Melissa Green Class: Senior Hometown: East Lansing, Mich. High School: East Lansing Height: 5-4 Birthdate: 03/16/1979 Club Team: Geddert's Twistars USA

2000: Academic All-Big Ten, for the second-straight season … named All-Big Ten, as MSU’s sole 2000 selection … set career highs in every event except vault in 2000 … was honored as Big Ten Gymnast of the Week on February 24 … tied the school and set a career record of 9.975 on uneven bars v. Pittsburgh and Ohio State on March 11 … also tied the school and set a career record on the floor against Pittsburgh on February 19 (9.975) … also set career records in all-around (39.400) and balance beam (9.900) … tied for fourth on the uneven bars at the NCAA IV Championships with a 9.875 … also tied for fourth on the uneven bars with a score of 9.900 at the Big Ten Championships, and also tied for 18th on the floor with a 9.875 … recorded the top-five MSU scores on the uneven bars last season, while also scoring the top two scores on the team in all-around competition last season … led the team in all-around (38.970), uneven bars (9.884), and floor averages (9.847) … recorded six first-place finishes on the uneven bars while taking two first-place finishes on both the floor and all-around.

1999: Academic All-Big Ten ... competed in the all-around in every meet in 1999 ... advanced to the 1999 NCAA Regionals as an individual, finishing seventh ... scored career highs in every event, including a 9.850 vs. Michigan on March 20, tying her for the second-best score on the team in ’99 ... had team’s fourth-best all-around score with a 38.925 on March 7 at the UCLA Invitational and fourth-best bars score with a 9.850 vs. Illinois (1/31) ... led the team with a 9.773 average on the floor exercise ... was second on the team with a 38.471 all-around average and a 9.688 average on the vault and third on the beam (9.412) and uneven bars (9.598) ... won the all-around in the first meet of the season ... also garnered a second place and two third place finishes in the all-around during the season ... earned four first-place floor finishes, all in a five-meet span ... placed in four events in the first meet of the season and three events vs. Illinois.

1998: Sprained her neck in the season opener which forced her to miss most of the season ... set personal bests on vault (9.700), uneven bars (9.850) and balance beam (9.650) v. Kent State University on 2/6 ... won the bars and tied for second on the vault in that meet ... scored 9.675 on vault in helping MSU to fourth-place finish at Big Ten Championship.

Pre-MSU: Named 1997 Michigan Gymnast of the Year ... 1995 & ’97 Michigan State Champion at Level 10 ... a former elite competitor with experience at the Championships of the USA ... placed second all-around at 1995 Level 10 Nationals ... 10th at ’97 Level 10 Nationals.

Personal: Born on March 16, 1979, in East Lansing, she is the daughter of David and Evelyn Green ... majoring in political theory.