Melissa Hayes Class: Senior Hometown: Cave Creek, Ariz. High School: Cactus Shadows Last College: North Carolina Height: 5-5 Position: M

2008 Academic All-Big Ten

Lion Career
2008 ... Played in all 24 games and started in 21... selected as a team captain... tallied two assists on the season... recorded one helper in the opening game in a 3-1 victory over William and Mary (8/23)... her second assist came in a 4-1 win over Hofstra (8/31)... Academic All-Big Ten selection

2007... Played in and started all 24 games... scored a goal and added six assists... had three helpers in the 5-1 defeat of Bucknell (9/19)... scored her lone goal the very next game against then-No. 24 Notre Dame (9/23), netting the game-winner... had an assist in three other contests against Northwestern (10/7), then-No. 4 Purdue (10/26) and Ohio State (11/2)... assisted on three game-winners... tied for fifth on the team in points with eight.

College Career At North Carolina
2006... Hayes played in 15 games for the National Champion Tar Heels, scored one goal and added two assists with four of her six shots on goal... goal came against Navy (11/12) in the NCAA Tournament Second Round... while her assists were recorded versus SMU (8/27) and Miami, Fla. (9/24).

Before College
One of Soccer Buzz's Top 25 recruits in 2006, Hayes was a Parade All-American and NSCAA Youth All-American... played on several U.S. Youth National Teams over her career including the Under-14 team (2002), the Under-16 team (2003-04) and the Under-17 team (2004-05)... helped carry the U-16 National Team to the 2003 Ballymena International Tournament Championship... served on the Under-16 team in 2004 and the Under-17 team in 2005... led U-17 team to the 2005 U.S. adidas Cup Championship... a USYS National Championship finalist in 2003, she had a decade-long stint as a center midfielder for Sereno White (1997-2006) and served as team captain... her club was six-time Arizona state champions... played on Region IV finalist squads in 2002 and 2004 and won a Region IV championship in 2003... was part of the Region IV ODP team from 2002-05 and was the Club's Female Player of the Year in 2005... a graduate of Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Ariz., she did not play high school soccer, choosing to continue play with her club team through the high school season and concentrate on that aspect of her game.

Personal
Full name is Melissa Jean Hayes... born April 22, 1988 in Chico, Calif. to Kip and Nancy Hayes... has one sister... majoring in communications.