
Melissa Koch’s Cornell footnote: veteran Big Red forward with early-career scoring pop
Melissa Koch is a Cornell women’s basketball forward whose profile is sparse in current public stats, but she has been part of the Big Red program for years and showed offensive contribution as far back as Cornell’s 2001 European trip, when she totaled 16 points in five games. Her best selling points are likely the usual forward traits that travel: size, effort, and willingness to do the unglamorous work. The catch? There’s no current-season performance data available here, so the fit question depends on whether a team wants a steady, low-ego frontcourt piece more than a stat-stuffing star.