Malone University Athletics

Malone University is pleased to announce Lauren Allaway as the next head coach of the volleyball program prior to the start of the 2026 season. Allaway is the 13th head coach in program history.
 
Allaway and her husband Riley currently reside in Kansas City, Missouri and are transitioning to northeast Ohio. Most recently, Allaway has collegiate head coaching experience at Spurgeon College for the 2024 season. At the club level, she was also head coach and program developer at Mustang Power and head coach at Northland Static Volleyball Club while in Missouri.
 
Allaway served as a graduate assistant coach at Ohio Christian University and has experience in the G-MAC as a student-athlete for the Cedarville University Yellow Jackets. She was a five-year member of the volleyball and track & field programs from 2017-22 and was a three-time First Team All-Conference honoree, two-time NCCAA All-American and American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II Honorable Mention All-American.