Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2017, 2018, and 2019. ... Team co-captain in 2019.
Senior (2019): Played in all 28 matches, totaling 104 of the 105 games. ... Came up with a single-season best 410 digs, giving her 953 for her career. ... Also had single-season bests of 72 assists (pushing her past 100 for her career) and 22 aces. ... Twice set a career high for digs: 22 in a four-game victory against Chaminade on Sept. 14 (beating her old high of 19), and then with 25 in a five-game come-from-behind victory against Central Washington on Oct. 26. ... Set a career high with 5 assists in the season-opening match against Concordia Irvine on Sept. 6, matched it on Sept.13 against Hawaii Hilo, then tallied 8 at Montana State Billings on Oct. 18. ... Had 23 total points, pushing her past 100 for her career, as she finished with 121.0.
Junior (2018): Played in all 27 matches, starting 12, and played in all 104 games. ... Tied hercareer-high with 18 digs at Concordia-Portland on Oct. 11. ... Had double-digit digs in 11 matches, including two stretches of three in a row. The second of those stretches added up to 47 digs: 16 at home vs. Alaska Fairbanks, 13 at home vs. Anchorage, then the 18 at Concordia. ... Came up with her 500th career dig on Oct. 20 at Montana State Billings. ... Serve reception percentage of .953 was tops among the Falcons who regularly received serve.Â
Sophomore (2017): Played in all 28 matches with 11 starts, totaling 110 of the 114 games. ... Switched from outside hitter to libero / defensive specialist, and became a solid, steady contributor from that position. ... Came up with double-digit digs in 15 of the 28 matches, including a run of eight in a row from Sept. 26 through Oct. 21. ... Started that stretch with a career-high 17 digs on Sept. 26 at home against Saint Martin's, then topped that with 18 on Oct. 19 at home against Alaska Anchorage. ... Her 264 total digs ranked No. 4 for the Falcons. ... Also became one of SPU's best servers, delivering 21 aces, with a career-high 3 at Saint Martin's on Oct. 24.
Freshman (2016): Played in 9 matches totaling 22 games. ... Had career highs of 11 kills and 39 attacks at home against Western Oregon on Sept. 24. ... Came up with a career-high 9 digs on Sept. 10 against Azusa Pacific in the D2 West Region Showcase.
Elisnore High School: Sunbelt League MVP in 2015. Elsinore team MVP in 2015. ... Elsinore Female Athlete of the Year in 2015-16. ... Lake Elsinore Unified School District Citizen of the Year in 2015-16. ... All-Sunbelt League 1st team as a junior in 2014. ... Two-year varsity captain. ... Four-year All-Academic selection.
Personal: Mallie Erin Donohoe. ... Business Administration major.
Fun facts: Has been playing volleyball for five years. ... If not for volleyball, would have tried swimming or water polo. ... Favorite sport to watch is "an intense basketball game." ... Dumbest movie she ever saw is "Master of Disguise" (but she also calls it her favorite). ... Book she just couldn't put down was "The Cellar" by Natasha Preston. ... Favorite junk food is "all kinds of chips." ... Favorite healthy food is Greek salad. ... Favorite TV program is "The Office." ... Favorite sports team is the San Diego Chargers. ... Favorite player is quarterback Phillip Rivers. ... Easiest subject in school is English. ... Toughest subject is math, "but that was before I found statistics." ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Steve Carrell "because he seems like he is a a genuinely funny and kind human being." She would serve pizza. ... If she could be any action hero or heroine, she would be Spiderman, saying, "I met him at Universal Studios when I was 7, and have been in love ever since." Her friends call her Malpal. ... Loves rock climbing and biking. ... Says she hasn't always taken many risks, "but I'm really hoping to change that in the next few years. I want to try something, fail, and learn how to get back up with grace."
CAREER STATISTICS
Yr  GP  K   E  TA  Pct  Ast  Ace  D  BS  BA  TOT  Pts
16Â Â 22Â Â 39Â Â 34Â Â 180Â .028Â Â 0Â Â Â 0Â Â 28Â Â 0Â Â 5Â Â 5Â Â 41.5
17Â Â 110Â Â 6Â Â 11Â Â 53 -.094Â Â 32Â Â 21Â 264Â Â 0Â Â 0Â Â 0Â Â 27.0
18Â Â 104Â Â 18Â Â 29Â Â 147 -.075Â Â 14Â Â 12Â 251Â Â 0Â Â 0Â Â 0Â Â 30.0
19Â Â 104Â Â 1Â Â Â 2Â Â Â 8 -.125Â Â 72Â Â 22Â 410Â Â 0Â Â 0Â Â 0Â Â 23.0
TOTÂ 340Â Â 64Â Â 76Â Â 388 -.031Â 118Â Â 55Â 953Â Â 0Â Â 5Â Â 5Â Â 121.5
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