Player Bio
Brittany Malicoat
Hometown/High School : Elkhart, Ind./Memorial
2006
Appeared in all 126 games for the Crusaders, one of just two Valpo players to appear in every game ... earned Second Team All Mid-Con honors ... broke Crusader single-season record for digs with 675, 73 more than Sara Silcox’s previous record ... dig total was also the second highest single-season mark in conference history ... led Valpo in digs in each of its 35 matches, extending her streak to 42 straight matches pacing the Crusaders in the category ... ranked fourth in Mid-Con with 0.37 service aces/game ... tallied at least 25 digs in nine matches ... earned Chicagoland Classic All-Tournament honors after tallying 63 digs over three matches, including 26 Aug. 26 against Loyola ... also earned Mid-Con Defensive Player of the Week accolades for her performance that weekend ... received All-Tournament honors the next weekend as well, posting 71 digs in three matches at the Shamrock Invitational ... set a new Crusader record for digs in a three-game match Sept. 9, picking up 30 digs against Drake ... registered 33 digs Sept. 29 against Oral Roberts ... tied a Mid-Con Tournament record with 62 digs over the tournament’s two matches ... set a new career high with 34 digs Nov. 17 versus Western Illinois ... a Mid-Con All-Academic Team member ... named to the Mid-Con Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2005
Saw time in 67 games as a freshman, spanning 27 matches ... named to Mid-Continent Conference All-Freshman team ... averaged team-high 4.07 digs/game and finished third on team with 22 service aces ... first of 15 double-digit dig match performances came Aug. 27 vs. Central Michigan ... racked up 20 digs Sept. 30 against Chicago State, the first of four 20+ dig efforts ... totalled 13 digs Oct. 5 at #10 Notre Dame before adding 15 more and three assists Oct. 7 at Oakland ... for her efforts at Oakland and Notre Dame, earned the Mid-Continent Conference Defensive Player of the Week award on Oct. 10 ... grabbed 17 digs and lone kill of the season Oct. 28 at IUPUI ... picked up at least 10 digs in each of last seven matches of the season, including 23 and 22 on back-to-back nights at the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament.
Prep
A three-year letterwinner for the Crimson Chargers ... led Memorial to three-straight Northern Lakes Conference Championships (2002-04) ... Chargers won Sectional and Regional Championships in 2003, finishing as State Finalists ... earned Second Team All-State honors in 2004 after placing on the First Team in 2003 ... named First Team All-Northern Lakes Conference as a junior and senior ... set school records in single-season digs (519) and aces (105) in 2004 ... named team’s co-Most Valuable Player as in 2003 and 2004, sharing honor with Crusader teammate Allison Sears both years ... served as team captain for two years ... named Most Valuable Player of 2004 Marquette Girls Volleyball Invitational ... named a Kiwanis Athlete of the Month twice during her prep career ... traveled with Shank You Volleyball Club for eight years, a team that included seven future Division I players ... also lettered in tennis.
Personal
Brittany married her husband, Bobby Malicoat, in the summer of 2007 ... is the daughter of Mike and Linda Marks ... major is art history ... born February 23, 1987.
