Malaika Underwood

Malaika Underwood

Medal record
Women's baseball
Representing   United States
Women's Baseball World Cup
	2006 Taiwan	Team competition
	2008 Japan	Team competition
	2010 Venezuela	Team competition
	2012 Canada	Team competition
	2014 Japan	Team competition
Pan American Games
	2015 Toronto	Team competition

Malaika Underwood (born June 7, 1981) is the executive director of the Professional Women's Hockey League Players Association. ^[1] She is a former member of the United States women's national baseball team which won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. ^{[2] [3]}

Playing career

Raised in San Diego, Underwood played baseball, volleyball and basketball at La Jolla High School. She would earn the Female Athlete of the Year Award (1998–99) in San Diego County.

Baseball

As a child, she played baseball at Chollas Lake Little League.

Volleyball

She accepted a volleyball scholarship to the University of North Carolina. During her career, she would win the ACC Tournament MVP Award.

Personal

Underwood earned a bachelor's degree in international studies and a master's degree in sports administration from the University of North Carolina. ^[1]

Awards and honors

• 2008 Women's World Cup of Baseball All-Tournament Team (Second Base) ^[4]
• 2014 Women's World Cup of Baseball All-Tournament Team (First Base)

Bibliography

• Ring, Jennifer (2015). "Chapter 11: Malaika Underwood". A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 173–193. ISBN   978-0803244801.

References

1. "PWHLPA Selects Malaika Underwood as Executive Director to Lead Its Next Chapter". Toronto, Ontario: Professional Women's Hockey League Players Association. January 22, 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
2. "UNDERWOOD, Malaika". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
3. "Baseball - Event Overview - Women". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
4. Ring, p. 190.