2007-2008: Turned in the third best one-meter diving mark ever in school history (248.50) ... posted the seventh best three-meter score all-time at Valpo (225.65) ... recipient of team's Workhorse Award.

Prep: A three-year letterwinner for the Dragons ... a Mid-State Six Conference champion as a junior and Mid-Illini Conference champion as a senior ... placed 22nd in the state as a senior ... a Mid-State Six Conference Athletic-Academic Award recipient both as a sophomore and junior ... earned Illinois High School Athletic Association Scholastic Achievement as a junior and senior ... a member of National Honor Society ... also lettered in track and field and competed in power tumbling.

Personal: Kurtis is the son of Tim and Wendy Malone ... major is meteorology ... born June 30, 1989.