Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2026 SEASON
USA Lacrosse All-American	Third Team
All-BIG EAST	Specialist of the Year
All-BIG EAST	First Team (Unanimous)
Tewaaraton Award	Watch List
Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-America	Second Team
USILA Team of the Week	February 25, April 28
BIG EAST Specialist of the Week	February 23, March 2, March 9, April 27
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll	February 9
2025 SEASON
Nike Lacrosse Media All-American	Honorable Mention
USILA All-American	Honorable Mention
All-BIG EAST	Specialist of the Year (co)
All-BIG EAST	First Team
BIG EAST Specialist of the Week	April 21
USILA Team of the Week	April 14
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll	March 3, April 14
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team	2023-24, 2024-25
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Spring 2025

2026: Put forth a dominant junior season to earn BIG EAST Specialist of the Year and a unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST honor … Selected to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List and IL Midseason All-America … Was a preseason All-American in all three major publications … Tallied a team-best in caused turnovers (32) and ground balls (67) … Earned USILA Team of the Week twice in addition to five BIG EAST weekly awards … Corralled 10 ground balls at Delaware in addition to his first goal of the season … Contributed four caused turnovers and six GBs at Drexel … Had two assists and eight GB against Towson … Totaled five caused turnovers and seven ground balls vs. Georgetown … Up to fourth in Villanova history for caused turnovers per game and sixth for overall CTs.

2025: Earned All-American Honorable Mention nods from Inside Lacrosse and the USILA… Became the first player in program history to win the BIG EAST Specialist of the Year… Caused 24 turnovers and picked up 49 ground balls… Added eight goals and three assists… Became the first defender since 2013 to score twice in a game against Marquette… Shot .875% on goal, leading the team amongst players who took at least 10 shots… Scooped up at least three ground balls in eight contests, including seven against Lehigh and St. John’s… Earned USILA Team of the Week honors after scoring twice, causing two turnovers, and picking up two ground balls against Marquette… Caused three turnovers in both games against Providence and against St. John’s… His team-high 24 forced turnovers helped Villanova to their fifth consecutive season finishing within the top 20 in caused turnovers per game as a team, a mark in which they caused 9.53 per game this season… He finished the season with 1.71 caused turnovers per game, leading the BIG EAST.

2024: Appeared in eight games for the Wildcats his freshman campaign… Had two ground balls and two caused turnovers for the season whilst attempting two shots… Had a ground ball and caused turnover in the win over Lehigh on March 2.
 
Club Lacrosse: Played for Leading Edge from 2019-2022.
 
Delbarton: Three varsity letters in lacrosse… First Team All State in 2023… New Jersey LSM Of The Year in 2023… New Balance All American… New Balance All Star Game MVP… Nike All American Game member.
 
Personal: Born October 7, 2004 … one of three children of Christina and Keith Melchionni… Sister Chase played lacrosse at the University of Virginia, father Keith played lacrosse for Duke University, mother Christina played lacrosse and field hockey for Trinity University, grandfather Bill played basketball at Villanova and had his jersey retired… Chose Villanova because of the balance between academics and athletics.