Malone University Pioneers | |
University | Malone University |
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Conference(s) | Mid-States Football Association; football American Mideast Conference; all other sports |
NAIA | Region IX |
Athletics director | Charles Grimes |
Location | Canton, OH |
Varsity teams | 20 |
Football stadium | Fawcett Stadium |
Basketball arena | Osborne Hall (Gymnasium) |
Baseball stadium | Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium |
Mascot | Maxamoose |
Nickname | Pioneers |
Fight song | Malone University Fight Song |
Colors | Blue and Red
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Homepage | Malone University Athletics |
The Pioneers are Malone University's athletics teams. 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.
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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.[1]
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.[2]
Malone College has played football continuously since 1993. The program began under head coach Joe Palmisano with a 23-23 tie against Bethany (WV) on September 4, 1993.[3] Malone has an all-time record of 83 wins, 81 losses, and 2 ties.
The Malone Pioneers are a member of the Mid-States Football Association, a conference that is made up of NAIA schools. However, Malone has managed a significant amount of play outside of the NAIA. Malone has a record of 7 wins and 11 losses against NCAA Division II teams and 23 wins, 20 losses and 2 ties against NCAA Division III schools.[4]
The current head football coach is Eric Hehman, who is in his first year at Malone. He has taken over the program from Mike Gardner, who held the position from 2006 until 2009.
Year | Record (W-L-T) | Head Coach | Notes |
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1993 | 2-6-1 | Palmisano | first season for football play at Malone |
1994 | 7-3-0 | Palmisano | |
1995 | 10-1-1 | Gravier | Most wins for single season |
1996 | 8-2-0 | Gravier | |
1997 | 5-5-0 | Gravier | |
1998 | 7-4-0 | Gravier | |
1999 | 4-6-0 | Saulnier | |
2000 | 4-7-0 | Saulnier | |
2001 | 2-8-0 | Saulnier | |
2002 | 4-6-0 | Hanson | |
2003 | 2-8-0 | Hanson | |
2004 | 4-6-0 | Hanson | |
2005 | 3-7-0 | Hanson | |
2006 | 7-4-0 | Gardner | Victory Bowl lost to North Greenville University |
2007 | 8-4-0 | Gardner | Victory Bowl defeated Geneva College |
2008 | 6-4-0 | Gardner | Victory Bowl lost to Northwestern (MN) |
2009 | 4-6-0 | Gardner | |
2010 | 3-7-0 | Hehman | |
2011 | 4-7-0 | Hehman | |
94-101-2 | All-Time Record |
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). Christopher Sinick is the most decorated male athlete, with a total of 11 All-American awards in both cross country and track. 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 produced one Men's and one Woman's individual cross country national champions.[5]
Malone has won the following national honors:
Women's Volleyball has been played at Malone since 1975 and has an all-time record of 699 wins, 544 losses, and 4 ties. The current coach Tanya Hockman[14] has been head of the program since 1999 and has held the position longer than any other volleyball coach at Malone.[15] The team competes in the American Mideast Conference North Division.
Year | Record (W-L-T) | Head Coach |
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1975 | 2-6 | Kathi Booth |
1976 | 8-7 | Cindy Jones |
1977 | 7-6 | Darlene Young |
1978 | 8-15 | Janet Lasater |
1979 | 7-16 | Sharon Wellsby |
1980 | 8-17 | Sharon Wellsby |
1981 | 14-15 | Judy Hahn |
1982 | 31-8 | Judy Hahn |
1983 | 41-8 | Judy Hahn |
1984 | 40-2 | Judy Hahn |
1985 | 33-13 | Debbie Davidson |
1986 | 16-24 | Debbie Davidson |
1987 | 7-19 | Vera Shaver |
1988 | 13-16 | Vera Shaver |
1989 | 12-37 | Shawn Riley |
1990 | 8-22 | Shawn Riley |
1991 | 16-29 | Shawn Riley |
1992 | 25-18 | Shawn Riley |
1993 | 13-21 | Shawn Riley |
1994 | 23-14 | Cherie Harsh (Parsons) |
1995 | 15-22 | Cherie Parsons |
1996 | 15-19 | Cherie Parsons |
1997 | 15-18 | Cherie Parsons |
1998 | 31-12 | Cherie Parsons |
1999 | 29-11 | Tanya Hockman |
2000 | 30-14 | Tanya Hockman |
2001 | 41-8 | Tanya Hockman |
2002 | 20-15 | Tanya Hockman |
2003 | 28-9 | Tanya Hockman |
2004 | 27-20 | Tanya Hockman |
2005 | 16-21 | Tanya Hockman |
2006 | 22-20 | Tanya Hockman |
2007 | 23-18 | Tanya Hockman |
2008 | 24-15 | Tanya Hockman |
2009 | 31-10 | Tanya Hockman |
699-544-4 | All-Time Record |
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