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Melijah Sullivan
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  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Bartow, Fla.
  • High School:
    Winter Haven HS
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Sociology and Criminology
  • gp
    7
  • pts/g
    15.9
  • fg %
    60.3
  • 3pt %
    100.0
  • ft %
    80.0
  • reb/g
    6.7
  • a/g
    4.1
Bio

As a Junior: Competed in spring 2020-21 season, receiving a COVID-19 waiver... Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year...  First-Team All-Sunshine State Conference selection... All-SSC Championship team selection... Won SSC Player of the Week (week of 3/8)...  Played in 7 games and started in 7 games...Placed 4th all-time in career field goal percentage with .567...Career high in total rebounds with 15 vs Palm Beach Atlantic (3/3)...2 games of 100% free throw percentage vs Palm Beach Atlantic (3/3) and vs Barry (3/6)...2 games of 20 points vs Florida Southern (3/16) and vs Saint Leo (3/18)...4 games of 2 steals vs Palm Beach Atlantic (3/3), vs Barry (3/6), vs Saint Leo (3/10), and vs Palm Beach Atlantic (3/21)...Season high in: minutes played with 37 vs Barry (3/6) and vs Saint Leo (3/18), field goal made with 9 vs Florida Southern (3/16), field goal attempts with 16 vs Barry (3/6), field goal percentage with 80.0% vs Florida Tech (3/13), three points made with 1 vs Florida Tech (3/13), three point attempts with 1 vs Florida Tech (3/13), three point percentage with 100% vs Florida Tech (3/13), free throw made with 4 vs Saint Leo (3/18), free throw attempts with 5 vs Saint Leo (3/18), assists with 7 vs Saint Leo (3/10), and assists to turnover with 4.0 vs Florida Tech (3/13)...Leads the team in field goals made per a game with 6.7 against 11.1 field goal attempts, points per a game with 15.9, and assists per a game with 4.1...Second on the team in minutes played per a game with 32.1 and defensive rebounds per a game with 6.0...Tied second on the team in steals per a game with 1.4...Third on the team in: field goal percentage with 60.3%, free throws made per a game with 2.3 against 2.9 free throw attempts, total rebounds per a game with 6.7, and assist to turnover with 1.7.

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
Mar 6 Barry W, 66-46
Mar 10 Saint Leo W, 85-78
Mar 13 Florida Tech W, 91-54
Mar 16 Florida Southern W, 75-74
Mar 18 Saint Leo W, 71-67
Mar 21 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 64-50
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 7 -
Games started 7 -
Minutes 225 -
Minutes per game 32.1 -
FG 47-78 0-0
FG Pct 60.3 -
3PT 1-1 0-0
3PT Pct 100.0 -
FT 16-20 0-0
FT Pct 80.0 -
Off rebounds 5 -
Def rebounds 42 -
Total rebounds 47 -
Rebounds per game 6.7 -
Personal fouls 13 -
Disqualifications - -
Assists 29 -
Turnovers 17 -
Assist to turnover ratio 1.7 -
Steals 10 -
Blocks 2 -
Points 111 0
Points per game 15.9 -
Points per 40 min 19.7 -
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Feb 17 Saint Leo - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 at Barry - - - - - - - - -
Feb 24 Palm Beach Atlantic - - - - - - - - -
Feb 27 at Florida Tech - - - - - - - - -
Mar 3 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 66-57 1 31 8-11 72.7 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 18
Mar 3 Florida Southern - - - - - - - - -
Mar 6 Barry W, 66-46 1 37 8-16 50.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 18
Mar 10 Saint Leo W, 85-78 1 36 7-12 58.3 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 17
Mar 13 Florida Tech W, 91-54 1 20 4-5 80.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 9
Mar 16 Florida Southern W, 75-74 1 35 9-15 60.0 0-0 - 2-3 66.7 20
Mar 18 Saint Leo W, 71-67 1 37 8-13 61.5 0-0 - 4-5 80.0 20
Mar 21 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 64-50 1 29 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 9
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Feb 17 Saint Leo - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 at Barry - - - - - - - - -
Feb 24 Palm Beach Atlantic - - - - - - - - -
Feb 27 at Florida Tech - - - - - - - - -
Mar 3 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 66-57 1 31 2 13 15 5 3 2 1
Mar 3 Florida Southern - - - - - - - - -
Mar 6 Barry W, 66-46 1 37 1 6 7 5 2 2 0
Mar 10 Saint Leo W, 85-78 1 36 0 5 5 7 2 2 0
Mar 13 Florida Tech W, 91-54 1 20 0 4 4 4 1 1 0
Mar 16 Florida Southern W, 75-74 1 35 0 2 2 2 2 0 1
Mar 18 Saint Leo W, 71-67 1 37 1 7 8 2 4 1 0
Mar 21 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 64-50 1 29 1 5 6 4 3 2 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Feb 17 Saint Leo - - - -
Feb 20 at Barry - - - -
Feb 24 Palm Beach Atlantic - - - -
Feb 27 at Florida Tech - - - -
Mar 3 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 66-57 1 3 - 1.7
Mar 3 Florida Southern - - - -
Mar 6 Barry W, 66-46 1 3 - 2.5
Mar 10 Saint Leo W, 85-78 1 3 - 3.5
Mar 13 Florida Tech W, 91-54 1 0 - 4.0
Mar 16 Florida Southern W, 75-74 1 2 - 1.0
Mar 18 Saint Leo W, 71-67 1 2 - 0.5
Mar 21 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 64-50 1 0 - 1.3
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 7 32.1 6.7-11.1 0.1-0.1 2.3-2.9 15.9
Conference - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 7 32.1 6.7-11.1 0.1-0.1 2.3-2.9 15.9
Away - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result
Wins 7 32.1 6.7-11.1 0.1-0.1 2.3-2.9 15.9
Losses - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Month
March 7 32.1 6.7-11.1 0.1-0.1 2.3-2.9 15.9

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 7 7 225 47-78 60.3 1-1 100.0 16-20 80.0 111
Conference - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 7 7 225 47-78 60.3 1-1 100.0 16-20 80.0 111
Away - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result
Wins 7 7 225 47-78 60.3 1-1 100.0 16-20 80.0 111
Losses - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Month
March 7 7 225 47-78 60.3 1-1 100.0 16-20 80.0 111

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 7 225 32.1 8.4-13.9 0.2-0.2 100.0 2.8-3.6 19.7
Conference - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 7 225 32.1 8.4-13.9 0.2-0.2 100.0 2.8-3.6 19.7
Away - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result
Wins 7 225 32.1 8.4-13.9 0.2-0.2 100.0 2.8-3.6 19.7
Losses - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Month
March 7 225 32.1 8.4-13.9 0.2-0.2 100.0 2.8-3.6 19.7

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 7 0.7 6.0 6.7 4.1 2.4 1.4 0.3
Conference - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 7 0.7 6.0 6.7 4.1 2.4 1.4 0.3
Away - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 7 0.7 6.0 6.7 4.1 2.4 1.4 0.3
Losses - - - - - - - -
Month
March 7 0.7 6.0 6.7 4.1 2.4 1.4 0.3

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs pf dq a/to
Event
Total 7 7 13 - 1.7
Conference - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - -
Location
Home 7 7 13 - 1.7
Away - - - - -
Neutral - - - - -
Result
Wins 7 7 13 - 1.7
Losses - - - - -
Month
March 7 7 13 - 1.7

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 7 0.9 7.5 8.4 5.2 3.0 1.8 0.4
Conference - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 7 0.9 7.5 8.4 5.2 3.0 1.8 0.4
Away - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 7 0.9 7.5 8.4 5.2 3.0 1.8 0.4
Losses - - - - - - - -
Month
March 7 0.9 7.5 8.4 5.2 3.0 1.8 0.4

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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