Academic Notes: Majoring in Accounting...4.12 high school GPA...Member of high school's National Honors Society and Society of Women Scholars...Two-time Golden Eagle Award recipient.
2016 (Redshirt Junior): An All-Big Sky Honorable Mention Selection...Played and started in all 22 games...Attempted 15 shots with six on goal at midfielder...Played every minute in 12 games...Had one assist for the season against Eastern Washington (Oct. 16) that helped NAU snap the Eagle's two-month unbeaten streak.
2015 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 18 games...Started in all but one game...Had two goals and two assists at defender...Totaled six points on the year...Connected on her first career goal in the win over Loyola on Sept. 13...Scored her second career goal against Northern Colorado to send the game into overtime...This goal broke the Lumberjack Stadium record for latest goal scored in regulation by 35 seconds...Record was 13-years old...Attempted 11 shots with three on goal.
2014 (Sophomore): Did not play.
2013 (Freshman): Played in 13 games…Attempted one shot…Played at least 50 minutes in two games…Played a season-high 54 minutes against Southern Utah…Team was 9-3-1 in games played.
High School: Four-year letterwinner and starter and one-year captain in soccer at Pinnacle HS...Also competed in cross country at Pinnacle...Helped team win the state championship in 2011 with a perfect 21-0 record...Team was the 2012-13 Arizona Showcase Tournament champions...Named to All-Arizona Girls Soccer Team in 2012-13...Named All-Tribune Girls Soccer Honorable Mention in 2012-13...Named All-Arizona second team and All-City first team...Named a Arizona Player to Watch from 2010-12...Won JV cross country districts in 2010...Also played for SC del Sol club soccer team...Club team participated at ECNL Nationals in 2011-12...Club team won Arizona State Cup in 2011-12...Named to Temecula All-Tournament Team in 2010-11.
Personal: Melissa Suzanne Kettelkamp was born Nov. 14, 1994 in Scottsdale, Ariz...Daughter of Christine and Brad Kettelkamp...Two older sisters, Charisse and Jessica...Sister, Jessica, played soccer at NAU from 2010-12...Sister, Charisse, graduated from NAU in 2009...Most memorable event was scoring the game-winning goal against a Tucson team her junior year in last 15 seconds off a free kick...Chose NAU because it has always been her dream school as both of her sisters attended...Also considered Utah.