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Member of the 2001 ASA/USA National Softball (Blue) team ... won the Pan Am qualifier in Maracay, Venezuela ... played in seven games with five starts ... batted .286 with two runs and two sacrifice hits ... posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, making six assists.
Arizona State (2001): Pac-10 honorable mention selection ... third all-time in ASU history with 29 doubles and 10th all-time in hits (168) ... finished sixth in the Pac-10 with nine sac bunts ... batted .293 with 44 hits and nine doubles ... struckout only four times in 150 at bats ... batted .400 with runners in scoring position ... tallied 10 RBIs with two outs ... had eight multi-hit games ... member of the Phoenix Storm National Champions at the ASA Women's Major Fast Pitch National Championships ... second-team ASA All-American.
(2000): Pac-10 honorable mention choice ... played and started in all 63 games ... batted .284 with a team second-best 11 doubles ... led the team in at bats with 204 ... posted a career-high three home runs from the leadoff slot ... recorded 17 multi-hit games ... member of the Phoenix Storm National Champions at the ASA Women's Major Fast Pitch National Championships ... fifth-place finishers at the prestigious Canada Cup, highest finish of non-Olympic team ... first-team ASA All-American.
(1999): Member of the 1999 Junior Olympic team ... won the silver medal in Taiwan ... played and started in seven games ... batted .400 (10-25), fourth best on the team ... was second on the team with nine RBIs and three doubles ... finished third in runs scored (9) and fourth in hits (10) ... named the Arizona Fast pitch Player of the Year by Softball West Magazine ... earned Women's Major fast pitch third-team All-American honors playing for the national champion runner up Phoenix Storm ... Pac-10 honorable mention selection ... played in all 69 games, starting 68 ... was second on the team in hits with 66, good for eighth all-time in a single-season ... posted a .284 batting average ... also had a team second-best 12 doubles, good for sixth all-time in a single-season ... stole eight bases ... batted .733 with runners on third ... batted a team-high .429 at the College World Series ... recorded 18 multi-hit games and had a nine game hitting streak.
High School: A 1998 graduate of Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Ariz. ... lettered four times ... coached by Jeff Oscarson ... member of the 1999 Junior Olympic National team ... four-time 4A high school state champion ... NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American in 1997 ... Louisville Slugger West second-team selection at second base ... Arizona Republic first-team choice ... member of the "Arizona Super 12" ... four-time first-team all-region pick ... all-State and all-Arizona three out of four years ... had the highest batting average in Arizona (.560) in 1997 ... Scottsdale Player of the Year in 1997 ...member of the Storm national team.
Personal: Major is sociology ... lists hitting a homerun in her last at bat in the last game of the ASA Nationals in 1998 as her best individual performance ... parents are Dale and Karen Hixon of Phoenix, Ariz. ... has one older brother, Will (23) ... born on April 5, 1980 in Scottsdale, Ariz. ... full name is Melissa Mary Hixon.
