Melina Livingston

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
UT
Height:
5-2
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Harrison Twp., Mich.
High School:
Regina

Graduate Student (2023)
• Academic All-Big Ten; CSC Academic All-District
• Started 49 games this season -- at first base, second base, third base, rightfield and designated player
• Posted seven multi-hit and three multi-RBI games
• Tallied a first-inning, two-run triple vs. Western Michigan (May 2)
• Homered and scored two runs in the series opener at Purdue (April 14)
• Went 2-for-3 with three RBI, including a two-run homer in the third inning vs. Oakland (March 29)
• Used a two-run single to plate the winning runs in the 10th inning in a 3-1 win at Ohio State (March 26)
• Also drove in the go-ahead run with a ninth-inning RBI triple vs. Western Kentucky (Feb. 11)
• Posted a go-ahead RBI single in the fifth inning vs. Mississippi State (Feb. 18); also scored the tying run in the fourth
• Registered two hits, including a sixth inning RBI single, in the season opener at USF (Feb. 9)

Graduate Student (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• All-Big Ten second team
• Appeared in 49 games, starting 28 at second base, four at third base and four at designated player
• Posted nine multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games
• Registered a career-best five RBI, driving in a run in all five plate appearances, in the regular-season finale at Wisconsin (May 8); posted two sac flies, two RBI singles and a seventh-inning solo homer
• Used a fourth-inning RBI double to plate the lone run in U-M's 1-0 win vs. Minnesota (April 30)
• Broke open a tied game with a fourth-inning grand slam vs. Central Michigan (April 12)
• Knocked out a game-ending three-run homer in the fifth vs. Penn State (April 8); also scored both runs, including the winning, walk-off tally in U-M's 2-1 victory against PSU (April 9)
• Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and three RBI, including a two-run homer in the fifth, vs. in-state rival Michigan State (April 6)
• Drove in U-M's first run and a key insurance run in the seventh as part of a 2-for-3, three-run, two-RBI effort in U-M's 8-3 win at #9 Northwestern (April 3)

Prior to Michigan
• Graduated from Penn State University (2021)
• Appeared in 106 games over three seasons, including 103 starts -- at shortstop, outfield and third base
• Posted a .293 batting average over three seasons at PSU, including a single-season best of .310 as a freshman in 2019, and totaled 77 hits, 50 runs, 39 RBI and eight home runs
• Was the Nittany Lions' leading hitter in 2021; ranked among their top-three leaders all three seasons
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2020, '21)

Prep
• Graduated from Regina High School (2018)
• Two-time all-state first team selection (2017, '18)
• Three-time all-district, all-region and All-Catholic League honoree (2016, '17, '18)
• Posted a .689 batting average in a breakout junior season and tallied 30 homers over last two seasons
• Helped the Saddlelites to a Michigan team state championship (2015) and three Catholic League titles
• Also earned four varsity letters in swimming

Personal
• Enrolled in Rackham Graduate School, pursuing a master's degree in movement science
• Earned bachelor's in kinesiology from Penn State in 2021
• Born on February 12, 2000
• Daughter of Kevin and Deanna Livingston
• Mother was a collegiate swimmer at Oakland University
• Has a brother, Mitchell