Malone is from a small suburb outside of Chicago, IL, and she has been playing hockey for about 10 years now. She decided to play hockey at USNA because she love the sport, and knew that the level of competition in the league that we play in would keep it competitive yet relaxed and fun! Malone is majoring in Oceanography, and she has service selected Surface Warfare. She hopes to be stationed in San Diego, on either an amphib or a destroyer.