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Ally Malott

Allyson "Ally" Malott-McCarthy (born October 31, 1992) is an American former basketball player who played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted eighth overall in the 2015 WNBA draft.

Malott played for the Madison High Mohawks. She was a McDonald's All American 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 girls' basketball. She finished her high school career as Madison's all-time leading scorer.

Malott had offers from Notre Dame, Purdue, Miami, and Northwestern. She chose to play for Dayton, as it was closer to home, and they had also been recruiting her friend Andrea Hoover.

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

During the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, 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 UConn Huskies.

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.

Malott was selected eighth overall by the Washington Mystics 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.

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