George Mason University Athletics

2024: Team Captain... Started all 18 games for the Patriots... Led the team for the second-straight year in caused turnovers with 15... Tallied a career-high three at Duquesne on March 23... Scooped up 14 ground balls, with a season-high two on four occasions... Won eight draw controls... Took three shots.

2023: Team Captain... Appeared in and started all 15 games for the Patriots... Led the team with 16 caused turnovers, with multiple in three games... Was second on the team with five assists... Dished out a career-high three assists against Elon on Feb. 23... Fifth on the team with 10 points, adding five goals... Matched her career-high of two goals against Duquesne and Elon... Her two goals and three assists against Elon was a career-high five points... Fourth on the team with 14 ground balls... Third on the team with 14 draw controls.

2022: Started all 17 games her sophomore year…Finished with seven points, (5g, 2a)…recorded two goals, one assist, and one ground ball in a win against George Washington 14-10… Tied the team high for ground balls on the year with five at Howard…Caused three turnovers against American on February 23.

2021: Appeared in 13 games and earned eight starts in her freshman year…Tabbed one shot on goal, one ground ball, three caused turnovers, and 15 draw controls…Recorded at least one draw control in six of her 13 appearances…Led the team with four draw controls in the win against Radford on March 6.

Prep: Three-year letter winner in lacrosse and track, four letters in cross country at Merrimack HS…Two-time captain and team MVP in lacrosse…Two-time, first-team all-state selection...108 career goals, 298 draw controls, 42 assists and 82 caused turnovers...Played club lacrosse for Granite State Elite and head coach Mckinley Curro.

Personal: Full name is Melanie Hutchinson...Nickname is "Mel"...Daughter of Tim and Shari Fowler Hutchinson...Has one sister: Makayla...Sister, Makayla, played lacrosse at Central Connecticut State University for four years and is was a graduate student on the team in 2023... majoring in biology with a minor in estuarine and ocean sciences.

Career highs:
Goals: 2 three times, last vs. Duquesne (3/25/23)
Assists: 3 vs. Elon (2/23/23)
Draw controls: 4 at Radford (3/6/21)
Ground balls: 5 at Howard (3/2/22)
Caused turnovers: 3 last at Duquesne (3/23/24)