NC State Wolfpack

2  Melissa Rabe
	Class: Senior Hometown: Greensboro, N.C. High School: Northwest Guilford Height: 5-10 Position: S

Pronounced ray-bee

2005: Started every match but two and played in all but five games ... Named first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 3 by CoSIDA ... Led team with 887 assists, 9.14 assists per game, 41 service aces, 0.42 aces per game, 396 serves and a .967 serving pct. ... Finished second in the ACC for aces per game, 10th in assists per game, 10th in assists per ACC game and 6th in aces per ACC game ... Aced five serves against Campbell (9/2) ... Had 27 assists, two aces, four digs and three blocks against Lipscomb (9/9) and then rattled off five aces that night against Lamar to go with 36 assists and six digs ... Led the team with a career high 12 digs against Virginia (9/23) to go with 24 assists and a block ... Posted another double-double against Duke (9/30) with 34 assists and 12 digs to go with four aces, two kills and a block ... Had 41 assists, six digs, three blocks, two kills and one ace against North Carolina (10/4) ... Put up 40 assists, eight digs, three kills and one ace against Miami (10/7) ... Assisted 51 kills, while recording two herself with a .400 attack pct., to go with three aces, five digs and three blocks against Clemson (10/14) ... Had a career high five kills on five attempts against Georgia Tech (10/15) to go with 44 assists and three blocks ... Tied career high with 54 assists in win at Boston College (10/21) to go with five kills, six digs and one block ... Provided 28 assists, two aces, six digs and three blocks at Maryland (10/23) ... Delivered 34 assists against Virginia Tech (10/28) while hitting .333 with six kills, five digs and one ace ... Added 14 assists and five digs at Virginia (10/29) ... Tied for team high 13 assists at North Carolina (11/1) ... Had 30 assists against Wake Forest (11/4) ... Assisted 26 kills against Duke (11/6), put away three herself with a .429 attack pct., along with nine digs and a block ... Provided 39 assists, four aces, four digs and a career high four blocks at Georgia Tech (11/11) ... Good for a double-double at Clemson (11/12) with 39 assists and 10 digs, accompanied by four kills, two aces and two blocks ... Aced three serves, posted 24 assists, five digs, two blocks and one kill at Florida State (11/18) ... Came off the bench to provide a team high 22 assists and two aces against Boston College (11/26) to go with four digs and three blocks.

2004: Played in 67 games of 27 matches ... Drew the starting setter assignment in eight matches ... Led the team with no reception errors ... Assisted a career-high 54 kills at Virginia Tech Nov. 5 and also came up with six digs and four kills ... Put together best performance against Florida State Nov. 12 with three kills on six attempts, 24 assists, eight digs and three blocks ... Dean's List student both semesters and named an NC State Scholar-Athlete ... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Selected to NC State's Top 10 Scholar Athlete List with a perfect 4.0 GPA ... Honored on www.GoPack.com as the NC State Caterpillar co-Scholar Athlete of the Month for July 2005.

2003: Saw action in 63 games of 26 matches, drawing significant playing time halfway through the season on ... Finished second on the team in assists with 275 ... Also recorded 78 digs defensively ... Had best performance against Duke (10/18), dishing out 30 assists to go with six digs.

High School: Was named the Metro 4-A Conference Player of the Year her senior year ... Selected as the 2002 Greensboro News and Record All-Area Player of the Year ... Named as a Prep Star of the Week by the Greensboro News and Record ... Selected to the all-conference first team her junior year ... Graduated ninth out of 393 in her senior class with an unweighted 4.0 GPA ...

Personal: Biochemistry major with nutrition minor.