- 2019 ABCA All-America first team
- 2019 NCBWA All-America first team
- 2019 ABCA All-South Central Region first team
- 2019 NCBWA All-South Central Region first team
- 2019 D2CCA All-South Central Region second team
- 2019 RMAC Co-Player of the Year
- 2019 All-RMAC first team
- 2019 RMAC Player of the Week, March 26
- 2019 NCBWA National Player of the Week, March 19
- 2019 NCBWA South Central Region Player of the Week, March 19
- 2019 RMAC Player of the Week, March 19
2019: Nearly re-wrote the MSU Denver record book while playing his senior season for the Roadrunners. ... Set single-season school records for home runs (25), slugging percentage (.908), and total bases (168), while posting the third-highest RBI total (69). ... His home run total for one season ranks ninth on the MSU Denver career list. ... Signed by the San Francisco Giants as a free agent after the season, he played at four different minor-league levels, including a brief stint in Class AAA (he batted a combined .309). ... Matched the ninth-best hit total (77) in a season at MSU Denver. ... Posted a .416 batting average. ... In position to win an RMAC Triple Crown until sliding to third in the league in batting average on the final weekend of the season (he still finished first in homers and RBIs). ... Ranked second nationally in homers, homers per game (0.49) and slugging percentage, and finished third nationally in RBIs per game (1.35), fourth in total bases (168), and eighth in RBIs. ... Had five two-homer games, 24 multi-hit games, six three-hit games, one four-hit game and three five-hit games. ... Became the school's single-season home run leader when he hit his 18th in his 23rd game (the team's 24th of the season) on March 26. ... Hit 15 homers in 14 games from March 1 through March 26. ... Set school record with at least one homer in seven straight games from March 10 through March 23. ... Batting average was good for 17th nationally. ... Also ranked 40th nationally in hits and hits per game (1.51), 92nd in runs (53), 93rd in on-base percentage, 101st in runs per game (1.04). ... In addition to leading the RMAC in homers and RBIs while ranking third in batting average, he also led the league in slugging percentage, tied for third in sacrifice flies (four), tied for fifth in hits and was 10th in on-base percentage. ... In league play only, ranked first in homers (17), second in slugging percentage (.928), fourth in RBIs (42), fourth in batting (as in non-conference play, he hit .416), tied for sixth in hits (52), and 10th in on-base percentage (.486). ... Had an OPS of 1.382 and picked up seven stolen bases. ... Led the team in hitting, OPS, runs, hits, homers, RBIs, total bases, slugging percentage and on-base percentage and tied for the lead in sacrifice flies (four). Second on the team with 14 doubles. ... Started 51 of the team's 52 games, playing catcher, first base and designated hitter. ... Capped career by going 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs against Colorado School of Mines in the RMAC Tournament on May 10. ... Went 6-for-13 (.462) in a four-game series with Colorado School of Mines to cap the regular season May 3-4. ... Had his fifth two-homer game of the season April 26 against Nos. 6/1 Colorado Mesa. For the series he was 6-for-16 (.385) with three homers and six RBIs. ... Drubbed Northern Colorado for a second time on April 23, going 2-for-4 with a double, a homer and two RBIs. In two games against the Bears he was 7-for-10 with two doubles, three homers and nine RBIs. ... Went 5-for-5 with a double and two RBIs against Dixie State on April 12. ... Turned in his second 5-for-6, six-RBI game of the season on March 26 at NCAA Division I Northern Colorado, hitting two homers to break the school's single-season record of 18 and adding a double. ... Earned his second straight RMAC Player of the Week award after going 6-for-14 (.429) with five homers (including two two-homer games) and nine RBIs in a four-game sweep of Adams State. ... Had a seven-game hitting streak from March 10 through March 23, batting .607 (17-for-28) with eight homers and 19 RBIs. ... Was 5-for-6 with two doubles, a homer and six RBIs at New Mexico Highlands on March 16, kicking off a four-game series in which he batted .611 (11-for-18) with four homers and 12 RBIs to earn NCBWA Division II National Player of the Week as well as regional and RMAC player of the week honors. ... Went 11-for-18 (.611) with three homers and 11 RBIs in four games from Feb. 3 through Feb. 16, posting his first two-homer game in the second game of a Feb. 15 doubleheader with Sioux Falls (S.D.).
Before MSU Denver: Played one year at Alabama, hitting four home runs to rank third on the team while adding 17 RBIs…Started in 26 of the 33 games in which he appeared with the Crimson Tide, hitting .263 with 25 hits and 16 runs…Played two years at Paradise Valley (Ariz.) Community College, receiving All-Region I and All-Arizona Community College Athletic Conference first-team honors in 2017…Broke school records for most home runs (10), RBIs (51) and doubles (20) in a season as a sophomore...Finished his two seasons at Paradise Valley as the record holder for career home runs (20), RBIs (83) and doubles (27), while ranking third in hits with 116 during his time with the Pumas.Â
High School: A 2014 graduate of Monarch High School in Louisville, Colo.…Second-ranked catcher in the state of Colorado by Perfect Game…Two-time All-Front Range League selection...Finished his junior season with a .422 batting average with 27 hits, 15 runs and 14 RBIs, then hit .327 with 15 RBIs as a senior for the Coyotes…Teammate as a junior and senior was Logan Soole, later an MSU Denver teammate...Coached by Scott Weiss.Â
Personal: Birthday is Oct. 8. ... Son of John and Angela Malkin. ... Has a sister, Lindsay. ... Father was an 11th-round selection by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1978 MLB Draft and eventually reached Class AAA.
