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Miriam Melugin - Women's Soccer - Kansas Jayhawks
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Miriam Melugin

Position Midfielder
Height 5'8''
Class RS-Senior
Hometown Springfield, Mo.
High School Kickapoo HS

2018 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)
Saw action in the first 11 matches of the season, averaging 75.4 min/gm… Posted 11 shots in that span… Assisted on game winning goal vs Oklahoma (9/21).

2017 (SENIOR)
Forced to utilize redshirt season after a preseason knee injury sidelined her for the year.

2016 (JUNIOR)
Appeared in 19 of the Jayhawks’ 21 matches, which included her first-career start in KU’s 1-0 win at Texas (10/2) … Her 458 minutes of field action more than doubled her total minutes from her first two seasons combined … Averaged 24 minutes per outing, which included seven outings with 30 minutes or more … Tallied a career-high eight shots on the year … Posted two shots in three matches, two of which were in conference play.

2015 (SOPHOMORE)
Saw action in 13 of the Jayhawks’ 21 matches, including seven of the final eight games of the year … Averaged 16.8 minutes per outing and logged a career-high 50 minutes in the matchup against Oklahoma State (10/25) … Tallied at least one shot in three of her final four outings of the season.

2014 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in seven games for the Jayhawks on the year, averaging 17.9 minutes per appearance … Posted two shots in 2014, the first coming in KU’s 3-1 season-opening win over Wyoming (8/22) and the second in the Jayhawks’ 2-0 win over Denver (9/7) … Logged a season-high 32 minutes in a 3-0 victory over SMU (8/24).

KICKAPOO HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time letterwinner under head coach Philip Hodge … Led her team as captain from 2012-14 … Scored the winning goal to secure the 2013 District Championship for the Lady Chiefs … Garnered many honors in the 2013 season including: all-district first team, First Team All-Ozark Conference, all-state honorable mention, Southwest Missouri All-Region Team, Class-3 District Co-Player of the Year … In 2012, as a sophomore, was selected to the all-state first team, All-Ozark Conference First Team and all-state second team … Member of the 2011 All-District Second Team and received All-Ozark Conference Honorable Mention honors.

CLUB (SPRINGFIELD FC)
Member of Springfield FC for 14 years … Named the club’s player of the year on two occasions.

PERSONAL
Born in Springfield, Missouri … Daughter of Philip and Kimberly Melugin … Younger sister to Heath and Megan, who both played soccer at the collegiate level at MSU and SBU, respectively … Brother, Heath, is currently studying medicine at KU … Majoring in liberal arts.