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    22  Melissa Preish
    Melissa Preish

    Class:
    Junior
    Hometown:
    Thousand Oaks, Calif.
    High School:
    Westlake
    Position:
    OF
    B/T:
    L/L

    05/10/2012

    UIC Falls 3-0 To Valparaiso In Horizon League Tournament

    Flames conclude the season with an overall record of 26-27.

    05/08/2012

    UIC Trio Earns Horizon League Honors

    Junior Melissa Preish earns first-team accolades.

    05/05/2012

    Flames Split Twinbill With Wright State

    UIC posted 14 hits on the day.

    04/30/2012

    Melissa Preish Earns Horizon League Player Of The Week

    The junior posted a .538 batting average.

    04/29/2012

    UIC Splits Decisions With Penguins

    Natalie Hernandez had two two-run home runs in the first game.

    AS A SOPHOMORE (2010-11): Played in 29 and started eight games ... scored eight runs and collected five hits ... recorded three hits, two RBI and one home run at Valparaiso (April 3).

    AS A FRESHMAN (2009-10): Picked up a bunt single in her first career at-bat ... two-time starter in the outfield against league opponents Butler and Cleveland State ... scored the game-tying run to force extra innings at Youngstown State on April 25 ... first career double came against Indiana in Las Vegas on February 19.

    PREP AND PERSONAL: Four-time lettewinner in softball (right field) at Westlake (Ill.) ... two-time team captain ... four-time all-Marmonte League selection ... three-time MVP ... member of Relay of Life ... California Scholarship Foundation member ... three-time (2009, 2010, 2011) ... Dean's List recipient ... Athletic Academic honor roll 2010 and 2011 ... four-time (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) ... Gold Academic Award recipient born July 28, 1991, in Downers Grove, Ill. ... daughter of Sandy and Howard Preish ... has one sister, Kimberlee ... greatest athletic thrill to date is winning the Horizon League Championship ... currently enrolled as a kinesiology major.