Jason P. Malone

2016 Inductee - 1993 Graduate

When Jason P. Malone arrived on the FitchburgState campus in 1988, he had just completed an outstanding soccer career at Plymouth Carver High School where his team had won the Division I state soccer championship. He became a contributorto the success of the soccer program immediately as a freshman when the team won the MASCAC Championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament. That team success would continue asthe soccer team participated in both the NCAA and the ECAC tournaments during his four-year career. During each of the next three years, Malone was the team’s leading scorer and was named to the MASCAC All Conference first team. During that time he was selected the MASCAC Soccer Player of the Week on 15 different occasions. Malone was also selected to the All-New England team three times and nominated to the All American team twice.

According to Coach Malcolm MacPherson, Malone was “the most naturally gifted goal scorer that I have ever seen in 30 years of coaching. He was a great leader and a hard worker and continued to improve each year.” After 25 years, Malone still holds several Fitchburg State men’s soccer records including goals, assists and points in a season, career goals and career points. During his career he scored 14 game-winning goals. As a senior Malone led the country in scoring goals. One of the most memorable moments of that season was scoring the game-winning goal in the third overtime of the ECAC quarterfinal game.

After graduating from Fitchburg State, Malone coached high school soccer for Landmark School in Beverly and Middleboro High School. He also played for the Taunton Eagles of the semi-professional Lasa Soccer League. For the past 20- plus years, he has worked as an executive laboratory recruiter for HealthcareConnections in Florida.