Oklahoma State University Athletics
2026 Cowgirl Softball Roster
Roster
Melina Wilkison
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Greensburg
- Hometown:
- Greensburg, Ind.
At Indiana (2025): Started all 54 games in center field on an NCAA Tournament team … Slashed .326/.379/.589 to go with 11 doubles and seven home runs … Paced the Hoosiers with seven triples and 22 stolen bases … Ranked third on the team with 41 RBIs and 45 runs scored … Opened the season on a 15-game on-base streak with eight multi-hit performances … Finished with 16 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI contests.
At Ohio State (2022-2024): Two-time NFCA All-Region honoree across her three seasons as a Buckeye … Played in 107 games and earned 103 starts before injury cut her junior season short … Earned first team All-Big Ten accolades in 2023 after leading the Buckeyes in almost every offensive statistic … Batted .373 and slugged at a .718 clip and drove in 44 runs with 14 doubles, 11 home runs and seven triples in 2023 … Also drew 22 walks and came around to score 50 times … Reached base in 39 straight games as a sophomore, which is the second-longest streak at Ohio State since 2013 … Became the second player in program history with five hits in a contest as she went 5-for-5 with a home run and three RBI against Charleston on March 14, 2023 … Finished with the third-highest batting average on the team as a freshman as she batted .342 with 34 runs scored, 11 doubles and 13 RBI … That average is the seventh highest for a Buckeye freshman in program history … Led the team with 17 multi-hit games as a freshman … Hit in the leadoff position for most of the season as a freshman … Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team.
High School: Named the Most Valuable Player of the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference as a senior in 2021 … Led Greenburg Community HS in nearly every statistical category as a freshman, sophomore and senior … Tabbed the team MVP and third team all-Indiana as a sophomore … Earned All-Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference honors in 2018 and 2019 … Set the single-season record for triples with 10 … Led the conference in batting average as a freshman and sophomore (.558, .634, respectively) … Multi-sport athlete who led her basketball team to three straight 3A Sectional Championships, which set a school record … Played club softball for the Beverly Bandits for six years under coaches Mett Helbling and Chad Moran.
Personal: Daughter of Andrea and Spencer Wilkison … Has two siblings, Miles and Mylie … Mylie plays basketball at IU Indy … Enjoys showing pigs and playing Fortnite in her spare time … Majoring in university studies.
