Malaika Underwood

Malaika Underwood (born June 7, 1981) is a member of the United States women's national baseball team which won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.

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.

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

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

• 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.