Ally Malott

Malott played for the Madison High Mohawks. She was a McDonald's All American in her senior season as she averaged 21.8 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 3.2 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 81% from the free throw line and leading Madison to a 20–4 record and to the Division III district final. This earned her the 2010–11 Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year for girls' basketball.^[1][2] She finished her high school career as Madison's all-time leading scorer.^[3]

Malott had offers from Notre Dame, Purdue, Miami, and Northwestern.^[4] She chose to play for Dayton, as it was closer to home, and they had also been recruiting her friend Andrea Hoover.^[3][4]

In her rookie season, Malott made the 2012 Atlantic 10 All-Freshman Team.^[5]

During the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, Malott shot 41.3% from the three-point line while also averaging 15.5 points and 7.8 rebounds. She also got Dayton to the Elite Eight, where they lost to the eventual champion UConn Huskies.^[6][7]

In her time at Dayton, Malott led them to four straight NCAA tournament appearances, extending their streak to six overall.^[6][7] She averaged 11.8 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.^[8] She finished seventh in the program's all-time scoring leaderboard with 1,504 points, and eighth overall in all-time rebounding with 804.^[9] In 2022, Malott and Hoover were inducted into Dayton’s Athletics Hall of Fame.^[4][9]

Malott was selected eighth overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2015 WNBA draft.^[6] She and Hoover became the first women from the University of Dayton to be drafted into the WNBA. She also became the second-highest draftee in either the men's or women's program (behind only John Horan, who was selected fifth overall selection in the 1955 NBA draft).^[10] In her rookie season, she played a supporting role on the team.^[7] Although she only averaged 3.3 points (with a career-high of 13 points), she 43.3% from the three-point line.^[11]

Malott started her second season with Washington getting injured twice, once before training camp and once during their season opener.^[11] The Mystics waived her in May of 2017.^[12]

In two seasons with the Mystics, Malott's career field goal percentage was 38.3%, free throws 81.0%, and she averaged 2.7 points per game.^[13]

During the WNBA off-season after her rookie season, Malott spent two months overseas in Turkey.^[11][12]

During her second WNBA season, Malott played with the Dandenong Rangers in Australia.^[14] She averaged 9.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game as the Rangers reached the Grand Final series only to be swept by the Sydney Flames.^[15]

After getting waived by the Washington Mystics, Malott signed with TTT Riga. She was able to win a title with the team.^[15]

After her season in Latvia, Mallott returned to Australia in 2018 this time to play for the Townsville Fire, who had won the championship the season prior.^[15] She won Player of the Week twice that season.^[16][17]