Texas State Athletics

2010: Named to the Preseason All-Southland Conference Second Team ... named to the CenturyLink Premier All-Tournament Team as she had 21 kills while recording a .348 hitting percentage, and leading the team with a 2.62 kills per set average ... also tallied 15 digs, five blocks and a pair of aces during three matches in the tournament ... posted a season-best 12 kills on 19 attempts against Noth Texas (9/10) while hitting at a .529 clip ... made the first start of her career at libero against UT Pan American (9/13).

2009: Contributed in all aspects on the court during her 100 sets of action as a junior … finished the season with 196 kills (1.96 kills per set), 221 digs (2.21 digs per set), 31 blocks (0.31 blocks per set) and 19 aces (0.19 aces per set) … hit .219 for the season while upping her efficiency to .255 during conference action … named to the SLC All-Tournament Team after recording 28 kills, 23 digs, six blocks and five aces during three matches … had a 14 kill and 13 dig performance against Lamar (11/21) in the semifinals of the SLC Tournament for her fourth double-double of the season … pounded a season-high 19 kills and added 11 digs in a match against Sam Houston State (10/1) … hit a season-high .500 with nine kills against Hofstra (9/11) … named to the SLC All-Academic Team for the second consecutive season.

2008: Started all 37 matches for the Bobcats during her sophomore year … one of two players to start every match … earned 2008 Southland Conference All-Academic honors … tallied 261 kills averaging 1.93 per set while hitting .265 … had 22 assists and 32 service aces … the right side hitter had 238 digs and 58 total blocks on the year … received SLC Offensive Player of the Week accolades when she helped lead the Bobcats to a 2-0 sweep on the week over Nicholls and Southeastern Louisiana … had an attack percentage of .667 against ULM for a season-high … she had her second highest career hitting percentage of .581, with a season-high 19 kills and only one error in the win over Nicholls … Preseason All-Southland Conference Second Team.

2007: An All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention selection ... ranked eighth in the Southland Conference in attack percentage on the season at .285 and fourth in conference play with a .324 clip ... played in 32 matches and 106 sets, tallying 255 kills and 60 blocks ... averaged 2.41 kills and 0.57 blocks per set ... also had 64 digs, a 0.60 per set average ... set a career high with 23 kills against Texas-Arlington, one of eight matches where she posted at least 10 kills ... hit a career-best .556 in the Bobcats’ next match against Central Arkansas, finishing with 17 kills and only two errors in 27 attacks ... had a season-high eight digs against UTSA before recording a career-best five aces in her next match, a win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... finished the season with 16 aces and eight assists.

El Dorado HS: Led El Dorado to three straight trips to the CIF Southern Section Quarterfinals and a 40-0 career league record ... holds school records in hitting percentage for a season (.492) and aces in a season (59) ... also ranks second all-time at El Dorado in career hitting percentage (.380) and aces (94) and third all-time in season kills (246) and career kills (591) ... named to the 2007 Orange County HS Volleyball All-Star Team ... also named 2006 Century League MVP.

Personal: Melinda Ann Cave is the daughter of Doug and Anna Lee Cave ... father is a retired police lieutenant, mother works in emergency management ... has a sister, Kinsey, who played volleyball for Houston ... major is elementary education.