BEFORE HOLY CROSS: Played four years of varsity soccer at Edwin O. Smith High School ... Captained team as a senior … Named All-State and All-New England as a senior … A three-time All-Central Connecticut Conference selection … Named All-Hartford Courant three times … Two-time team MVP selection … Selected to the 2010 ESPN Rise Top 40 in Connecticut … Received 2011 NSCAA Scholar All-America honors … Helped team win Central Connecticut Conference East championship in 2008 and 2011 … Also lettered in tennis … Played for the Oakwood Soccer Club.

PERSONAL: Son of Douglas and Eileen Melody ... Has two brothers (Dan and Anthony) … Has not yet declared a major.