometown:
Tampa, Fla.

Before UMass: Played as an outside defender and midfielder for Tampa Bay United ECNL club team under head coach Jim Cote … Member of Tampa Bay 200 ECNL team that reached 2018 Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) semifinal (Seattle, Wash.) and 2017 ECNL Nationals … Tabbed 2019 Top Drawer Soccer All-State Player – Florida … Selected to play on Hillsborough County Girls 2019 Senior All-Star team … Earned Most Valuable Player Award … Was runner-up for the 2019 Janet Alvarez Award, given annually to the top female soccer player in Hillsborough county … Captained HB Plant High School squad in 2019 and was team’s Most Valuable Player … Was Plant High’s top scorer in 2016, 2017 and 2019 … Named Plant High Rookie of the Year 2016 … Earned Western Conference First Team and All-Hillsborough County Honorable Mention honors in 2016 … Tabbed a Western Conference Second Team honoree in 2017 … Was an ODP Florida Team member in 2013 … In track and field, was a 4x100 meter relay regional qualifier in 2016.

Personal: Daughter of Chuck and Brooke Melendi … Interested in pursuing a major in public health.