DGB.com's Great Players of the Past
Tiara Malcom - Caravel Academy
Photo courtesy University of Delaware Athletics Dept.
Inducted August 31, 2009
Notable:
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State Player of the Year, 2001
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USA Today Honorable Mention All-American, 2000
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First Team All-State, 2001, 2000
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As a junior, averaged 17.2 points, 15.3 rebounds and 4.3 blocks per game.
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All Star Girls' Report Top 100 High School Players, 2000
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With University of Delaware, was named Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year, 2005.
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Three-time All-CAA selection.
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Was named the University of Delaware’s Outstanding Senior Female Athlete of the Year, 2004-05 season.
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Scored 1,545 points at Delaware, 5th on all-time list.
Additional:
"Tiara was a tough and physical player that improved remarkably every season at Caravel. When I was a senior, Caravel's varsity consisted of Tiara (who was a sophomore) and nine freshman. She was reliable as a teammate and a friend. Through hard work, she made herself into a strong Division I recruit."
Kristin (Mills) Caldwell
Caravel Academy Girls Varsity Coach
Two-Year Teammate of Tiara's
Perhaps Tiara Malcom was a late bloomer. Her name doesn't appear anywhere in the high school all-state selections for her freshman and sophomore seasons. But boy, did she make up for lost time! As a junior and senior, she vaulted securely onto the First Team All-State squad, and took away Player of the Year honors as a senior. By that time, she was nationally known around college recruiting circles. A lot accomplished in a short time! As good as things were for Tiara in 2001, her hoops career would go into overdrive at the University of Delaware. She would finish out her years as a Blue Hen ranked 5th on the all-time scoring list and in the top ten in rebounds and blocks. While with the team, the Hens would post a record of 89 - 32.
After her NCAA playing career was over, she played some professional ball in Europe, has worked with youngsters at basketball camps and with New Castle County Head Start, Inc. She has also served as a counselor at the Clarence Fraim Boys & Girls Club in Wilmington. She joined the University of Delaware Lady Blue Hens coaching staff for the 2006-07 season and continues in that capacity today.
The Joe Pennell Era Lady Bucs at The Box! From left to right, Jodie Otteni, Tiara Malcom, Davineia Payne, Jessica Bogia and the late, great Joe Pennell.
Photo courtesy of DelawareSports.com.
The two latest GPP inductees, Alexis Henderson and Tiara Malcom from a game at Caravel.
Photo courtesy University of Delaware Athletics Dept.
Working it underneath for the Lady Blue Hens.
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Photo courtesy University of Delaware Athletics Dept.
Looking to create, complete with game face. Tiara always had a look of intensity about her.
Photos courtesy University of Delaware Athletics Dept.
Tiara's evolution from U of D freshman to Assistant Coach in the program.
Photo courtesy the (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal
The 2001 All-State First Team. Left to right: Tiara Malcom (Caravel), Monica Peterson (A.I. DuPont), Michelle Albanese (St. Mark's), Alexis Henderson (UA), and Davineia Payne (Caravel).
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