Malone University Athletics

Awards and Honors

• 2021-22 Great Midwest Academic All-Conference Team
• 2021 NCCAA Scholar-Athlete
• 2020-21 Great Midwest Academic All-Conference Team
• 2019-20 Great Midwest Academic All-Conference Team

Junior Season (2021): Named to the Great Midwest Academic All-Conference Team and a NCCAA Scholar-Athlete... Hopple played in all 28 matches and made 25 starts for the Pioneers. She appeared in a total of 89 sets... She finished second on the team with 152 kills for an average of 1.71 kills per set. Hopple was third on the team with 44 total blocks. 

Sophomore Season (Spring 2021): Named to the Great Midwest Academic All-Conference Team... the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Pioneers to play an abbreviated championship season during the 2021 spring semester... Hopple appeared in all 11 matches and made 9 starts. She played in 37 total sets for Malone... Tallied 53 kills, 7 assists, 5 aces and 10 blocks... Hopple put down a career-high 11 kills in a match against Lake Erie on March 5. 

Freshman Season (2019): Named to the Great Midwest Academic All-Conference Team... Hopple appeared in six matches, made one start and totaled nine sets played... Recorded eight kills, one dig and one block... Set a career-high of four kills in a match against Alderson Broaddus (11/2/19).

High School: As a senior at Perry, Hopple averaged nearly three kills and 2.5 digs per set and hit close to .350 for head coach Mia Thomas and the Panthers, who reached the District Final. Hopple was named First Team All-Stark County, Second Team All-Federal League, and Second Team All-District 4. Academically, Hopple was a member of the National Honor Society. Her father (John) ran cross country for the Pioneers from 1986-89 and is a member of the Malone Sports Hall of Famer.

Personal: Majoring in Early Childhood Education and Intervention Specialist with a minor in Psychology... Hopple is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) where she serves as the Secretary. She is also a member of the Service Leadership Group... Hopple has been on the Dean's List both of her semesters on campus.