Leah Mele - 2018 - LIU Post

2018: Selected to the All-ECC first-team … Started all 57 games, hitting .333 with 58 hits and 27 runs batted in … recorded a 13-game hitting streak … tallied 14 multi-hit games, including a four-hit outing against American International … drove in three runs against Georgian Court and American International … scored a pair of runs to help lead the Pioneers past Bridgeport and NYIT.
 
2017: Started in 15 contests before missing the remainder of the season due to injury … hit .243 with nine hits and two doubles … ripped three hits and drove in two runs in a win against Saint Anselm … scored a pair of runs against Minnesota Duluth … doubled and drove in a run against Mercy.

2016: Started all 53 games for the Pioneers at shortstop … batted .301 on the season in a team-high 183 at-bats … was second on the team in hits (53) and assists (133) …third on the team in on-base percentage (.365) … fourth in doubles (8) and total bases (63) … went a perfect 2-for-2 with a double and two runs scored in a 10-2 win over Felician (Mar. 9) … hit 2-for-4 with a double, RBI, and run scored in a 4-0 victory against NYIT (Apr. 17) … had an impressive 3-for-4, two-RBI performance against NYIT (Apr. 20).

Prior to LIU Post: Played five seasons of varsity softball at Longwood High School ... four-time All-County selection ... two-time All-Long Island honoree (2013 & 2015) .. named Player of the Year, All-Region and All-State as a sophomore ... garnered Rookie of the Year and All-League honors in eighth grade ... boasted a .458 batting average, .556 on-base percentage, .644 slugging percentage and .987 fielding percentage in her senior season ... struck out in only one plate appearance from 2013-15.

Personal: Has two brothers, Luigi and Jake, and one sister, Patricia ... daughter of Luigi Mele ... lists volleyball and basketball as her hobbies ... her favorite athlete is Derek Jeter ... the person she admires most is her father ... aspires to be a radiologist or a physician's assistant ... played boys' baseball until she was 15 years old ... majoring in health sciences.
SEASON Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB PO A E FLD%
2016 .301 53 53 183 34 55 8 0 0 17 .344 15 4 13 0 .365 1 2 2 65 133 9 .957
2017 .243 15 15 37 6 9 2 0 0 5 .297 6 2 4 0 .378 0 2 3 20 26 2 .958
2018 .333 57 57 174 23 58 7 2 0 27 .397 10 7 7 1 .393 0 14 2 97 101 4 .980
2019 .301 62 62 156 36 47 6 0 4 21 .417 17 7 5 1 .392 1 15 2 101 122 10 .957
Total .307 187 187 550 99 169 23 2 4 70 .378 48 20 29 2 .382 2 33 9 283 382 25 .964
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