#2 Melvin Perdue Year: Junior Position: Second Base/Outfield Bats/Throws: S/R Height/Weight: 5-8/180 Hometown: Jonesboro, Ga. Previous School: Plymouth State

2007: Made 21 appearances with 12 starts for the Hawks...Had 11 hits, four doubles, four runs scored and was 2-for-2 in stolen base attmepts...Posted his first career multi-hit game at Saint Leo on 3/4, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two runs batted in...Also had two hits on 4/24 vs. UMass Lowell...Posted two runs batted in at American International on 4/21 in game two of a doubleheader.

2006: Appeared in 14 games with four starts...Picked up his first career hit on 3/6 vs. Assumption...Scored four runs and had three total bases during his first season.

Personal: Son of Diana Aplin...Also is a defensive back on the Hawks football team...Is a transfer from Plymouth State...Started his career on a baseball scholarship at Shorter College...Attended Lovejoy High School...School Sportsmanship and Academic Athlete Award recipient...Majoring in politics and aspires to become a teacher and coach.