Melissa Seitz

Position:
Defender
Class:
Senior
High School:
Ridge
Hometown:
Basking Ridge, N.J.

At Princeton
2009: First-team All-Ivy League, helping Princeton hold its opponents to five goals against in Ivy games ... started all 17 games, playing all of the team's 1,624 minutes ... co-captain ... scored a penalty-kick goal in a 1-0 win at Fairfield for her first career goal ... 2008: Honorable mention All-Ivy League ... started all 17 games and played all 1,609 minutes, one of only two players to do so ... 2007: Started all 17 games and was the only Tiger to play all 1,564 minutes ... 2006: Played in 15 games, making 13 starts.

At Ridge
Four-year starter as a defender and midfielder ... team won state title with a 22-0 record sophomore season ... state finalist as a junior and sectional finalist as a senior, when she served as co-captain ... AP first-team all-state as a sophomore and junior and second-team as a senior ... The Star-Ledger first-team all-state as a junior and senior ... Central Jersey Courier-News Player of the Year in 2003 and three-time all-area North Jersey team ... New Jersey Girls Soccer Coaches Association all-state honoree ... club team, PDA New Jersey Wildcats, were 2003 national champion, 2004 semifinalists and 2005 and 2006 finalists ... six-time New Jersey State Cup champions during her tenure and finalists two other years ... Super Y-League national champions in 2002.

Personal
Born March 30, 1988 ... father Don is an alumnus of Princeton and Harvard Business School and a Senior Vice President at Author Solutions, a self publishing book business ... mother Patty is a UConn alumna who is the administrator and tournament director for the PDA soccer club ... sister Katie is a University of Richmond alumna and a media planner for Mindshare in New York City ... younger brother Michael attends Wake Forest ... psychology major.