Malone College Athletics

Infobox college athletics
name = Malone College Pioneers

university = Malone College (Ohio)
association = NAIA
division = Region IX
conference = Mid-States Football Association; football
American Mideast Conference; all other sports
director = Hal Smith
city = Canton
state = Ohio
stateabb = OH
teams = 16
stadium = Fawcett Stadium
arena = Osborne Hall (Gymnasium)
baseballfield = Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium
mascot = Maxamoose
nickname = Pioneers
fightsong = Malone College Fight Song
color1 = Blue
color2 = Red
hex1 = 000066
hex2 = 660000
pageurl = http://www.malone.edu/1493
pagename = Malone Athletics

Malone College Athletics teams are known as the Pioneers. They participate in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the American Mideast Conference. For football, the school competes in the Mid-States Football Association.

"Men's Sports" * Baseball * Basketball * Cross Country * Football * Golf * Soccer * Tennis * Track & Field

"Women's Sports" * Basketball * Cross Country * Golf * Soccer * Softball * Tennis * Track & Field * Volleyball

Baseball

A winning tradition was established on the baseball diamond at Malone by late NAIA Hall of Fame Coach Bob Starcher. Coach Starcher led the Pioneer baseball program for 23 seasons and accumulating 521 wins while at Malone. During Starcher’s tenure as head coach, the program experienced 19 winning seasons and 12 conference or district titles. This winning legacy has been revived under current head coach Tom Crank, who guided the 2006 Pioneer baseball team to a school record 40 wins (40-20) and an NCCAA national title. [ [http://www.malone.edu/5650 Malone College : Baseball ] ]

In 2007, the last baseball game was played on the site of long-time Bob Starcher Field at Malone College. The school plans to build new student dormitories on the site and for the 2008 season the baseball team will play their home games at Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium in Canton, Ohio. The college has plans to build a new on-campus baseball field in 2009. [ [http://www.malone.edu/7399 Malone College : Malone College Alumni Baseball Game ] ]

Football

Malone College has played football since 1993 and has an all-time record of 77 wins, 77 losses, and 2 ties. The current head football coach is Mike Gardner, who has held the position since 2006. Under Gardner's leadership, the team played for the NCCAA Victory Bowl in 2006 [ [http://football.victorysportsnetwork.com/article.php?articleID=2854 Victory Sports Network - Football - News ] ] and in 2007. [ [http://www.malone.edu/7572 Malone College : November 7, 2007 ] ]

Track & Field/Cross-Country

There have been a total of 133 Men's NAIA track and field All-Americans and 17 NAIA national champions. On the woman's side, there have been 59 NAIA All-Americans and two national champions. Both of these totals include indoor and outdoor track and field. Keith Spiva is arguably the most accomplished track and field athlete produced by Malone. He won 4 NAIA national titles and was named an All-American 6 times. He is also the only Malone track and field athlete to win back-to-back national titles in a single event (1989 and 1990 200 meter dash). Combination of track and field with cross-country accomplishments, there have been 69 additional Men's NAIA All-Americans and 28 Woman's NAIA All-Americans. Moreover, Malone has produces one Men's and one Woman's individual cross country national champions. [ [http://www.malone.edu/1489 Malone College : NAIA All-Americans ] ]
Malone has won the following national honors:
NAIA Men's national cross-country champions: 1972 and 2007 [ [http://www.malone.edu/7627 Malone College : November 17, 2007 ] ]
NAIA Men's national cross-country runner-up: 1973, 1980, 1989, and 2001 [ [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-xc/auto_pdf/2006MensCCRecords.pdf Yearsitechampionpointsrunner-Uppoints ] ]
NAIA Woman's national cross-country champions: 1999http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/w-xc/auto_pdf/WomensCCRecords.pdf]
NAIA Woman's national cross-country runner-up: 1998
NCCAA Men's national track & field champions: 1973, 1989, 1991, and 2007 [ [http://www.thenccaa.org/menstrackarc.htm Welcome to the NCCAA: National Christian College Athletic Association ] ] [ [http://www.thenccaa.org/menstrackchamp.htm Welcome to the NCCAA: National Christian College Athletic Association ] ]
NCCAA Men's national cross-country champions (Division I): 1986-1992, 1994, 1995, 1997-2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006 [ [http://www.thenccaa.org/mensccountryarc.htm#History%20of%20Champs Welcome to the NCCAA: National Christian College Athletic Association ] ]
NCCAA Woman's national track & field champions: 1987-1989, 1999-2002, 2004, and 2005 [ [http://www.thenccaa.org/womenstrackarc.htm Welcome to the NCCAA: National Christian College Athletic Association ] ]
NCCAA Woman's national cross-country champions (Division I): 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997-1999, and 2004 [ [http://www.thenccaa.org/womensccountryarc.htm#WOMENS%20CROSS%20COUNTRY%20DIVISION%20I%20CHAMPIONS Welcome to the NCCAA: National Christian College Athletic Association ] ]

Volleyball

Women's Volleyball has been played at Malone since 1975 and has an all-time record of 621 wins, 502 losses, and 4 ties. The current coach Tanya Hockman [ [http://www.malone.edu/4434 Malone College : Tanya Hockman ] ] has been head of the program since 1999 and has held the position longer than any other vollebyall coach at Malone. [ [http://www.malone.edu/1620 Malone College : All-Time Year by Year Results ] ] The team competes in the American Mideast Conference North Division.

:"The Malone volleyball program has been an extremely successful one through the years, particularly in the mid 1980’s and now under eight-year head coach Tanya Hockman, who has led the team to a 213-118 record during her tenure. The 2001 team tied the school record for most wins in a season at 41 and the program has six 25+ win seasons in its last nine campaigns. The program also has two AMC titles (2000, 2001) under Hockman." [ [http://www.malone.edu/d24 Malone College : Volleyball ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.malone.edu/1493 Malone Athletics]
* [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/msfa_mideast/malone/index.php College Football Data Warehouse]