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Melissa Huffhines
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
West, Texas
High School:
West
Last College:
Temple CC
Height:
5-8
Position:
C/IF/OF
Experience:
1L
2004
Worked her way in as a regular in the Baylor lineup, seeing most of her time at the designated player position ... Made 49 appearances on the season while starting 40 games ... Tied for second on the team with three home runs ... Two of her home runs were game-winners for the Lady Bears ... Hit a two-run home run against Sam Houston State in the top of the seventh to give the Lady Bears a 2-0 win ... Sam Houston State pitcher Melissa Collins had a perfect-game going into the inning ... Broke a scoreless tie in the sixth inning with a three-run home run at Oklahoma State ... Lady Bears went on to defeat the Cowgirls 3-2 ... Hit the game-winning double in Baylor's historic 16-inning 1-0 win over North Carolina in the NCAA Softball Championships to give Baylor its first-ever victory in NCAA post season play... Was named to the Speedline Classic All-Tournament team ... Collected six hits and five RBI for the tournament ... Against Team USA at the tournament, went 2-for-2 with a double against Team USA starting pitcher Cat Osterman ... Ranked fifth on the team with a slugging percentage of .364 ... Ranked third on the team with 21 RBI on the year ... Posted a season high three hits in a win over Troy State ... Had four multiple-hit games on the year ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI in a win over McNeese State ... Had six multiple-RBI games on the year ... Ranked fourth on the team during conference play with five RBI ... Had an on base percentage of .467 when she led off an inning, good for second on the team.

Junior College
First-team All-America selection at Temple [Texas] College after hitting .460 with seven home runs ... Led Temple to Texas Junior College Northern Conference championship both years ... Two-time all-conference selection ... Earned all-region honors as a sophomore.

High School
Prepped at West High School in West, Texas ... Earned letters in softball, volleyball and basketball ... Played volleyball for Pam Young, twin sister of former Baylor softball head coach Paula Young ... Led softball team to state runner-up finish in 1998 and regional titles in 1999, 2000 and 2001 ... Earned first-team all-district and Super Cen-Tex honors as a sophomore ... Followed that with Super Cen-Tex and all-state honors as a junior, earning team defensive MVP honors ... Named District 17-3A MVP, Super CenTex and all-state as a senior ... 2001 West Lady Trojan and Red Heart awards winner ... Four-time all-district honoree ... Two-time all-state honoree in volleyball ... Also earned all-district, Super Cen-Tex and district MVP in volleyball ... Academic all-district honoree in both sports.

Personal
The former Melissa Kay Maler, she married Craig Huffhines in June 2004... Born June 6, 1983, in Hillsboro, Texas ... Daughter of Rick and Sara Maler ... General studies major.