Prairie View A&M University Athletics

Spring 2021: Appeared in 11 games. Arenas totaled 52 kills, eight assists, eight service aces, 107 digs and three blocks ( 0 solo, 3 assists). She tallied 61.5 points.

2019: Appeared in 23 games.  Arenas totaled 58 kills, 21 assists, five service aces, 125 digs and eight total blocks (1 solo, 7 assists).She tallied 67.5 points during the 2019 season.

Laredo Junior College:  Arenas comes to Prairie View A&M following a successful junior college career both on and off the court.  She finished her career at LJC on the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) First-Team All-Academic both her freshman and sophomore years.  She racked up an Honorable Mention selection as a freshman and was a First Team All-Conference selection her sophomore year.  In her 32 matches played as a sophomore Arenas logged 203 kills averaging 1.93 kills per set while averaging a .204 hitting percentage.  Arenas also recorded 170 digs, averaging 1.62 digs per set.  


Career Highs:

Kills	12	9/28/19	Alabama A&M
Assists	5	10/26/19	vs. Alcorn
Points	12	9/28/19	Alabama A&M
Aces	2	3/08/2021	Texas Southern
Digs	18	9/13/19	at Ablilene Christian
Total Blocks	2	3/21/2021	Arkansas Pine-Bluff

Season Highs:
2019:

Kills	12	9/28/19	Alabama A&M
Assists	5	10/26/19	vs. Alcorn
Points	12	9/28/19	Alabama A&M
Aces	2	11/22/19	Arkansas Pine Bluff
Digs	18	9/13/19	at Ablilene Christian
Total Blocks	2	9/28/19	Alabama State

Spring 2021:

Kills	10	3/22/2021	Grambling State
Assists	4	2/25/2021	Southern U.
Aces	2 (3)	3/08/2021	Texas Southern
Digs	14 (2)	3/15/2021	at Southern U.
Total Blocks	2	3/21/2021	vs. UAPB

Personal
Nickname: Mel
Birth Date: September 8
Parents: Mayra Zaragoza & Nobert Arenas
Siblings: Brandon Arenas
See your self in 5 years: In school earning my masters or doctorate degree 

Fun Facts about Melanie

Favorite Food: French Fries
Favorite Hobbies: running 
The Best Move I've Seen: The Life of Pi
If I could be any fictional character, I'd be......Spiderman
People would never guess: I want to save everyone from poverty and sickness
Favorite Words to live by: It's a very short life there is no reason not to get after what you love
Who or what influenced me to play volleyball: volleyball was always my favorite distraction from ups and downs
If I weren't a volleyball player I would have been:  super lazy and probably fat
What intrigued me the most about PVAMU: the staff & team, also the school is a perfect size, no traffic, and not to big