Melanie Stiles

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Photo by: American Athletic Conference

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
5-9
Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
Bishop McNamara
Hometown:
Bowie, Md.
Prev School:
Clemson

2019: Started all 18 games in goal for the Pirates…Earned a spot on the AAC All-Conference Second-Team after finishing the year with 91 saves, the most for an ECU goalkeeper since 2015…Recorded six shutouts and allowed 1.35 goals per game…Named the AAC Goalkeeper of the Week on Oct. 14 after shutting out Tulsa (Oct. 10) and helping ECU earn a 1-1 draw with No. 8 Memphis (Oct. 13)…Named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on Sept. 30 after allowing just one goal in 185 minutes of play…Had a season-high 10 stops in the draw with Memphis…Finished the year with at least seven saves in four of the final six games…Had four games of at least eight saves, making nine against South Florida (Oct. 27) and eight against both NC State (Sept. 18) and SMU (Oct. 20)...Named to the AAC All-Academic Team.

2018: In her debut season in Greenville, started all 19 of ECU’s games…Finished the season with a goals against average of 1.17 and a save percentage of 0.791…Ranked second in the American Athletic Conference with 87 saves and six shutouts…Her 10 wins were the most by a Pirate goalkeeper since Christiane Cordero also had 10 in 2012…Made a key stop in the penalty kick shootout against SMU, helping ECU advance to the AAC Semifinals for the first time since 2014…Was named to the conference’s All-Tournament Team after making 15 saves across the first round and semifinal…Made a then-career high eight stops against No. 16 NC State in a 1-1 draw…Recorded a personal-best nine stops on a pair of occasions, including in the AAC Championship Semifinals as well as in a 1-0 win over Cincinnati that clinched a playoff berth for the Pirates…Was named AAC Goalkeeper of the Week on Oct. 29 as well as earning the spot on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on Aug. 27 and Sept. 3…Named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week Honorable Mention on Sept. 11.

2017: Did not allow a goal in three appearances (210:11 total time in net) ... Produced two solo shutouts and one combined shutout ... Made seven saves in three appearances ... Made three saves in Clemson's 4-0 season-opening victory over SIUE ... Notched three saves and a clean sheet in the Tigers' 1-0 triumph over Indiana ... Made a save and earned a combined shutout with teammate Sandy MacIver as Clemson blanked UNC Greensboro 4-0.

2016: Did not compete in any matches during her freshman season at Clemson.

High School: Four year varsity letter winner … Three-time team captain … 2015 Team MVP … Earned All-Metropolitan honors as a sophomore in 2013 … Two-time First-Team All-Gazette honoree … Garnered first-team all-conference honors twice … Club team won ECNL Conference Championship from 2013-15.