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2017 Volleyball Roster

6 Melissa Gaffney

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Clear Creek
  • Hometown League City, Texas

Biography

2017 (Senior): Second Team All-MAC Freedom...played in all 129 sets...388 kills, 30 aces, and 467 digs...18 double-doubles...15 kill, 22 dig performance against St. Vincent on September 22...tallied 27 digs and 11 kills against Union on October 13...15 kills, 9 digs and five total blocks against LaRoche on September 23...13 kills and 24 digs on Senior Night against Manhattanville on October 25.

2016 (Junior): Second Team All-MAC Freedom...second on the club with 240 kills and was third with 293 digs and 25.0 total blocks, while also chipping in 22 service aces...pounded 21 kills with one error while hitting .571 and tallying career-high 37 digs against Widener on October 1..15 double-doubles.

2015 (Sophomore): Honorable Mention All-MAC Freedom...played in 36 matches with 31 starts...second on team with 281 kills and was fourth with 234 digs...10 double-digit dig matches, topped with 17 against Hunter on October 31...13 10+ kill matches, including 15 against Manhattanville on September 16 and King's on September 30.

2014 (Freshman): Named Second Team All-Freedom Conference ... Named All-Tournament Team at New Paltz Invitational and Muhlenberg College's Buttermaker Tournament … Played in 34 matches as a freshman … Recorded a team-high 393 kills, 357 digs, 26 total blocks, 24 service aces and 432.5 points on the season … Her 393 kills ranks fifth for FDU-Florham single season kills and her 3.30 kills per set ranks fourth for FDU-Florham single season kills per set … Had a career-high 22 kills against Wilkes on 9/23/14 … Tallied a career-high 27 digs at Widener on 10/4/14 … Recorded double digit kills in 22 matches.

Personal/High School: Daughter of Dr. Daniel Gaffney and Deborah Gaffney..In high school she was team captain, All-County Academic (3x), Greater Houston Volleyball Coaches Association All-Stars Selection, and 24-5A All-District First Team..Played club volleyball for the Houston Juniors 18 Molten in 2013-14..Enjoys volunteering in her spare time and has worked with Habitat for Humanity and Adopt-a-Grandparent..Her sister Madeline plays volleyball at Houston Baptist University and her brother "Tripp" plays water polo at Texas A&M Galveston..Biology/PreMed major

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Historical Player Information

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    2014First Year

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    2015Sophomore

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    2016Junior

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    2017Senior

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