Allyson "Ally" Malott-McCarthy (born October 31, 1992) is an American former basketball player who played for the

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of the

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(WNBA). She was drafted eighth overall in the 2015 WNBA draft.

High school career

Malott played for the Madison High Mohawks. She was a

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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 girl's basketball. She finished her high school career as Madison's all-time leading scorer. Malott had offers from Notre Dame,

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, and Northwestern. She chose to play for

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, as it was closer to home, and they had also been recruiting her friend Andrea Hoover.

College career

In her rookie season, Malott made the 2012 Atlantic 10 All-Freshman Team. During the

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, 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

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

Professional career

Washington Mystics

Malott was selected eighth overall by the

in the 2015 WNBA draft. 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). In her rookie season, she played a supporting role on the team. Although she only averaged 3.3 points (with a career-high of 13 points), she 43.3% from the three-point line. Malott started her second season with Washington getting injured twice, once before training camp and once during their season opener. The Mystics waived her in May of 2017. 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.

Botaş SK

During the WNBA off-season after her rookie season, Malott spent two months overseas in Turkey.

Dandenong Rangers

During her second WNBA season, Malott played with the

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in Australia. 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

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TTT Riga

After getting waived by the Washington Mystics, Malott signed with

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. She was able to win a title with the team.

Townsville Fire

After her season in Latvia, Mallott returned to Australia in 2018 this time to play for the

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, who had won the championship the season prior. She won Player of the Week twice that season.

Career statistics

WNBA

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College

Personal life

Malott married Andy McCarthy, an assistant basketball coach at Bishop Fenwick High. The couple lives in Franklin Township. Malott graduated from the

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where she studied exercise science. In 2019, she was promoted as the director of the aquatics program at the Middletown Atrium YMCA. In 2022, she was inducted into the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame alongside Andrea Hoover.

References

External links

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