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#15 Melissa Nyquist

Forward
Height: 5-10

Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Lee's Summit, Mo.
Major: Psychology

ABOUT MELISSA

Born: March 14, 1989
Parents: Ralph and Sue Nyquist
Sister: Megan

Favorite Place on Campus: Union
Favorite Restaurant: Carsons
Favorite Movie I’ve Seen This Year: “Step Brothers”
Favorite TV Show: "Family Guy"
Current Cell Phone Ring: “Tech N9ne”
Sport You’re Least Successful At: Tennis
Person You’d Switch Places for a day: Gentry Dietz
If You Could Travel Anywhere in the World: Germany
If You Could Have Any Talent: Fly
Biggest Pet Peeve: When people chew with their mouth open
Most Influential People: Parents
If You Won The Lottery, You Would: Give most of the money to my family
Most Memorable Game: West Texas A&M

Coach Steinmeyer on Melissa

“One of the most fundamentally sound players on the team. Melissa is not a flashy player, but a very valuable one. She’s very “court smart” and does all the little things that go unnoticed.”

2008

Saw action in four games, with her longest appearance againat Chaminade (12/16) and made a career-best 11 rebounds and three assists against the Silverswords

Lee’s Summit West High School

2007 graduate ... member of state runner-up team in 2006

Personal Bio

Daughter of Raph and Sue Nyquist ... born May 14, 1989

Career Stats

Year	GP-GS	Min/Avg	FG-FGA	Pct	3P-3PA	Pct	FT-FTA	Pct	Off-Def	Tot	Avg	PF-FO	AST	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts/Avg
2007-08	4-0	24/6.0	2-6	.333	0-1	.000	3-6	.500	3-10	13	3.3	5-0	4	1	1	1	71/1.8
2008-09	27-9	451/16.7	18-33	.545	0-1	.000	8-13	.615	29-52	81	3.0	70-4	23	30	3	13	44.1.6
Total	31-9	475/15.3	20-39	.513	0-2	.000	11-19	.579	32-62	94	3.0	75-4	27	31	4	14	51/1.6