2015 SEASON: Named Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year… Earned First Team All-NEC on defense…Named to the NEC All-Tournament Team… Served as team captain as a senior… Fourth time in school history a player earned NEC Defensive Player of the Year and first since Aly Jost in 2011… Selected to play in the IWLCA North-South Game... Started all 17 games on the year… Recorded at least one ground ball in 15 games… Led the Mount with 33 draw controls… Finished third on the team with 28 ground balls and 15 caused turnovers… Capped career 12th in school history with 92 career draw controls and 18th with 55 caused turnovers… Picked up four ground balls against George Mason (2-26-15).. Posted three draw controls, two ground balls and a caused turnover at American (3-11-15)... Finished with three ground balls and three draw controls against Columbia (3-29-15)... Helped the Mount beat Saint Francis U with three ground balls and three draw controls (4-10-15)... Recorded three ground balls and three caused turnovers against Sacred Heart (4-17-15)... Scored first career goal and secured four draw controls on Senior Day versus LIU Brooklyn (4-19-15)... In final collegiate game, registered five draw controls and one caused turnover in the NEC Semifinals versus Wagner (5-1-15)... Member of the Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2014 SEASON: Started all 16 games on defense as a junior… Finished second on the team with 30 draw controls… Recorded 22 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers… Set a season high with four caused turnovers and posted a career-high five ground balls versus George Mason (3-8-14)… Collected five draw controls at George Washington (3-12-14)… Finished with five draw controls, three ground balls and two caused turnovers versus UMBC (3-15-14)… At home versus Bryant, had three draw controls and two ground balls (4-6-14)… Posted four draw controls and one ground ball in the home finale against Saint Francis (4-25-14)... NEC Academic Honor Roll honoree.
2013 SEASON: Started 17 games during sophomore season for the Mount… Tied for the team lead with 17 caused turnovers, while finishing second among Mount players with 30 ground balls and 23 draw controls… In season opener at La Salle, caused three turnovers and had two draw controls and two ground balls (2-16-13)… Picked up four ground balls and one draw control at Columbia (2-20-13)… Registered four ground balls and three caused turnovers versus George Washington (3-13-13)… Caused six turnovers against Wagner, which was the most by any Mount player this season (3-22-13)… Secured three draw controls and two ground balls against LIU Brooklyn (3-24-13)… Put together a solid game at Saint Francis U with three caused turnovers, three ground balls and two draw controls (4-5-13)… Corralled three draws in a win over Quinnipiac (4-14-13)… Member of the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
2012 SEASON: Started all 19 games as a freshman... Registered 25 ground balls, six draw controls and 10 caused turnovers in 2012... Made collegiate debut in starting lineup with one ground ball in an 18-8 loss against Johns Hopkins (2-22-12)... Recorded two ground balls, one draw control and one caused turnover in a 13-10 victory against Longwood (3-12-12)... Registered four ground balls, a caused turnover and a draw control in a 12-8 win against Robert Morris (3-23-12)... Recorded four ground balls and a caused turnover in a 12-10 loss against Quinnipiac (3-30-12)... Posted two caused turnovers, a ground ball and a draw control in a 19-9 victory against LIU Brooklyn (4-13-12)... Tallied two ground balls and two caused turnovers in an 8-6 win against Wagner (4-15-12)... Recorded two ground balls and two caused turnovers in an 11-6 loss against Monmouth (4-20-12)... NEC Academic Honor Roll honoree.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner on the girl's lacrosse team at John Carroll... Named to the All-Harford County first team in 2010... Helped her squad to the semifinals in 2008 and 2009.
PERSONAL: Majoring in biology... The daughter of Marilyn Ebert and Jerry Cox... Cousin of former Mount women's lacrosse player Jen Semler... Melissa Lauren Cox was born on June 28, 1993 in Baltimore, Md.
