TJ Malone Season 2023

CAREER
Inside Lacrosse, USA Lacrosse Magazine, and USILA All-American....Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team...Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year in 2023..Named to First Team All-Big Ten in 2023....Won one Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week Award...Won three Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards...Earned three Academic All-Big Ten awards.

2023 • GRADUATE SEASON
Awards: Inside Lacrosse, USA Lacrosse Magazine, and USILA All-American....Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team...Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year....Named to First Team All-Big Ten...Won one Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week Award.

Season: Played and started in all 16 games...Finished with career high 39 goals, 33 assists for 72 points which led the Big Ten and the team....Scooped 44 ground balls and caused seven turnovers...Scored season-high six goals against Duke in the NCAA Semifinals...Contributed season high five assists against Marquette (3/18)...Scored at least one goal in all 16 games...Picked up a season best eight ground balls against Johns Hopkins (4/8). 

Lafayette (2/4): Tallied five points off two goals and three assists while adding two ground balls. at Villanova (2/12): Recorded a hat trick and added one ground ball. Stony Brook (2/18): Recorded four goals and added two assists. at Yale (2/25): Tallied a hat trick and added three assist while recording five ground balls. Penn (3/4): Scored two goals and added one ground ball. at Cornell (3/11): Tallied two points off one goal and one assist while adding two ground balls. vs. Marquette (3/18): Tallied two goals and added five assists with six ground balls. at Maryland (2/25): Recorded two goals and one assist with one ground ball. Ohio State (4/2): Scored one goal with four assists and added four ground balls. Johns Hopkins (4/8): Scored four goals with four assists and added season-high eight ground balls. at Michigan (4/16): Tallied one goal and one assist with two ground balls. Rutgers (4/21): Finished with one goal and four assists with one ground ball. vs. Michigan (5/4): Scored one goal with two ground balls. Princeton (5/14): Finished with two goals and four assists with one ground ball. vs. Army (5/21): Tallied four goals with three ground balls. vs. Duke (5/27): Scored season-high six goals with two assists and five ground balls. 

2022 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season: Missed the season due to injury.

2021 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season: Played in all 11 games, including 10 as a starter...Led the team in points with 43 while totaling 25 goals and a team-high 18 assists...Added 18 ground balls and two caused turnovers...Tallied a season-high seven points twice in wins over Ohio State (3/6) and Michigan (4/16), scoring a season-high five goals in the win over Ohio State and contributing a season-high three assists in the win over Michigan...Picked up a season-best four ground balls against Maryland (2/26)...Scored at least one goal in all 11 games and had at least one assist in 10 games.

at Rutgers (2/20): Tallied five points with three goals and two assists while adding two ground balls. Maryland (2/26): Finished with one goal, one assist and a season-high four ground balls. Ohio State (3/6): Totaled a season-high seven points on five goals and two assists. at Johns Hopkins (3/13): Totaled two goals, two assists and two ground balls. at Michigan (3/20): Tallied one goal, one assist and two ground balls. Johns Hopkins (3/28): Finished with two goals, two assists and one ground ball. at Maryland (4/3): Contributed one goal and two assists. Rutgers (4/10): Recorded a hat trick and added one assist, two ground balls and one caused turnover. Michigan (4/16): Matched a season high with seven points on four goals and three assists while adding one ground ball. at Ohio State (4/24): Scored two goals and picked up two ground balls. Johns Hopkins (5/1): Totaled one goal, two assists and two ground balls in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament.
 
2020 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season: Started all seven games…Finished with 23 points on 16 goals and seven assists…Added three ground balls and one caused turnover…Scored a goal in every game, including a season-high five in a win at Furman (3/10)…The 2020 season was canceled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rankings: Ranked sixth in the Big Ten in shot percentage (.432)…Ranked eighth in the Big Ten in goals/game (2.29)…Ranked 12^th in the Big Ten in points/game (3.29)…Ranked 13^th in the Big Ten in assists/game (1.00).
 
Lafayette (2/1): Tallied two points on one goal and one assist. at Villanova (2/8): Finished with one goal, one assist, one ground ball and one caused turnover. Saint Joseph’s (2/15): Totaled four points on one goal and a season-high three assists. Yale (2/22): Scored two goals. at Penn (2/29): Scored two ground balls and picked up one ground ball. vs. Cornell (3/8): Had five points on four goals and one assist. at Furman (3/10): Finished with a season-high six points on a season-high five goals and one assist…Added one ground ball.
 
2019 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Was a three-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (2/5, 2/12, 3/12).
 
Season: Played in all 18 games, including 10 starts…Started 10 of the final 11 games…Finished with 36 points on 30 goals and six assists and added 17 ground balls and two caused turnovers…Tallied one game-winning goal and six man-up goals.
 
Rankings: Finished third in the Big Ten and 28th nationally with six man-up goals…Ranked fifth in the Big Ten and 23rd nationally in shot percentage (.435).
 
Villanova (2/2): Scored three goals in collegiate debut. Robert Morris (2/9): Tallied five points on four goals and one assist. at Stony Brook (2/16): Finished with two goals and one assist. at Yale (2/23): Dished out one assist. Penn (3/2): Scored a goal. vs. Cornell (3/8): Tallied one assist. vs. Jacksonville (3/10): Recorded career highs with seven goals and six ground balls. at Cleveland State (3/23): Scored a goal and added five ground balls while making first career start. at Maryland (3/31): Scored a man-up goal in Penn State’s first-ever varsity win over the Terrapins. Ohio State (4/7): Scored one goal. at Michigan (4/13): Totaled two goals. Rutgers (4/27): Scored once and caused one turnover as the Lions clinched their first Big Ten regular season title. Rutgers (5/2): Finished with four goals and one ground ball. Johns Hopkins (5/4): Finished with four points on two goals and two assists and added one ground ball as Penn State won its first Big Ten Tournament title…Assisted on Mac O’Keefe’s game-winning goal just 25 seconds into overtime. UMBC (5/12): Tallied one goal and one ground ball. vs. Loyola (Md.) (5/19): Picked up three ground balls. vs. Yale (5/25): Played in the program’s first NCAA National Semifinal game.
 
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Played at The Haverford School with former Penn State teammates John Nostrant and Grant Ament…Also split time playing for NXT…Named a U.S. Lacrosse All-American, Inter-Ac Co-Player of the Year, Philly Lacrosse Co-Player of the Year and first-team All-EPLCA…Named a two-time first team All-Inter-Ac and two-time All-Philadelphia Inquirer SE Pennsylvania.
 
PERSONAL
Parents are Mark and Liz…Has two sisters, Allie and Emma, and one brother, Teddy...Majoring in finance.