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10 - Melanie Baskind
| Year: | Sophomore |
| Hometown: | Framingham, Mass. |
| High School: | Framingham |
| Position: | Midfielder/Forward |
| House Affiliation: | Quincy |
Also a member of the Harvard women's lacrosse team.
Sophomore (2009):
All-Ivy League second team ... Honored on Academic All-Ivy League
team ... Named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District third
team ... Saw action in all 17 games, starting 16 ... Ranked second
on the Crimson with 14 points and led the team with six assists ...
Was tied for second in the Ivy League in assists ... Handed
out an assist at No. 4 Boston College (Sept. 18) ... Scored first
goal of season in victory against Penn (Sept. 26) ... Assisted on
game-winning goal against Holy Cross (Sept. 29) ... Dished out an
assist in win against Fairfield (Oct. 6) ... Handed out an assist
on game-winning goal in 1-0 overtime victory over Brown (Oct. 17)
... Scored game-winning goal in key Ivy League victory at Yale
(Oct. 20) ... Assisted on a goal in 2-1 win over Dartmouth, helping
Harvard clinch its second straight Ivy League title (Oct. 31) ...
Notched two goals, including the game winner in overtime, in
regular-season finale at Columbia (Nov. 7) ... Named Ivy League
Player of the Week and earned a sport on Top Drawer Soccer National
Team of the Week Nov. 9.
Freshman (2008):
Ivy League Rookie of the Year ... Named second-team All-Ivy League
... Selected to second-team NSCAA All-Northeast Region ... Named to
Soccer America All-Freshman second team ... Tabbed on Soccer Buzz's
Freshman All-America third team, All-Freshman Northeast team and
All-Northeast second team ... Started all 17 games she played in
... Led the Crimson with 19 points and was tied for first with six
tallies ... Was seventh in the Ivy League in scoring and was tied
for fifth in goals and assists ... Named to Soccer Buzz Elite Team
of the Week (Sept. 16) ... Scored game-winner and added an assist
for three points in Harvard’s 2-1 win over Davidson (Sept.
12) ... Tallied a goal in 1-1 tie against Wisconsin (Sept. 14) ...
Named to Ivy League honor roll (Sept. 15) ... Assisted on Nicole
Rhodes’ game-winner in overtime against Northeastern (Sept.
17) ... Tallied Harvard’s goal in 1-1 tie at No. 12 Boston
College (Sept. 19); selected to Ivy League honor roll second time
and was named COOP Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 22) ...
Registered a career-high four points (one goal, two assists) in 3-1
victory over Yale (Oct. 4); second-period tally proved to be
game-winner ... Was named to Ivy League honor roll (Oct. 6) for
third time following performance against Bulldogs ... Had an assist
against Cornell (Oct. 11) ... Scored a goal in the first half in
4-1 win over Maine (Oct. 15) ... Named Ivy League Rookie of the
Week (Oct. 20) after tallying a score at Brown (Oct. 18) ...
Assisted on tally in victory at Holy Cross (Oct. 20) ... Selected
to the Ivy League honor roll for fourth time (Oct. 27) ... Assisted
on game-tying goal in second half in 1-1 tie at Dartmouth (Nov. 1);
named to Ivy League honor roll for her effort (Nov. 3) ... Named
Ivy League Rookie of the Week for second time (Nov. 10) after
recording seven shots including three in overtime in 2-1
double-overtime win over Columbia (Nov. 8).
High School:
Lettered in soccer, lacrosse and ice hockey at Framingham High ...
Captained soccer and lacrosse squads ... 2008 Boston Globe Athlete
of the Year and 2007 Boston Globe Division I Soccer Player of the
Year ... 2007 NSCAA first team All-American ... 2007 and 2008
Boston Globe All-Scholastic ... 2007 and 2008 Boston Herald
All-Scholastic ... 2007 All-New England ... Named to All-State
first team in 2006 and 2007 ... Bay State Conference MVP as a
senior ... Scored 19 goals and added 20 assists in senior campaign
... Two-time first team All-American in lacrosse ... 2008 Bay State
Conference MVP ... Selected to Metro West Daily News Super Team ...
Lacrosse team at Framingham won back-to-back state championships in
2006 and 2007 ... National Honor Society ... Harvard Book Award
recipient ... Excellence in Math Award ... Framingham High School
Leadership and Service Award.
Club:
Played on the MPS Boston Renegades for five years ... Was a 2008
Massachusetts State Cup Finalist with CRU.









