Melissa Higgins
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: Windham, N.H. High School: Salem Height: 5-3 Event: XC Birthdate: 04/10/1993

2011-12: Indoor: Placed seventh in the 800 meter run (2:25.4) at the Fordham Season Opener (12/2)... Took sixth in the 500 meter run at the Christmas Classic in 1:20.7 (12/9)... Was third in the 500 meter dash at the Rutgers Invitational in 1:18.18 (1/7)... Placed eighth in the 400 meter dash at the Yale Invitational in 59.35 seconds (1/14)... Was ninth in the 500 meter run at the Metropolitan Championships in 1:17.86 (1/27)... Finished 20th in the 400 meter dash at the Valentine's Day Classic in 57.76 seconds (2/11)... Took 10th in the 500 meter run (1:17.98) at the Atlantic 10 Championship, while helping the 4x400 relay place fifth (2/18)... Member of the 4x400 relay team at the ECAC Championship that placed 23rd in 3:53.38 (3/4). Outdoor: Was third in the 400 hurdles (1:07.26) at the George Mason Opener, while being a part of the winning 4x400 relay (3/17)... Placed fourth in the 400 meter hurdles (1:04.60) at the UVa Team Swashbuckle (3/24)... Posted a season-best time of 59.29 seconds in the 400 meter dash at the Raleigh Relays, while placing 18th in the 400 meter hurdles (1:04.43) (3/31)... Was 10th in the 400 meter hurdles (1:05.22) at the Colonial Relays (4/7)... Took fourth in the 400 meter hurdles (1:04.14) at the Metropolitan Championship, while helping the 4x800 relay team take second (4/14)... Ranked 26th in the 400 meter hurdles open division (1:04.11) at the Larry Ellis Invitational (4/21)... Placed ninth in the 400 meter hurdles at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 1:02.39 (5/6).

Before Fordham: Graduate of Salem High School in Salem, New Hampshire... Four-year member of the varsity track & field team... Team captain from 2010 through 2011... Named Team MVP/Team Points Champion from 2008 through 2011 for both the indoor and outdoor seasons... Earned All-State honors twice for indoor track (2009 & 2011) and four times for outdoor track (2008-11)... Named Salem Outstanding Female Athlete at the Kiwanis Spring Meet twice (2008 & 2009)... Set school records in the 400 meters (58.0), 300 meters (40.93), and the 300 hurdles (44.52)... Also set the Class L record in the 300 meter dash, and the Kiwanis Meet record in the long jump (17' 4")... Dartmouth Relay Champion in the indoor 300 meter dash in 2009 and the indoor 400 meter dash in 2011...President of her chapter of the National Honor Society (2010-11)... Scholar-Athlete award winner (2007-11).

Major Communications & Media Studies.