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 Anthony Melchionda 11
Anthony Melchionda
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Braintree, Mass.

High School:
Thayer Academy

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 195

Position:
INF

B/T:
R/R

05/21/2012

Melchionda and Bourdon Named to Baseball's All-ACC Team

The two garner second-team selections

05/19/2012

Baseball Finishes 2012 with a Win

Seniors tally seven RBIs and nine Ks in final game

05/17/2012

Baseball Falls in First Game to Duke

Melchionda is tied for seventh in the record books with 202 career hits

05/13/2012

Baseball Notches W to Split Fordham Series

Rob Moir goes 4-for-5 with three RBIs

05/12/2012

Baseball Falls to Fordham, 7-4

Hinchliffe went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI

AS A JUNIOR (2011)
Started 49 of the 50 games with nearly all of them coming at third base ... led the team with 55 hits, 17 doubles, three triples, 81 total bases and 34 RBIs ... second on the team with a .304 batting average, a .385 on-base percentage and 24 walks ... recorded 15 multi-hit games ... had a hit in four of the last five games of the season ... hit a walk-off double in the 11th inning against top-ranked Virginia (4/30) ... went 2-for-4 with a RBI double at St. John's (4/25) ... had a pair of hits and stole a base at Georgia Tech (4/24) ... recorded two hits in consecutive games at Georgia Tech (4/22) and against Northeastern (4/20) in the Beanpot ... had a RBI double and walked three times against Clemson (4/15) ... went 4-for-5 with a double, two runs and four RBIs at Dartmouth (4/12) ... was 3-for-6 with two doubles and two RBIs at Duke (4/10) ... had two hits, a double and a RBI in the second game of the series against the Blue Devils (4/9) ... went 3-for-5 with two runs and a RBI against Bryant (4/6) ... was 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs vs. Miami (4/3) ... doubled and tripled at Rhode Island (3/30) ... went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and three RBIs against Virginia Tech (3/25) ... had a 3-for-5 performance with a double at Maryland (3/18) ... doubled and drove in two runs at Bethune-Cookman (3/8) ... had two hits against Michigan State (3/6) ... went 4-for-5 with two triples, a double, three runs and four RBIs against SIU Edwardsville (3/5) ... drove in three runs and walked three times at Bethune-Cookman (3/4) ... had a pair of hits and a RBI at Florida (2/27) ... drove in two runs against Indiana (2/19).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2010)
Stepped into a starting role and started all 58 games, mostly at third base ... led the team in batting (.358) and hits (78) ... hit total is the fifth-most in a single season at BC ... was also third on the team in on-base percentage (.404), RBI (41) and home runs (7) ... fourth in slugging (.518), doubles (12) and total bases (113) ... had 24 multi-hit games and nine games with three hits ... had a pair of 11-game hit streaks during the season ... had six three-hit games in the last 11 contests of the year ... went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and runs against Virginia (5/26) in the ACC Championship ... also went 3-for-4 in a pair of games against Georgia Tech ... had a double and a run in the second game of the series against the Yellow Jackets (5/21) and doubled, homered and drove in three runs in the opener (5/20) ... hit a two-run double against Dartmouth (5/16) ... went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs versus UConn (5/10) ... had a huge series against Florida State, going 8-for-11 with two doubles, a homer, five RBI and five runs ... had a 3-for-3 day with a double, RBI and a run in the finale against the Seminoles (5/9) and went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer in the first game that day ... went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and two runs in the series opener (5/7) ... went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI at NC State (4/25) ... had three hits the previous day against the Wolfpack (4/24) ... blasted a three-run homer against Northeastern (4/21) in the Beanpot Championship ... went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs against Wake Forest (4/16) ... went 2-for-3 with a solo home run against UMass (4/13) ... tripled and went 2-for-2 against Maryland (4/10) ... had a pair of hits against Bryant (4/7) and Duke (3/28) ... went 2-for-4 with a solo shot at Bryant (3/17) ... went 2-for-4 and drove in a pair at Miami (3/14) ... had a pair of hits, including an RBI double, at FIU (3/9) ... went 2-for-4 with a double and a run at Florida Atlantic (3/5) ... had a 3-for-5 day with two RBI and two runs against Missouri (2/28) ... went 2-for-5 with a pair of RBI at Tulane (2/21) ... also had two hits and an RBI in the second game against the Green Wave (2/20) ... in the season opener at Tulane (2/19), went 2-for-5 with a homer and four RBI.

AS A FRESHMAN (2009)
Appeared in 21 games and earned three starts, two at second and one at shortstop ... went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and a run against North Carolina (5/15) ... doubled and drove in two runs vs. Le Moyne (5/10) ... had an RBI single and stole a base against Miami (5/3) ... had a pinch-hit two-RBI single against Virginia (4/18) ... singled and scored a run vs. Northeastern (3/31).

BEFORE BC
Earned Independent School League (ISL) MVP honors as a senior shortsthop at Thayer Academy ... gained 2008 Boston Globe All-Scholastic honors ... was a two-time Patriot-Ledger All-Scholastic selection ... hit .500 with five home runs and 16 RBIs as a senior; scored 22 runs ... captured All-ISL honors as a junior after hitting .450 with eight home runs ... played for head coach Matt McGuirk ... split time during summer 2008 between Braintree Legion and Braintree White Sox (Cranberry League) ... played for East Cobb Cubs 17U (Marietta, Ga.) during summer 2007 ... also starred on Thayer's football team; gained All-New England and All-ISL honors as senior quarterback.

PERSONAL
Enrolled as a communications major in the College of Arts & Sciences ... Anthony is the middle of Laurie and Bob Melchionda's three children ... born on February 17, 1990.

MELCHIONDA'S CAREER STATISTICS

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MELCHIONDA'S CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 4 (2x) last at Dartmouth (4/12/11)
Runs: 3 vs. SIU Edwardsville (3/5/11)
RBI: 4 (4x) last at Dartmouth (4/12/11)
Hitting Streak: 11 games (2x, last 3/27/10-4/13/10)