Melijah Sullivan
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  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Bartow, Fla.
  • High School:
    Winter Haven HS
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Sociology and Criminology
  • gp
    29
  • pts/g
    14.6
  • fg %
    56.6
  • 3pt %
    13.3
  • ft %
    68.0
  • reb/g
    4.5
  • a/g
    3.4
Bio

As a Sophomore: Was named to the 2019-20 All-SSC Second Team… Selected to SSC All-Championship team...Played and started in 29 games for the Spartans… Recorded a total of 953 minutes on the season, averaging 32.9 minutes a game… Shot 56.6% from the field and 68.0% from the free-throw line… Averaged 14.6 points per game, 4.5 rebounds per game, and 3.4 assists per game… Scored a total of 422 points on the season, grabbed 130 rebounds, and tallied a total of 98 assists… Scored a career-high of 30 points in a win against Saint Leo...Ranked 23rd in the nation in field goal percentage...Ranked seventh in the SSC in scoring and second in field-goal percentage.

As a Freshman: Played in 28 games and started in eight... Totaled 449 minutes on the season...Averaged 16 minutes per game...Shot 42 percent from both the field and the free-throw line... Recorded a total of 187 points, 61 rebounds, 24 assists, 14 steals, and five blocks... Scored a career-high of 25 points at Rollins (02/13) where she drained 10 field goals, shooting 71.4 percent from the field and four three-pointers, shooting 66.7 percent from the arc... Another 20+ game came against Clafin (11/10), scoring 21 points while shooting 90 percent from the field... Sullivan scored the most points (25) by a freshman since Juliana Cavallaro in 2012 in Winter Park against Rollins (2/13.) 

High School: Graduate of Winter Haven High School…Played for head coach Johnnie Lawson…Team captain her senior year for the Blue Devils… McDonald's All-American nominee…Helped team to state championship three years in a row…Scored 16 points in national high school championship as a senior.

Personal: Majoring in Sociology and Criminology with a minor in sport management… Daughter of Tony and Leslie Sullivan… Has two brothers and one sister, Tony, Antonio, and Minerica… Birthdate: 6/27/2000.

Career Highs

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 22 Barry W, 82-52
Feb 26 Florida Southern L, 56-51
Feb 29 at Lynn W, 66-46
Mar 3 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 76-36
Mar 5 Saint Leo W, 72-57
Mar 8 Eckerd L, 75-69
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 29 20
Games started 29 20
Minutes 953 662
Minutes per game 32.9 33.1
FG 175-309 118-210
FG Pct 56.6 56.2
3PT 2-15 2-7
3PT Pct 13.3 28.6
FT 70-103 50-72
FT Pct 68.0 69.4
Off rebounds 23 17
Def rebounds 107 76
Total rebounds 130 93
Rebounds per game 4.5 4.7
Personal fouls 76 58
Disqualifications 2 2
Assists 98 63
Turnovers 92 65
Assist to turnover ratio 1.1 1.0
Steals 27 18
Blocks 5 4
Points 422 288
Points per game 14.6 14.4
Points per 40 min 17.7 17.4
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 Spring Hill W, 78-46 1 28 5-8 62.5 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 10
Nov 9 West Georgia L, 69-67 1 36 4-10 40.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 8
Nov 23 Nova Southeastern W, 72-70 1 40 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 7-9 77.8 13
Nov 29 vs. Southern Indiana L, 56-46 1 35 2-7 28.6 0-2 0.0 0-3 0.0 4
Nov 30 at Bellarmine L, 76-63 1 18 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 8-8 100.0 16
Dec 4 at Eckerd W, 57-54 1 28 5-8 62.5 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 10
Dec 7 Rollins W, 85-60 1 24 7-7 100.0 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 18
Dec 14 at Saint Leo W, 72-66 1 45 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 8
Dec 19 vs. Pittsburg State W, 75-55 1 39 10-11 90.9 0-0 - 2-5 40.0 22
Dec 20 vs. William Jewell W, 60-45 1 32 7-13 53.8 0-0 - 1-3 33.3 15
Jan 2 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 57-32 1 31 3-9 33.3 0-0 - 4-5 80.0 10
Jan 8 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 65-40 1 40 6-13 46.2 0-0 - 2-3 66.7 14
Jan 11 at Barry W, 62-51 1 26 4-10 40.0 0-1 0.0 4-4 100.0 12
Jan 15 at Florida Tech W, 62-42 1 39 9-14 64.3 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 20
Jan 18 Lynn W, 66-54 1 17 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 9
Jan 22 at Florida Southern W, 65-60 1 40 7-12 58.3 1-1 100.0 1-2 50.0 16
Jan 25 at Nova Southeastern W, 67-66 1 40 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 9
Jan 29 Eckerd W, 66-60 1 36 3-13 23.1 0-0 - 5-6 83.3 11
Feb 1 at Rollins W, 70-58 1 38 12-15 80.0 0-0 - 5-9 55.6 29
Feb 5 Saint Leo W, 73-58 1 39 14-23 60.9 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 30
Feb 8 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 64-58 1 25 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 9
Feb 12 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 64-47 1 32 6-15 40.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 12
Feb 19 Florida Tech W, 83-55 1 34 8-12 66.7 0-0 - 3-5 60.0 19
Feb 22 Barry W, 82-52 1 24 7-11 63.6 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 14
Feb 26 Florida Southern L, 56-51 1 27 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 0-3 0.0 6
Feb 29 at Lynn W, 66-46 1 37 8-14 57.1 1-2 50.0 2-4 50.0 19
Mar 3 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 76-36 1 33 8-12 66.7 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 19
Mar 5 Saint Leo W, 72-57 1 40 9-14 64.3 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 20
Mar 8 Eckerd L, 75-69 1 30 8-18 44.4 0-1 0.0 4-6 66.7 20
Mar 13 vs. Benedict - - - - - - - - -
Mar 14 vs. Union/Florida Southern, if necessary - - - - - - - - -
Mar 24 vs. NCAA Championships - - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 8 Spring Hill W, 78-46 1 28 0 3 3 3 0 0 0
Nov 9 West Georgia L, 69-67 1 36 0 6 6 3 5 0 1
Nov 23 Nova Southeastern W, 72-70 1 40 0 2 2 6 3 1 0
Nov 29 vs. Southern Indiana L, 56-46 1 35 0 1 1 1 3 2 0
Nov 30 at Bellarmine L, 76-63 1 18 1 2 3 3 4 1 0
Dec 4 at Eckerd W, 57-54 1 28 1 4 5 4 2 3 0
Dec 7 Rollins W, 85-60 1 24 0 1 1 1 2 0 0
Dec 14 at Saint Leo W, 72-66 1 45 0 4 4 12 4 0 0
Dec 19 vs. Pittsburg State W, 75-55 1 39 1 4 5 8 8 1 0
Dec 20 vs. William Jewell W, 60-45 1 32 0 3 3 4 2 2 0
Jan 2 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 57-32 1 31 2 5 7 0 4 1 1
Jan 8 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 65-40 1 40 0 5 5 2 3 1 0
Jan 11 at Barry W, 62-51 1 26 0 6 6 1 2 1 0
Jan 15 at Florida Tech W, 62-42 1 39 0 2 2 3 4 2 0
Jan 18 Lynn W, 66-54 1 17 1 2 3 2 3 1 0
Jan 22 at Florida Southern W, 65-60 1 40 0 4 4 3 4 0 0
Jan 25 at Nova Southeastern W, 67-66 1 40 2 7 9 7 7 0 0
Jan 29 Eckerd W, 66-60 1 36 0 4 4 2 3 1 2
Feb 1 at Rollins W, 70-58 1 38 1 7 8 2 0 2 0
Feb 5 Saint Leo W, 73-58 1 39 1 7 8 0 3 1 0
Feb 8 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 64-58 1 25 0 4 4 3 5 0 0
Feb 12 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 64-47 1 32 4 4 8 2 3 1 0
Feb 19 Florida Tech W, 83-55 1 34 1 5 6 3 5 1 0
Feb 22 Barry W, 82-52 1 24 1 3 4 2 4 1 0
Feb 26 Florida Southern L, 56-51 1 27 2 0 2 3 2 0 1
Feb 29 at Lynn W, 66-46 1 37 1 0 1 5 2 1 0
Mar 3 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 76-36 1 33 2 4 6 5 1 2 0
Mar 5 Saint Leo W, 72-57 1 40 2 4 6 5 3 0 0
Mar 8 Eckerd L, 75-69 1 30 0 4 4 3 1 1 0
Mar 13 vs. Benedict - - - - - - - - -
Mar 14 vs. Union/Florida Southern, if necessary - - - - - - - - -
Mar 24 vs. NCAA Championships - - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 8 Spring Hill W, 78-46 1 0 - -
Nov 9 West Georgia L, 69-67 1 1 - 0.6
Nov 23 Nova Southeastern W, 72-70 1 4 - 2.0
Nov 29 vs. Southern Indiana L, 56-46 1 4 - 0.3
Nov 30 at Bellarmine L, 76-63 1 2 - 0.8
Dec 4 at Eckerd W, 57-54 1 4 - 2.0
Dec 7 Rollins W, 85-60 1 3 - 0.5
Dec 14 at Saint Leo W, 72-66 1 3 - 3.0
Dec 19 vs. Pittsburg State W, 75-55 1 2 - 1.0
Dec 20 vs. William Jewell W, 60-45 1 2 - 2.0
Jan 2 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 57-32 1 1 - 0.0
Jan 8 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 65-40 1 2 - 0.7
Jan 11 at Barry W, 62-51 1 4 - 0.5
Jan 15 at Florida Tech W, 62-42 1 3 - 0.8
Jan 18 Lynn W, 66-54 1 4 - 0.7
Jan 22 at Florida Southern W, 65-60 1 3 - 0.8
Jan 25 at Nova Southeastern W, 67-66 1 1 - 1.0
Jan 29 Eckerd W, 66-60 1 3 - 0.7
Feb 1 at Rollins W, 70-58 1 2 - -
Feb 5 Saint Leo W, 73-58 1 2 - 0.0
Feb 8 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 64-58 1 3 - 0.6
Feb 12 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 64-47 1 5 1 0.7
Feb 19 Florida Tech W, 83-55 1 2 - 0.6
Feb 22 Barry W, 82-52 1 3 - 0.5
Feb 26 Florida Southern L, 56-51 1 5 1 1.5
Feb 29 at Lynn W, 66-46 1 1 - 2.5
Mar 3 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 76-36 1 1 - 5.0
Mar 5 Saint Leo W, 72-57 1 2 - 1.7
Mar 8 Eckerd L, 75-69 1 4 - 3.0
Mar 13 vs. Benedict - - - -
Mar 14 vs. Union/Florida Southern, if necessary - - - -
Mar 24 vs. NCAA Championships - - - -
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2018-19 28 16.0 2.7-5.0 0.3-0.9 0.9-1.7 6.7
2019-20 29 32.9 6.0-10.7 0.1-0.5 2.4-3.6 14.6
2020-21 7 32.1 6.7-11.1 0.1-0.1 2.3-2.9 15.9
2021-22 35 30.0 4.6-9.6 0.0-0.2 2.3-3.0 11.6
2022-23 35 27.9 6.2-11.0 0.0-0.0 2.7-3.5 15.1
Total 134 27.3 5.1-9.3 0.1-0.4 2.1-3.0 12.3

Career Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2018-19 28 8 449 76-139 54.7 9-25 36.0 26-48 54.2 187
2019-20 29 29 953 175-309 56.6 2-15 13.3 70-103 68.0 422
2020-21 7 7 225 47-78 60.3 1-1 100.0 16-20 80.0 111
2021-22 35 34 1049 162-336 48.2 0-6 0.0 81-105 77.1 405
2022-23 35 35 976 217-385 56.4 1-1 100.0 93-123 75.6 528
Total 134 113 3652 677-1247 54.3 13-48 27.1 286-399 71.7 1653

Career Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2018-19 28 449 16.0 6.8-12.4 0.8-2.2 36.0 2.3-4.3 16.7
2019-20 29 953 32.9 7.3-13.0 0.1-0.6 13.3 2.9-4.3 17.7
2020-21 7 225 32.1 8.4-13.9 0.2-0.2 100.0 2.8-3.6 19.7
2021-22 35 1049 30.0 6.2-12.8 0.0-0.2 0.0 3.1-4.0 15.4
2022-23 35 976 27.9 8.9-15.8 0.0-0.0 100.0 3.8-5.0 21.6
Total 134 3652 27.3 7.4-13.7 0.1-0.5 27.1 3.1-4.4 18.1

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2018-19 28 0.3 1.9 2.2 0.9 1.5 0.5 0.2
2019-20 29 0.8 3.7 4.5 3.4 3.2 0.9 0.2
2020-21 7 0.7 6.0 6.7 4.1 2.4 1.4 0.3
2021-22 35 0.9 3.9 4.9 2.3 2.5 0.7 0.7
2022-23 35 0.5 3.8 4.3 2.9 3.2 0.5 0.3
Total 134 0.6 3.5 4.2 2.5 2.6 0.7 0.4

Career Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs pf dq a/to
2018-19 28 8 31 - 0.6
2019-20 29 29 76 2 1.1
2020-21 7 7 13 - 1.7
2021-22 35 34 68 - 0.9
2022-23 35 35 72 1 0.9
Total 134 113 260 3 1.0

Career Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2018-19 28 0.8 4.6 5.4 2.1 3.7 1.2 0.4
2019-20 29 1.0 4.5 5.5 4.1 3.9 1.1 0.2
2020-21 7 0.9 7.5 8.4 5.2 3.0 1.8 0.4
2021-22 35 1.2 5.3 6.5 3.1 3.3 1.0 0.9
2022-23 35 0.7 5.5 6.2 4.1 4.5 0.8 0.5
Total 134 1.0 5.2 6.1 3.6 3.8 1.0 0.5

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 29 32.9 6.0-10.7 0.1-0.5 2.4-3.6 14.6
Conference 20 33.1 5.9-10.5 0.1-0.3 2.5-3.6 14.4
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 15 31.5 6.1-10.7 0.0-0.4 2.4-3.5 14.7
Away 11 34.0 5.8-10.6 0.2-0.6 2.8-3.6 14.6
Neutral 3 35.3 6.3-10.3 0.0-0.7 1.0-3.7 13.7
Result
Wins 24 33.6 6.4-11.0 0.1-0.4 2.4-3.5 15.3
Losses 5 29.2 4.2-9.2 0.0-1.0 2.4-4.0 10.8
Month
November 5 31.4 3.6-7.0 0.0-1.4 3.0-4.0 10.2
December 5 33.6 6.2-9.2 0.0-0.6 2.2-3.2 14.6
January 8 33.6 5.0-10.6 0.1-0.2 2.5-3.1 12.6
February 8 32.0 7.6-12.4 0.1-0.2 1.9-3.8 17.3
March 3 34.3 8.3-14.7 0.0-0.3 3.0-4.0 19.7

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 29 29 953 175-309 56.6 2-15 13.3 70-103 68.0 422
Conference 20 20 662 118-210 56.2 2-7 28.6 50-72 69.4 288
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 15 15 473 92-161 57.1 0-6 0.0 36-52 69.2 220
Away 11 11 374 64-117 54.7 2-7 28.6 31-40 77.5 161
Neutral 3 3 106 19-31 61.3 0-2 0.0 3-11 27.3 41
Result
Wins 24 24 807 154-263 58.6 2-10 20.0 58-83 69.9 368
Losses 5 5 146 21-46 45.7 0-5 0.0 12-20 60.0 54
Month
November 5 5 157 18-35 51.4 0-7 0.0 15-20 75.0 51
December 5 5 168 31-46 67.4 0-3 0.0 11-16 68.8 73
January 8 8 269 40-85 47.1 1-2 50.0 20-25 80.0 101
February 8 8 256 61-99 61.6 1-2 50.0 15-30 50.0 138
March 3 3 103 25-44 56.8 0-1 0.0 9-12 75.0 59

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 29 953 32.9 7.3-13.0 0.1-0.6 13.3 2.9-4.3 17.7
Conference 20 662 33.1 7.1-12.7 0.1-0.4 28.6 3.0-4.4 17.4
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 15 473 31.5 7.8-13.6 0.0-0.5 0.0 3.0-4.4 18.6
Away 11 374 34.0 6.8-12.5 0.2-0.7 28.6 3.3-4.3 17.2
Neutral 3 106 35.3 7.2-11.7 0.0-0.8 0.0 1.1-4.2 15.5
Result
Wins 24 807 33.6 7.6-13.0 0.1-0.5 20.0 2.9-4.1 18.2
Losses 5 146 29.2 5.8-12.6 0.0-1.4 0.0 3.3-5.5 14.8
Month
November 5 157 31.4 4.6-8.9 0.0-1.8 0.0 3.8-5.1 13.0
December 5 168 33.6 7.4-11.0 0.0-0.7 0.0 2.6-3.8 17.4
January 8 269 33.6 5.9-12.6 0.1-0.3 50.0 3.0-3.7 15.0
February 8 256 32.0 9.5-15.5 0.2-0.3 50.0 2.3-4.7 21.6
March 3 103 34.3 9.7-17.1 0.0-0.4 0.0 3.5-4.7 22.9

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 29 0.8 3.7 4.5 3.4 3.2 0.9 0.2
Conference 20 0.8 3.8 4.7 3.1 3.3 0.9 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 15 0.7 3.6 4.3 2.9 2.9 0.7 0.3
Away 11 1.1 4.1 5.2 3.8 3.3 1.1 0.1
Neutral 3 0.3 2.7 3.0 4.3 4.3 1.7 0.0
Result
Wins 24 0.8 3.9 4.8 3.5 3.2 1.0 0.1
Losses 5 0.6 2.6 3.2 2.6 3.0 0.8 0.4
Month
November 5 0.2 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.0 0.8 0.2
December 5 0.4 3.2 3.6 5.8 3.6 1.2 0.0
January 8 0.6 4.4 5.0 2.5 3.8 0.9 0.4
February 8 1.4 3.8 5.1 2.5 3.0 0.9 0.1
March 3 1.3 4.0 5.3 4.3 1.7 1.0 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs pf dq a/to
Event
Total 29 29 76 2 1.1
Conference 20 20 58 2 1.0
Exhibition - - - - -
Location
Home 15 15 39 1 1.0
Away 11 11 29 1 1.2
Neutral 3 3 8 - 1.0
Result
Wins 24 24 60 1 1.1
Losses 5 5 16 1 0.9
Month
November 5 5 11 - 1.1
December 5 5 14 - 1.6
January 8 8 21 - 0.7
February 8 8 23 2 0.8
March 3 3 7 - 2.6

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 29 1.0 4.5 5.5 4.1 3.9 1.1 0.2
Conference 20 1.0 4.6 5.6 3.8 3.9 1.1 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 15 0.8 4.6 5.4 3.6 3.6 0.8 0.3
Away 11 1.3 4.8 6.1 4.5 3.9 1.3 0.1
Neutral 3 0.4 3.0 3.4 4.9 4.9 1.9 0.0
Result
Wins 24 1.0 4.7 5.7 4.2 3.8 1.1 0.1
Losses 5 0.8 3.6 4.4 3.6 4.1 1.1 0.5
Month
November 5 0.3 3.6 3.8 4.1 3.8 1.0 0.3
December 5 0.5 3.8 4.3 6.9 4.3 1.4 0.0
January 8 0.7 5.2 5.9 3.0 4.5 1.0 0.4
February 8 1.7 4.7 6.4 3.1 3.8 1.1 0.2
March 3 1.6 4.7 6.2 5.0 1.9 1.2 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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