Player Bio: Nate Melek - University of New Mexico Official Athletic Site

Nate Melek

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Minnetonka, Minn.
	High School: Hopkins

	Last College: Oklahoma State
	Height / Weight: 6-0 / 170
	Position: RHP
	Birthdate: 02/02/1984
	Experience: TR
	B/T: R/R

Okla. State: Played his junior season at Oklahoma State ... went 3-1 in 10 appearances, including five starts ... maintained a 2.96 ERA, the lowest on the team, over 27.1 innings ... allowed just nine earned runs ... struck out 16 ... three wins was tied for the fourth most on the team ... named to the dean's honor roll.

Clarendon JC: Attended Clarendon Junior College for two seasons ... was a second team all-conference selection as a sophomore ... was named to the Texas-New Mexico all-star team ... was a first team all conference selection as a freshman ... pitched for the Highland Park Blue Sox of the Texas Collegiate Baseball League this past summer ... went 3-0 with a 0.69 ERA ... struck out 28 batters in 26 innings and limited opponents to just a .129 batting average ... played for current UNM assistant coach Trent Petrie one season ... also considered Oklahoma and Texas Tech.

High School: Two-time all-section selection at Hopkins High ... earned two letters in baseball and one as a center on the hockey team.

Personal: Born Feb. 2, 1984, to Jim Melek and Cindy Langlie in Minneaplois, Minn. ... has three brothers, Shawn, Jason and David and one sister, Julie ... favorite movie is the Usual Suspects ... favorite athlete is Tori Hunter or Wayne Gretzky ... favorite food is lasagne with garlic bread ... majoring in Business.