When Lorraine Maloney turned down several Division I scholarship offers in favor of Drew, she gained a small school with a close-knit community, and Drew gained a superb field hockey player.
Maloney, a native of Pompton Plains, New Jersey, had already made a name for herself in field hockey at Pequannock Township High School, where she was captain of the 1985 championship team and was named to the All-North Jersey, All-Conference, All-County, and All-State Teams. In her first season at Drew she quickly became known as a strong player, establishing new scoring records (27 goals and 58 points in a season) which still stood at the time of her Hall of Fame induction, and remained a scoring leader through the 1988 season. "Watch out for number 22" was echoed by opponent after opponent during Maloney's field hockey career.
Her early success no doubt influenced her selection to the 1986 MAC Northeast All-Star first team, an honor she also received in the succeeding three years. She was Regional All-American player in 1987 and 1988, being named to the 1987-1988 college hockey coaches association (CFHCA) Mid-Atlantic First Team, and was selected to the 1988 Penn-Monto CFHCA All-American Second Team and the 1988 Division III All-American Second Team. In 1989, her senior year, a pre-season knee injury kept her off the field for the first half of the season, but she put in a strong performance upon her return. At the time of her induction, she still held the record for most career goals (70), most career points (170), most goals in a game (5), and most assists in a game (3), and was second in most career assists (30). Upon graduation, Maloney received a well-deserved College Alumni/ae Association Senior Female Athlete of the Year Award.
Maloney speaks warmly of Coach Maureen Horan, "A great motivator," and of her Drew friendships, particularly C'88 field hockey players and mentors Sally Gormley Dreyer and Bonnie Etheridge Beneducci. Off the hockey field, Maloney majored in economics, coming under the influence of Dr. Vivian Bull, who inspires Maloney's business career.
