3 Melissa Lynskey
Class: Freshman Hometown: Cranberry Township, Pa. High School: Seneca Valley

At Seneca Valley: Four-year starter and senior captain...three-time all-county selection and WPIAL AAA All-Section Selection in 2012...led Seneca Valley to three section championships, a WPIAL Conference Championship and two PIAA State Quarterfinals...captain for the North United Club team who were two-time Pennsylvania West State champions and Region I Semi-Finalists...five-year starter for PA West ODP team which reached the 2011 Region I ODP Final...four-year letter winner in Track and Field and was both a WPIAL Conference Finalist and State Indoor Track and Field qualifier...National Honor Society Vice President, a student council class representative, and a member of the Science Honors Society...recipient of the President's Award for Educational Excellence.

Personal:Daughter of James and Kelly Lynskey...has a sister, Jenny...born on Dec. 16, 1994.

Why Lafayette?
I was drawn to Lafayette because of the prestigious academics, beautiful campus, friendly students and faculty that continued to impress me with each visit. Lafayette presents a magnitude of opportunities to its students-not only with its liberal arts core combined with an intensive math and science curriculum in the Engineering degrees, but also with its Division I athletics. I am looking forward to spending the next four years at Lafayette to grow as both a scholar and a person.