Jana Melichova

VaSID Rookie of the Year (2019)
VaSID First Team All-State (2019)
WGCA Scholar All-American
C-USA Freshman of the Year
2020 Maryb S. Kauth Invitational Individual Champion

2020-21 (JR): Selected to the All-Conference USA Third Team … VaSID All-State Third Team … Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Second on the team with a 74.2 stroke average … Played in 19 rounds for ODU, which matched the team high … Collected a pair of top-10 finishes in 54-hole tournaments and added an additional top-10 result in an 18-hole event … Finished the season ranked 240th by Golfstat … Runner-up at the Conference USA Championship at 8-under 208 … Set season low in terms of gross score and score in relation to par at C-USAs … Was under par in all three rounds of the conference championship, including a season-best 68 (-4) in the second round … Carded a seven-over 223 to finish tied for eighth at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational … Bettered her score across all three rounds of the event, culminating with a 1-under 71 in the final round … Fired a 76 (+4) to take eighth place at the Match at Spring Creek, a tri-competition with No. 10 Virginia and Richmond … Also placed inside the top-15 at the Maryb S. Kauth Invitational and the Briar’s Creek Invitational.
 
2019-20 (SO): Posted two top-five finishes in the fall at the Lady Paladin Invitational and the Palmetto Intercollegiate ... Carded a season-low 69 three times in the fall ... Finished as runner-up at the Lady Paladin Invitational... Won the 2020 Maryb S. Kauth Invitational with a 3-under 213 ... Fired two 69s at the UCF Challenge and the Moon Golf Invitational ... Finished the 2020 season ranked 151st in the nation.

2018-19 (FR): C-USA Freshman of the Year ... C-USA Second Team All-Conference ... VaSID Freshman of the Year and First Team All-State … Tied for the best stroke average on the team with a 72.9 ... Marked her best career finish in her first-ever collegiate tournament with a 2nd (205, -8) place finish ... Overall recorded three top-10 finishes ... Her 66 in the Golfweek Program Challenge was a school record for lowest 18-hole score... Broke 70 five times and 12 rounds of par or better ... Finished the season ranked 205th according to Golfstat. 
 
Prior to ODU: Part of the Czech National Team ... Terre Blanche Ladies Open Low Amateur ... International Match Play Champion ... Czech International Stroke Play Champion ... Czech Amateur Tour Champion ... German International Championship Third Place finisher. 
 
Why ODU? "I chose ODU because I loved the campus, practice facilities, good golf team and coach."
 
Personal: Daughter of Vladimir and Jindriska Melichova ... Has three older brothers, Tomas, Jiri, and Jan ... Majoring in international business, management.