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  Melissa Colborne

Melissa Colborne

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Calgary, AB

High School:
Springbank

Height:
6-0

Position:
G/F

Birthdate:
08/21/1988

2007-08: Selected to the All-Ivy First Team after leading the team and finishing second in the conference in scoring (15.7 ppg)...Also placed fourth in the Ivy League in field goal percentage (.474) and free throw percentage (.788)...Started all 27 games...Earned Ivy Player of the Week honors four times...Tallied 424 points, the seventh-highest single-season total in school history...Reached double figures in 21 of 27 games, including eight 20-point efforts...Named to the Hilton Concord Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 21.5 points and 4.5 rebounds against Saint Mary's and Cal State Bakersfield...Also had three blocks against Cal State Bakersfield...Posted a career-high 27 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the 81-64 win over Stony Brook (Dec. 7)...Tied a school record for most free throws made in a game after going a perfect 12-for-12 against Hofstra in a 73-67 win on Dec. 12...Named Ivy Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks after posting four straight 20-point games from Feb. 22-March 1...Had a career weekend at home against Cornell and Columbia (Feb. 22-23)...Posted 22 points on 8-for-11 shooting against Cornell...Went 8-for-11 from the field again the next night, scoring 20 points to go along with five rebounds, a career-high six assists and a career-high three blocks.

2006-07: Named Ivy League Rookie of the Year after playing in all 28 games and starting 23...Finished second on the team and led all Ivy rookies with 11.0 points per game...Seventh in the Ivy League with a team-leading free throw percentage of .765 (117-of-153)...Earned Ivy Rookie of the Week honors six times during the season...Named to the Air Force Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 13.5 points and three rebounds in two games...Tallied double-digit points in 11 of her first 13 collegiate games...Posted a career-high 20 points with a career-best three three-pointers in the win at Lehigh (Jan. 3)...Distributed five assists in the Bulldogs' win over UMass (Jan. 6)...Pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds at Brown (Jan. 20).

At Springbank: Averaged 33.8 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists per game as a senior...Led Springbank to a 31-6 record and second place at the Alberta 3A Provincial Championships...Voted a Rockyview Division 41 league all-star...Scored more than 50 points four times.

Personal: Pierson College...First Canadian and just the second foreign-born player in Yale history (Lissie Detres, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, 1992-93)...Daughter of Paul and Janice Colborne...Born Aug. 21, 1988.

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg 2006-07 28-23 748/26.7 87-239 .364 18-59 .305 117-153 .765 43-49 89 3.2 65-0 47 115 10 17 309/11.0 2007-08 27-27 790/29.3 139-293 .474 6-30 .200 140-188 .745 63-51 114 4.2 77-4 50 135 16 21 424/15.7 TOTAL 55-50 1538/28.0 226-532 .425 24-89 .270 257-341 .754 106-97 203 3.7 142-4 97 250 26 38 733/13.3


 
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