Amy Stefansic, a 2002 Malone graduate (Physical Education), was a four-year letter winner on the Pioneer women's basketball team. She also is a 1998 graduate of Ravenna High School.
Stefansic, who played at the small forward spot, became the second NAIA All-American in the program's history when she earned the Third Team honor as a senior (2001-2002 season) and she is only one of three women's basketball players to earn the NAIA All-America accolade (Nikki Parson, who received the honors in 2005-06 and 2006-07 and Gloria Blanks, who earned NAIA Second Team in 1983, as well as AIAW All-American, honors in 1981 and 1982). Stefansic is still currently ninth on Malone's all-time scoring list with 1,355 points and she has a career per game average of 11.8 points. She also has an impressive 53.5% career field goal percentage. Stefansic was dominant in rebounding as well and stills ranks fourth all-time at Malone with 914 rebounds for an average of 7.9 per contest.Â
Stefansic was voted to the First Team All AMC as both a junior and senior and earned the NCCAA First Team All-America honor for those two seasons as well. The team's most valuable player as a senior, Stefansic was a two-time NCCAA Scholar-Athlete and a one-time NAIA Scholar-Athlete winner. As a junior, she helped lead Malone to a sixth-place finish at the NCCAA National Tournament and, as a senior, paced the Pioneers to their only NAIA National Tournament appearance to date. In addition, the team compiled an impressive 81-36 overall record during her career.
Stefansic, who earned a Master's degree in Business and Sport Management at Columbia Southern University (AL) in 2011, is a Physical Education teacher at Winton Woods High School in Cincinnati. She resides in Mason, Ohio.
