Brings a wealth talent to the 2009-10 Fordham squad...An All-State performer in high school at Bishop Verot in Ft. Myers, Florida...Received Mr. Basketball honors...Led team to its first state final four as a senior...Set school career assist and rebounding records...Appeared in the FACA North-South All-Star Game.

Before Fordham: A graduate of Bishop Verot High School where he played for head coach Matt Herting...Received Mr. Basketball honors by the Southwest Florida Association of Basketball Coaches, helping Bishop Verot to its first State Final Four appearance...Averaged 16.5 ppg, second best on the team, and led the team in rebounding (9.5), assists (4.5) and three-pointers made (51) as a senior...Shot 50% from the field (174-347), including 39% from behind the arc (51-131), and 75% (113-150) from the free throw stripe...Registered 12 double-doubles on the year, including a career-high 28-point effort, along with 15 rebounds, in a win over Cardinal Mooney in January....2008-09 SWFLHoops.com Player of the Year...Also named the Ft. Myers News-Press All-Area Boys Basketball Player of the Year and the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) District 16 Player of the Year, an honor which earned Melvin an appearance in the FACA North-South All-Star Game last April in Orlando...Helped Bishop Verot advanced to the Class 3A State Final Four in 2009, falling to defending champions Pine Crest in the semifinals to close out the year with a 23-9 record...As a junior in 2007-08, averaged 12.4 ppg and 4.3 rpg, earning Ft. Myers News Press All-Southwest Florida honors along with FSWA 3A All-State Honorable Mention accolades...Graduated as the school's all-time leader in assists and rebounds, and set the school single season mark for total rebounds last year...Led the Vikings to four straight district titles...The sixth Bishop Verot basketball player in the past six years to sign with a Division I school.