AT SJSU: Completed his fourth and final season with the Spartans in 2014.
2014: Tied for the staff lead with 14 starts...pitched 58 1/3 innings spanning 21 appearances...finished 2-6 with a 6.02 ERA...season high 6 1/3 innings and a victory at Washington State (3/27)...winning pitcher at Santa Clara (4/29)...season-high four strikeouts versus Washington at home (3/7)...final appearance of his career was 2 1/3 innings of shutout ball in the MW Championship against Nevada (5/22).
2013: Made 15 appearances and 12 starts on the mound...began the season as the Friday starter and was moved to the Sunday starter role mid-season...finished 0-7 with a 7.82 ERA in 63.1 innings...39 strikeouts to 23 walks...received a no-decision as the Opening-Day starter against UOP (2/15)...threw a career-high eight strikeouts in 7.1 innings of work at home against Nicholls State (3/15)...pitched an inning of shutout ball with two strikeouts against UTSA at the WAC Tournament (5/23).
2012: Pitched primarily as the team[apos]s Friday starter with 13 starts on the year, 11 of those starts being in series openers...Led the team with 74 1/3 innings pitched and 5.72 innings per outing...Best ERA among starting pitchers at 3.03 (7th in the WAC)...Second on the staff with 47 strikeouts...Struck out 22 batters looking, fifth-best in the WAC...Pitched back-to-back complete games to end his season, going eight innings at Nevada (May 11) and nine full versus New Mexico State (May 18)...Allowed three runs or less in 10 of his starts, including three shutout appearances (four with no earned runs)...Struck out a career-high seven batters twice, first against Lehigh in an 8-4 win on March 8 and again on March 24 versus Seattle University...Held opponents to a .195 average with two outs.
2011: Made 17 appearances (fourth-most on the team) with three starts...Held opponents to a .222 batting average, which included a .196 average with two outs...Threw seven innings of two-hit, one-run ball with seven strikeouts against Brown (March 30) in his first career start...Went four innings, giving up just one hit and striking out two to get the win versus San Francisco (April 12)...Posted three innings of scoreless relief with two strikeouts at UCLA (Feb. 27)...Went three straight appearances without an earned run from May 1-22...Limited opponents to a .200 batting average with the bases empty.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2010 graduate of San Jose[apos]s Archbishop Mitty High School (Coach Bill Hutton)...Earned second-team All-Mercury News and honorable mention All-West Catholic Athletic League honors...As a senior he posted a 9-0 record, five saves with a 1.31 ERA while striking out 49 batters over 58.2 innings.
JOHNNY: Majoring in sociology...Would like to own a business in the sports industry after graduation...Played club ball for the Santa Clara Red Sox...Interests include playing video games and hanging out with his friends and family...The son of Yvette Casada and Johnny Melero, Sr....A native of San Jose, Calif, Johnny David Melero was born August 12, 1992.
CAREER STATISTICS
| Year | ERA | W-L | App | GS | CG | Sho | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | BF | B/AVG. | WP | HBP | BK |
| 2011 | 4.29 | 3-3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0/3 | 0 | 35.2 | 30 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 158 | .222 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3.03 | 2-7 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0/2 | 0 | 74.1 | 74 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 47 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 316 | .261 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2013 | 7.82 | 0-7 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 63.1 | 101 | 64 | 55 | 23 | 39 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 314 | .361 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 2014 | 6.02 | 2-6 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 58.1 | 90 | 50 | 39 | 15 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 276 | .361 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 5.28 | 7-23 | 66 | 42 | 2 | 0/5 | 0 | 231.2 | 295 | 170 | 136 | 71 | 134 | 62 | 6 | 14 | 1,064 | .311 | 17 | 17 | 3 |