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2024 Men's Water Polo Roster

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7 Gabriel Melillo

  • Position 2M Defender
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lija, Malta
  • Highschool Saint Aloysius

Biography

MelilloVertical242024: MAWPC Champion... Saw action in 32 games... Netted 12 goals, 22 assists, and 21 steals... Had a goal and an assist in a win over #17 Cal Baptist (9/8)... Posted two assists and a steal at Bucknell (9/21)... Registered a goal and an assist in games against George Washington (9/28), Mercyhurst (9/28), and #20 Wagner (10/12)... Dished out two assists against Iona (10/12)... Had a goal and two assists in wins over #20 George Washington (11/2) and Johns Hopkins (11/3)... Netted two goals, an assist, and three steals against Mercyhurst (11/9)... Totaled three assists and two steals during the MAWPC Championship (11/22-24)... Had two steals in the Rams' NCAA win over Long Beach State (12/6)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team.

2023: MAWPC Champion... Appeared in 28 games... Recorded 13 goals, 24 assists, and 19 steals... Scored a goal and an assist in games against Iona (9/3), #6 Princeton (9/10), and Bucknell (9/16)... Scored a career-high four goals against Wagner, while adding three steals (9/17)... Had a pair of assists in matches against George Washington (9/30) and Johns Hopkins (10/1)... Had a goal and an assists versus Gannon (10/14)... Dished out two assists versus #15 Pacific (10/18) and #17 Santa Clara (10/21)... Recorded a goal and two assists in the MAWPC Championship match against #18 Navy (11/19)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team.

2022: MAWPC Champion... Played in 32 games for the Rams... Posted 15 goals, 26 assists, 31 steals, and three blocks... Had three steals in the opener at #16 Harvard (9/3)... Notched two goals and three steals against Gannon, while having a goal, an assist, and two steals versus #5 Pacific (9/4)... Dished out three assists in games versus Cal Lutheran (9/10) and #18 St. Francis Brooklyn (9/11)... Posted two goals and two assists against Salem (9/18)... Had three steals versus Mercyhurst (10/9)... Scored twice to go with an assist versus #19 George Washington (10/15)... Registered a goal, two assists, and two steals versus Mt. St. Mary's (10/29)... Had three assists and three steals in the MAWPC Championship quarterfinal with McKendree (11/18)... Scored once with two assist in the semifinal versus Salem (11/19)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team.

2021: MAWPC Champion... Appeared in all 33 games, one of six Rams to do so... Totaled 17 goals, 12 assists, 25 steals, and seven blocks in his first season at Fordham... Opened the season with a goal and an assist against MIT (9/4)... Had three steals against #14 Cal Baptist (9/11)... Scored twice in both games against Mercyhurst (9/5 & 9/18)... Recorded his first hat trick to go with three steals against Mt. St. Mary's (9/19)... Registered two goals and two steals at Mt. San Antonio (9/30)... Dished out two assists versus Wagner (10/22)... Netted a goal and two assists at George Washington (11/7)... Notched a goal in the MAWPC Championship match at Navy (11/21)... Scored twice in the Rams' NCAA opening round match at #10 Princeton (11/27).

Before Fordham: Earned 23 Caps for the Maltese National Team, playing with the U17 and U19 teams... Two of those Caps came in the 2019 U17 COMEN Cup and in the 2019 LEN Men's U17 European Championship, where the team placed 12th, the squad's highest-ever finish... Also played for Sirens ASC in the top Maltese senior league... Helped the team win the U17 Winter League Championship in 2019.

Major: Finance.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 4, vs. Wagner (9/17/23)
Assists: 3, 3x, last vs. McKendree (11/18/22)
Points: 5, vs. Wagner (9/17/23)
Steals: 3, 8x, last vs. Mercyhurst (11/4/24)
Blocks: 2, vs. Salem (10/8/22)
 
CAREER TOTALS
Year GP Goals Assists Points Steals Blocks
2021 33 17 12 29 25 7
2022 32 15 26 41 31 3
2023 28 13 24 37 19 5
2024 32 12 22 34 21 1
Total 125 57 84 141 96 16

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2021Freshman

    2M Defender
    5'11"
    12
  • 10

    2022Sophomore

    2M Defender
    5'11"
    10
  • 7

    2023Junior

    2M Defender
    5'11"
    7
  • 7

    2024Senior

    2M Defender
    5'11"
    7