MARK MELILLO

Athlete, North Penn High School, 1978

Football, Baseball
4 Varsity Letters: 3 Football, 1 Baseball
3 Year Starter Offensive Guard and Defensive End/Tackle
1977 1st Team All Bux-Mont Offense and Defensive Tackle
Honorable Mention All State Football 1977
Nominated For Big 33 All Star Game
Co-Captain Montgomery County All-Star Game, 1978
Graduated University of Delaware 1982, BS Finance
4 Year Letter Winner; 3 Year Starter at Offensive Guard
Played on the 1979 National Championship Team
1982 National Championship Runner Up

While at North Penn Mark earned 3 varsity football letters and one Baseball varsity letter in 1976; his only season of participation.As a football player Mark started all three season, including both offense and defense as a junior and senior.  While the team did not enjoy much success in wins, Mark was fortunate to play for a number of excellent coaches who were even better people.  In 1977 he was named First Team All Bux-Mont for both offense and defense.  He was invited to play in the 1978 Montgomery Country All Star Game and was name the North captain.Mark accepted a full scholarship to the University of Delaware, playing for the legendary head coach Harold “Tubby” Raymond.  After a red shirt year in 1978, he played four years on varsity during the 1979-1982 seasons.  As a starter at offensive guard from his sophomore through his senior year, Mark tied the school record for consecutive starts at 37.  It was a great period of time in Delaware football history and the combined record during his four varsity seasons was 43 – 8.  This included three post season visits to Division 1-AA playoffs.  Mark was fortunate to have played in two National Championship games; Delaware won the first one in 1979 and was runner up in 1982.After graduating from the University Delaware in 1982, Mark entered the Financial Services industry as a Financial Advisor, where he remained for the past 27 years.  He is currently a Complex Manager for Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC in Doylestown.  Mark lives in North Wales with wife Susan and three boys; Christopher 16, Ryan 13 and Matthew 2.