Academic Notes: Majoring in special and elementary education...Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient as a freshman.

Career Notes: Fifth fastest time in program history in 100 Breaststroke (1:04.08)...Fifth fastest time in 200 Breaststroke (2:16.79).

2015-16 (Sophomore): Competed against LSU and Wyoming in season-opening double dual...Placed second versus Wyoming in 200m breaststroke.

2014-15 (Freshman): Earned three All-WAC second team honors at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 breaststroke and 200 and 400 IM at the WAC Championships...Finished fourth in the 400 IM with season-best time of 4:24.44...Finished fifth in the 200 Breast with season-best time of 2:16.79...Finished eighth in the 100 Breast after a season-best prelim time of 1:04.08...Also recorded a season-best time of 2:07.15 in 200 IM...Placed sixth in 200 Breast at UNLV Invitational...Totaled 14 top-three finishes with two individual titles during the season...Won 200 Breast versus Idaho and San Diego.

2014-15 (Freshman): Earned three All-WAC second team honors at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 breaststroke and 200 and 400 IM at the WAC Championships...Finished fourth in the 400 IM with season-best time of 4:24.44...Finished fifth in the 200 Breast with season-best time of 2:16.79...Finished eighth in the 100 Breast after a season-best prelim time of 1:04.08...Also recorded a season-best time of 2:07.15 in 200 IM...Placed sixth in 200 Breast at UNLV Invitational...Totaled 14 top-three finishes with two individual titles during the season...Won 200 Breast versus Idaho and San Diego.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and starter and one-year team captain at Basic HS...Won the state championship in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes in 2013...Finished second in the 100 breaststroke and third in the 100 butterfly in 2014...Holds school records in the 200 and 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke...Named to Nevada Sunrise Regional First Team from 2010-13...Swimmer of the Year runner-up in 2013...Team-high points leader all four years...Also earned one letter and started in cross country at Basic HS...Named best first-year runner...3.487 high school GPA...Ranked 48th of 528 in high school class...Member of Nevada All-State Academic Team.

Personal: Melanie Hope Harris was born June 4, 1996 in Richmond, Va....Daughter of Don and Jean Fitzgerald and Jim Harris...Mother, Jean, was the U.S. Navy Athlete of the Year in 1990...Stepfather, Don, played ice hockey at Boston College...Lists most memorable athletic moment as dropping her time by nearly a full second and winning the 100 breaststroke state championship by 10 seconds...Chose NAU because it was a great choice for her academically and athletically and it felt like home from the minute she walked on campus.