Owen Meli

Height:
6-3
Weight:
195
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Thousand Oaks HS
High School:
Newbury Park HS

High School — A 2025 graduate of Newbury Park High School … three-year varsity letter winner … a career .269 hitter for the Panthers with five doubles, two home runs and 25 RBIs in 56 games … hit .269 in senior season and .318 in 29 games as a junior with 20 RBIs . Hit .259 in sophomore season, playing 18 games … in junior season (2024), earned All-Ventura County first-team and All-Marmonte League second-team honors … named team’s defensive player of the year as well … landed on Principal’s Honor Roll all four years … also played water polo as a freshman and sophomore … played summer ball in 2025 for Alaska Goldpanners, hitting .380 in 25 games with four doubles, a triple, one home run and 14 RBIs … stole six bases and produced nine multiple-hit games … 12-game hitting streak from July 8-27, going 24-for-48 with 11 RBIs to boost average up 231 points to .405 … chose Cal Poly “because of the great atmosphere from amazing fans, great teammates and coaches, to an awesome place to live. Cal Poly focuses not only on its academics, but us as athletes, and has great people here to support us.”

Personal — Son of Stephen and Lisa Meli … one brother, Ethan, and one sister, Camryn, a Cal Poly graduate … enjoys surfing, snowboarding, hiking, video games, working out, fishing and playing the guitar as hobbies … born in Encino, Calif. …. majoring in business administration.