University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2020: Appeared in five games, earning three starts … Went 1-1 on the year with a 2.08 ERA … Worked four innings, striking out four, while not allowing a run in her first collegiate start, to pick up the victory over Shaw … Had two strikeouts against North Greenville.  

High School: Attended Gaithersburg H.S. … Two-time team MVP … Earned all-Met accolades as a junior … Registered the most strikeouts in the county her junior campaign … Tallied 79 strikeouts in 72 innings while sporting a 1.41 ERA as a junior … Tossed a no-hitter … Garnered a .451 batting average as a junior and held a .481 batting average her freshman campaign … Member of the National Honors Society … Member of the Science National Honors Society … Scholar athlete.

Personal: Melanie Elise Firestone was born April 11, 2001 in Gaithersburg, Md. … Daughter of Carl and Debbie Firestone … Has two older brothers, Zachary and Timothy … Majoring in exercise and sports science.