Melijah Sullivan
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  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Bartow, Fla.
  • High School:
    Winter Haven HS
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Liberal Studies
  • gp
    35
  • pts/g
    15.1
  • fg %
    56.4
  • 3pt %
    100.0
  • ft %
    75.6
  • reb/g
    4.3
  • a/g
    2.9

Bio

As a Senior (2022-23): Concluded Spartan career with 1,653 career points, ranking third in program history...First Team All-SCC... D2CCA Second Team All-Soiuth Region... Led Tampa to SSC Championship and program's first-ever NCAA South Regional title... Named SSC All-Championship Team and NCAA South Regional All-Championship Team...Averaged 15.1 points per game, which was second on the team....Posted a field goal percentage of 56.4%...Also had a free throw percentage of 75.6%...Averaged 4.3 rebounds per game and 2.9 assists per game...Against Spring Hill, scored 13 points on 54.5% shooting from the field...Continued to deliver impactful performances throughout the season, including 24-point outing against Palm Beach Atlantic, going 45.0% from the field and converting 6 of 9 free throws...in NCAA South Region semifinal against Lee, shot 72.7% from the field, converting 8 of 11 attempts...Concluded career as program's all-time leader in games played (134) while ranking second in field goals made (677) and minutes played (3,651)...Was third in games started (113), seventh in field goal percentage (.543) and seventh in assists (331).

As a Junior (2021-22): Played in 35 games, and started 34…Two-time SSC Offensive Player of the Week (1/30-2/6) and (11/1-11/7)...Ranked second on the team with 1049 total minutes…Averaged 30.0 minutes per game…Played a season-high 45 minutes in a win over Florida Southern (3/6)...Ranked second on the team with 405 points on the year…Scored a season-high 20 points against Montevallo (11/6)...Averaged 11.6 points per game, which ranks her third on the team…Her 162-of-336 on field goals also ranked her second on the team…Shot a season-best 9-of-14 field goals in a season opener win against Seton Hill (11/5)...Recorded double-digit points in ten consecutive games, and twenty-four games total…Ranks first on the team shooting 81-of-105 free throws…Shot a season-best 7-of-9 free throws in a victory at No. 12 Eckerd (2/2)...Ranks third on the team in total rebounds with 170…Grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds in a win over Florida Southern (1/19)...Recorded 5 or more rebounds in eighteen games…Ranks third on the team in assists with 80…Season-best 5 assists in a win against Palm Beach Atlantic (1/2)...Her 24 blocks ranks her first on the team…Recorded 25 steals on the year.

As a Junior (2020-21): 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.

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