2011 Volleyball Roster
Oct 31 (Fri)
6:30 PM
Markie Malone
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Durango
- Hometown:
- Las Vegas, Nev.
Transferred to Texas A&M in the 2010 season and quickly adapted to the system and developed a keen sense of running the offense...Works extremely hard and handles the team with maturity and confidence...Is a quick learner who has great court awareness and swiftly makes any necessary adjustments...Has soft hands and makes a smooth connection with the hitters...Is a lefty who executes good timing and placement with second-ball attacks...Has an accurate and effective floating jump serve...Also can contribute with her strong defense play...Is a caring and big-hearted individual and devoted teammate.
At Texas A&M
2011 - Junior
Appeared for the first time in her career in the
sweep against Nevada on Sept. 3...Also was a sub late in the sweep against Houston Baptist and in the
first set at Iowa State.
2010 - Sophomore (Redshirt)
A transfer from BYU, became eligible for the Aggies on Sept. 24, 2010, and suited up for her first match two days later against Texas Tech...Trained behind setters Allie Sawatzky and Allie Freiwald...Did not appear in a match.
At BYU
2008 - Freshman
On the roster but did not play as the Cougars went 14-12 overall and 7-9 in conference.
Previous Athletic Experience
A four-year letterwinner at Durango High School in Las Vegas, Nev., under head coach Robert Kelly...Was the starting varsity setter all four years and earned Sunset Division All-Conference honors all four seasons...Tallied 1,847 career assists and 153 career service aces...Three-time Athlete of the Month (Sept. '04, Nov. '05 and Oct. '06)...Named team captain as a junior and senior while helping her team win the league in 2007 and finish second at the state tournament... Earned Las Vegas High School Invitational All-Tournament honors in 2007...Was a PrepVolleyball.com Top 50 Freshman and Top 100 Sophomore while earning High Mentions as a junior...Played club ball for Nevada Juniors under head coach Robert Kelly...Also played on the USA Volleyball High Performance A2 Team for three years and on the SCVA High Performance team in the summer of 2008, traveling to Italy and Croatia... Her team won the silver medal at the Global Challenge in Croatia.
Personal
Markelle Renee Malone is the daughter of Mark and Melody Malone...Has four sisters...Began playing volleyball when she was 10 years old...In addition to BYU, was recruited by numerous schools, including Nebraska, USC, Washington, Texas, Hawaii, and Florida...Transferred to A&M when she "was shopping around for schools one day and I remembered playing here back in 2008 when I was at BYU. I had never experienced anything like A&M before and I needed to be apart of it"...Hobbies include baking and reading...Majoring in international relations, career ambition is to be executive director of events at Madison Square Garden...Born My 5, 1990, in Las Vegas, Nev.
Malone Up Close
Favorite quotes: Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all thine hear; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
"Forget yourself and get to work." - Gordon B. Hinckley
"If not you, who? If not now, when?
Favorite volleyball player: Charlene Johnson
Favorite athlete (any sport): Rudy, Steve Young
Favorite professional sports team (any sport): Boston Red Sox
Favorite website: Blogspot.com
Favorite type of music: All
Favorite food: My moms cooking!
Favorite TV show: Phineas and Ferb
Favorite book: "Within Reach: My Everest Story"
Favorite movie: Sandlot
Favorite part about the sport of volleyball: Being apart of the team and succeeding at something I love!
Favorite sport to play other than volleyball: Tennis
Favorite summer job: I've never done it yet but I want to be Cinderella at Disneyland for a summer and I know it would be my favorite summer job!
Favorite thing about A&M: The spirit that lives on campus.
Favorite Aggie tradition: The 12th Man
Favorite Karaoke song to sing: Whitney Houston "Ill Always Love You"
Favorite piece of advice: "Every athlete is going to have a bad game, but your worst game should equal your opponents' good game."
Miscellaneous Questions:
The person who has had the greatest impact on my athletic career: Bob Kelly and my parents
The person I would most like to meet: Eleanor Roosevelt
People have told me that I look like (name of celebrity): Cameron Diaz
When I was little, I dreamed of being an: Olympian
Something I've always wanted to do but haven't: Go to Africa
The reality show I would most like to participate in is: Wipeout
Few people know that I: am part Hawaiian/ Chinese, I play the piano and flute
My best non-athletic talent: My people skills
My most prized possession: My family
My dream job is: Work for Madison Square Garden or own my own orphanage
