Melissa Diceman

Photo by: Joe Gilbert

Photo by: Maeve Bradfield/Ball State Athletics

Photo by: Ball State Athletics

Photo by: Kyle Crawford

Photo by: Scott Mattlin

Position:
Midfielder/Forward
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
King City Secondary
Hometown:
King City, Ontario, Canada

Career Accolades
2021 Academic All-MAC Team

2021 (5th year)
Named to the Academic All-MAC team … appeared in 17 matches, including 15 starts … recorded four points on the season, one goal and two assists … her lone goal game against Purdue on Aug. 29 … produced an assist against Cincinnati (9/2) and Akron (10/3) … registered 19 shots on the season, nine of them on goal.

2020-21 (Senior)
Started all 10 matches … ranked second on the team with three goals and led the squad with two game-winners … tied for eighth in the MAC in goals and fourth in game-winners … scored both goals in the home victory over Northern Illinois and netted the game-winner in the 84th minute of the road win over the Huskies … ranked second on the team with 19 shots and eight shots on goal.

2019 (Junior)
Appeared in all 20 matches and made one start in a 2-1 victory over Loyola Chicago … tallied two assists on the year in wins against Purdue Fort Wayne and Western Michigan … totaled 11 shots for the season with five on goal … played a season-high 37 minutes in the season opener against Eastern Illinois.

2018 (Sophomore)
Appeared in three matches for the Cardinals, including a win over Omaha on senior day ... played a total of 17 minutes.

2017 (Freshman)
Played eleven matches with 244 minuets on the field ... had one shot on goal against Fort Wayne and six shots total.

Pre-Ball State
Played in 2017 for the Toronto Blizzard, coached by Joe Parolini ... played nine years with the King City Royals club ... coached by Marc Hamilton in her final three years with King City ... scored 48 goals over the past three seasons ... helped her team win the Ontario Youth Soccer League championship in 2015 and 2016 ... team also won the U16 Umbro Cup Premiere Division in 2015 and the Ontario/Quebec Cup in 2016 ... also plays volleyball.

Personal
Daughter of Tom and Barbra Diceman ... has one sister, Christine, and one brother, Carter ... both of her parents competed in athletics at the University of Toronto, her father in hockey and her mother in gymnastics.