Melijah Sullivan
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  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Bartow, Fla.
  • High School:
    Winter Haven HS
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Liberal Studies
  • gp
    35
  • pts/g
    11.6
  • fg %
    48.2
  • 3pt %
    0.0
  • ft %
    77.1
  • reb/g
    4.9
  • a/g
    2.3
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: Liberal studies major…Daughter of Tony and Leslie Sullivan…Has two brothers and one sister, Tony, Antonio, and Minerica…Birthdate: 6/27/2000.

Career Highs

NCAA Career Statistics

Recent games
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 35 20
Games started 34 20
Minutes 1049 599
Minutes per game 30.0 29.9
FG 162-336 80-175
FG Pct 48.2 45.7
3PT 0-6 0-2
3PT Pct 0.0 0.0
FT 81-105 47-62
FT Pct 77.1 75.8
Off rebounds 32 15
Def rebounds 138 86
Total rebounds 170 101
Rebounds per game 4.9 5.0
Personal fouls 68 39
Disqualifications - -
Assists 80 47
Turnovers 86 53
Assist to turnover ratio 0.9 0.9
Steals 25 16
Blocks 24 13
Points 405 207
Points per game 11.6 10.3
Points per 40 min 15.4 13.8
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