(2025) Preseason All-CAA
(2024) Second Team All-CAA
(2024) Team MVP
Personal: Full name is Kenneth Markeith Mallory Jr...Father, Kenny Mallory Sr., played baseball at Elon...Mother, Kym Mallory, played volleyball at Elon...Has a younger brother, Kaden...Also lettered in basketball for three years in high school.
2024: Made 51 consecutive starts and appearanced in all 53 games for the maroon & gold...Slashed .354/.462/.520...His .354 batting average was the highest for a primary outfielder since Alex Iadisernia in 2021...He and Charlie Granatell's 70 hits were the most by a Phoenix since Ryne Ogren had 74 in 2018...Mallory Jr. finished the season with 23 multi-hit games, 10 multi-RBI games and an on-base streak that reached 28 games which is tied for the second highest in the decade of the 2020s...Finished 10th in the CAA in batting average...Set new career highs in every offensive category and cut down on strikeouts by a third from 2023...His 19 extra base hits were the second most on the team and his six stolen bases were also second on the Phoenix...In his first start of the season, he went 4-for-5 with two runs scored, two doubles, a stolen base and an RBI in Elon's series finale defeat to Navy (02/18)...Went on an eight game hitting streak to begin his season which included six multi-hit games, two of which were four-hit games...Hit his first home run of the season in grand slam fashion in Elon's historic win over NJIT (02/24), Mallory Jr. concluded the game going 3-for-3, with four runs scored, five RBIs, a home run and reached base six times...Collected his second grand slam of the season in Elon's road loss to High Point (03/12)...Collected four hits in Elon's two wins over Minnesota...Helped Elon end a road losing streak against USC Upstate with a 2-for-3 day finishing with an RBI and two runs scored...Had two multi-hit games in Elon's home opening CAA series against Campbell...Drove in a career high six RBI in Elon's 16-7 win against Hofstra (04/12) and finished the opening game against the Pride 4-for-5 with a double and a home run...Continued having a hot bat in CAA play with five hits in the series win over Monmouth going 3-for-5 and 2-for-4 in games one (04/19) and two (04/20) respectively...In the doubleheader against William & Mary (05/03) he had five hits with three RBIs and two runs scored in the doubleheader sweep...Homered in back-to-back games against High Point (05/07) and North Carolina A&T (05/10), collecting two hits in both games...Had his final multi-hit performance in Elon's series clinching win against North Carolina A&T (05/12) going 3-for-4 with a double and a leadoff home run to go with two RBI and two runs scored.
2023: Made 39 starts over 52 appearances...In his first season with the Phoenix, Mallory Jr. slashed .224/.329/.308...Mallory Jr. made his debut in Elon's 2-0 win over Kentucky where the sophomore contributed a 2-for-4 performance in the Phoenix win...Breakout performance in his first road game as a Phoenix where he went 2-for-5 finishing with a double, an RBI, and two runs scored...His first collegiate home run came in Elon's rubber match victory against Northeastern...In Elon's series sweep against Delaware, he finished 4-for-7 in the series with three runs scored and a double...He slashed a career-high four RBI in Elon's 14-1 win over USC Upstate...Hit an RBI double in Elon's win over future national No.1 seed Wake Forest...Scored a team high three runs against Charleston in Elon's series clinching win over the Cougars.
At Vanderbilt: Played in three games as a freshman at Vanderbilt...Logged four plate appearances.
Prep: Two-year letterwinner under Jason Johnson at Mountain View High School...Helped the Bears reach the state playoffs three seasons...Three-time all-state selection...Scored 26 runs as a sophomore, while posting a .400 average and 28 RBIs...Batted .412 as a senior, including 10 doubles, one triple, two home runs, 14 RBIs and 24 runs scored...Served as a team captain his final three years...Three-year member of the honor roll...Ranked by Perfect Game as the nation’s No. 328 overall player and No. 56 outfielder as well as the No. 22 overall player and No. 4 outfielder in Georgia...2021 Perfect Game Preseason All-American...2019 Perfect Game Underclass All-American Games participant...Also ranked by Prep Baseball Report as the No. 116 overall prospect, the nation’s No. 21 outfielder, the No. 9 overall player in Georgia and the No. 2 outfielder in Georgia.
