Bio

Kelly Maloney-Staples was a two-sport athlete, competing in both field hockey (four seasons) and softball (three seasons).

As a field hockey player, Maloney-Staples helped the 1989 team claim the first Massachusetts Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW) championship in any sport in Elms College’s athletic department history. She is the program’s all-time leader in assists (21), is third all-time in points (67), is fifth all-time on the Blazers’ career goals list with 23 and was a team captain her junior and senior years.

On the softball diamond, Maloney-Staples is the program’s all-time leader in home runs (14) and remains the only player in team history to hit more than 10 home runs. She also ranks fourth on the program’s all-time batting average list with a .436 clip (52 for 119) and is tied for sixth all-time in triples with five.