- 4/23/20: High bars, frog legs: Brody Malone stays true to Southern roots - Dalton Young (Stanford Daily)
- 3/13/21: Unfinished Business - Jeremy Rubin, Jordan John Lee and Sofia Scekic (Stanford Daily)
- 1/9/23: Malone on a Mission (Inside Gymnastics)
Career Accolades
- Four-time NCAA team champion (2019, 2021-23)
- Two-time MPSF team champion (2022-23)
- Nissen Emery Award winner (2022)
- Seven-time NCAA National Champion (2019: all-around, floor, high bar; 2021: all-around, high bar; 2022: pommel horse, high bar)
- 17-time NCAA All-American (2019: all-around, floor, high bar, parallel bars, still rings; 2020: all-around, parallel bars, vault; 2021: all-around, floor, high bar, still rings; 2022: all-around, floor, pommel horse, still rings, high bar)
- Four-Time MPSF Gymnast of the Year (2019-22)
- Four-time MPSF Individual Champion (2021: all-around, high bar; 2022: all-around, high bar)
- 2020 Olympian (USA)
- USA Men's Gymnastics Athlete and Sportsperson of the Year (2022)
- Tom Hansen Conference Medal (2023)
- 2022 World Championships Gold medal (horizontal bar)
- Helped guide the U.S. to a gold medal at the 2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart, Germany
- 2021 World Championships Bronze medal (horizontal bar)
- Two-time all-around U.S. Champion (2021-22)
- San Jose Sports Hall of Fame Male Athlete of the Year (2021)
- Finished third in all-around in preliminary round of Winter Cup Challenge to earn spot on US Senior National Team (2020)
- Block S Outstanding Sophomore Award Winner (2020)
- CGA Rookie of the Year (2019)
- Nine-time MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 29, 2019, Feb. 5, 2019, April 2, 2019; Jan. 21, 2020, Feb. 25, 2020; March 9, 2021, March 30, 2021; March 8, 2022; March 7, 2023)
- Six-time CGA National Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 5, 2019, April 2, 2019, April 24, 2019; March 30, 2021, April 20, 2021; April 6, 2022)
- CGA Specialist of the Week (Feb. 16, 2022)
- Six-time CGA National Rookie of the Week (Jan. 29, 2019, Feb. 5, 2019, Feb. 26, 2019, April 2, 2019, April 9, 2019, April 24, 2019)
- Block S Outstanding Freshman Award Winner (2019)
- Two-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2021-22)
- Three-time MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2020-22)
- Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)
As a Fifth-Year (2023) • National Champions, MPSF Champions
- Tom Hansen Conference Medal
- MPSF Gymnast of the Week (March 7)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Won the event title on still rings in a tri-meet against California and Illinois with a career-best 14.600 (March 4)
- Won the event title on horizontal bar in a tri-meet against Navy and Air Force with a 14.150 (March 11)
As a Senior (2022) • National Champions, MPSF Champions
- Nissen-Emery Award winner
- MPSF Gymnast of the Year
- USA Men's Gymnastics Athlete and Sportsperson of the Year
- Two-time NCAA National Champion (pommel horse, high bar)
- Five-time NCAA All-American (all-around, floor, pommel horse, still rings, high bar)
- Two-time MPSF Individual Champion (all-around, high bar)
- CGA National Gymnast of the Week (April 6)
- MPSF Gymnast of the Week (March 8)
- CGA Specialist of the Week (Feb. 16)
- CGA Second-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
- MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Won the pommel horse national title with a 14.000 at the NCAA Championships (April 16)
- Won the horizontal bar national title after registering a 14.700 at the NCAA Championships (April 16)
- National runner-up and an All-American in the all-around (84.733) at NCAA Championships (April 16)
- Garnered All-America honors on still rings after finishing seventh overall with a score of 14.100 (April 16)
- Captured All-America honors on floor with a score of 14.600 to claim a share of third overall (April 16)
- Won MPSF title in the all-around (85.950) and on horizontal bar (15.150) at MPSF Championships (April 2)
- Placed ninth overall on vault (14.533) at National Championship meet (April 16)
- Won 10 individual event titles, including four on horizontal bar, three on pommel horse and one each on vault, parallel bars and in the all-around
As a Junior (2021) • National Champions
- MPSF Gymnast of the Year
- Two-time NCAA National Champion (all-around, high bar)
- Four-time NCAA All-American (all-around, floor, high bar, still rings)
- Two-time MPSF Individual Champion (all-around, high bar)
- San Jose Sports Hall of Fame Male Athlete of the Year (2021)
- Two-time CGA National Gymnast of the Week (March 30, April 20)
- Two-time MPSF Gymnast of the Week (March 9, March 30)
- CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
- MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
- 85.064 to win second consecutive all-around national title from the NCAA Championship meet (April 17)
- Season-best 14.466 (top score of the year for Stanford) to win second consecutive high bar national championship (April 17)
- Career-best 14.366 on still rings (second overall) and a season-high 14.666 on floor to capture All-America honors at the national championship (April 17)
- Won MPSF Championship on high bar (14.400) and in the all-around (83.050) on April 3
- Finished the season ranked second nationally on high bar (14.096), fourth on still rings (14.096) and fifth on pommel horse (13.813) and parallel bars (14.242)
- National-best and a career-high 15.100 on parallel bars vs. Army (March 27)
- Won 16 event titles, including four on high bar, three on pommel horse, parallel bars and in the all-around, two on still rings and one on vault
- Posted career-best 14.500 on pommel horse vs. California to record the top score of the year for Stanford (March 7)
- Hit for a season-best 14.700 on vault at the NCAA Championship Qualifier (April 16)
- Won the all-around title and captured event titles in all but vault with a career-best 86.500 vs. Army (March 27)
As a Sophomore (2020)
- MPSF Gymnast of the Year
- Three-time NCAA All-American (all-around, parallel bars, vault)
- Two-time MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 21, Feb. 25)
- Block S Outstanding Sophomore Award Winner
- Stanford men's gymnastics Hardest Worker Award recipient
- MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
- Finished season as the national leader on parallel bars (14.500) and was ranked second in the all-around (82.650)
- Won seven event titles overall, including four on parallel bars, and one each on still rings, vault and the all-around
- Captured all-around title (81.900) in a tri-meet with California and Air Force (Jan. 18)
- Hit for a career-best 14.900 on vault to post the third-highest score in the nation and win the event title at the Stanford Open (Jan. 25)
- Registered the third-best all-around score in the nation (84.200) at the ASU Invitational (Feb. 8)
- Turned in the second-best vault of day one (14.400) and second-best parallel bars routine in the prelims (14.600) to finish third in the all-around during the 2020 Winter Cup Challenge preliminary round with a score of 83.950 to earn a spot on the US Senior National Team (Feb. 20)
As a Freshman (2019) • National Champions
- CGA Rookie of the Year
- MPSF Gymnast of the Year
- Three-time NCAA National Champion (all-around, floor, high bar)
- Five-time NCAA All-American (all-around, floor, high bar, parallel bars, still rings)
- Three-time CGA National Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 5, April 2, April 24)
- Six-time CGA National Rookie of the Week (Jan. 29, Feb. 5, Feb. 26, April 2, April 9, April 24)
- Block S Outstanding Freshman Award Winner
- Three-time MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 29, Feb. 5, April 2)
- First Stanford gymnast to win three individual NCAA titles in one season
- Fourth Cardinal gymnast to record five All-America honors in one Championship Meet
- Third gymnast to win NCAA all-around crown as a freshman (Sam Mikulak, 2011; Yul Moldauer, 2016)
- Captured national title on floor with a career-best 14.800, won the all-around with a career-high 85.832 and high bar with a mark of 14.633
- Won 16 event titles in total, including five all-arounds, five on high bar, and two apiece on parallel bars, vault and floor
- Ranked first in the nation in the all-around (84.225), sixth in high bar (14.100), seventh in parallel bars (14.188), eighth in vault (14.588), and top-25 in floor (18th, 14.150), rings (20th, 13.950) and pommel horse (20th, 13.563)
- Hit for a career-best 14.300 on still rings to capture third at Pac-12 Invitational (Feb. 2)
- Won high bar event title at International Collegiate Challenge (Feb. 23) with a career-high 14.750
- Season-best 13.900 on pommel horse against California (March 30)
- Captured the parallel bars event title against California (March 30) with a season-high 14.550
- Managed four of Stanford's top seven scores for the season on high bar
USA Gymnastics
- Member of USA Senior National Team
- Competed at 2022 World Championships and won horizontal bar gold while helping the U.S. finish fifth as a team ... also placed fourth in the all-around final
- Helped guide the U.S. to a gold medal at the 2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart, Germany
- 2022 USA Men's Gymnastics Athlete and Sportsperson of the Year
- 2020 Olympian, representing the United States in the Olympics in Tokyo, where he finished fourth in the horizontal bar final, 10th in the all-around final and helped Team USA to a fifth-place finish in the team final
- All-around, floor exercise & high bar champion and pommel horse silver medalist at 2022 OOFOS U.S. Gymnastics Championships
- All-around and horizontal bar champion while finishing second on rings, third on pommel horse and parallel bars and fourth on floor at 2022 U.S. Classic
- Bronze medal on horizontal bar at 2021 World Championships in Japan - becoming the first Stanford men's gymnast to medal at a World Championship
- Guided the U.S. to gold at 2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart
- Gold medal (horizontal bar) and bronze medal (parallel bars) at 2022 Cottbus World Cup
- Won U.S. Championships national title in June 2021, finishing atop the podium with a 170.700 from Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
- Posted the two highest single-day all-around scores to clinch the top spot with a combined 171.600 from the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in St. Louis, Mo.
- 2022 World Championships, Liverpool, England - 1st-HB; 4th-AA; 5th-Team
- 2022 Paris World Challenge Cup, Paris, France - 1st-HB; 2nd-PB
- 2022 Pan American Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1st-Team, HB
- 2022 DTB Pokal Cup, Stuttgart, Germany - 1st-Team; 5th-HB
- 2022 Cottbus World Cup, Cottbus, Germany - 1st-HB; 3nd-PH, PB; 6th-SR
- 2021 World Championships, Kitakyushu, Japan - 3rd-HB
- 2021 Olympic Games, Tokyo, Japan - 4th-HB; 5th-Team; 10th-AA
- 2018 RD761 International Junior Team Cup, Katy, Texas - 2nd-HB; 3rd-Team, SR; 5th-VT; 6th-AA, PB
- 2017 International Junior Gymnastics Competition, Yokohama, Japan - 2nd-HB; 4th-AA, PB; 6th-VT
Prior to Stanford
- 2018 graduate of Trion High School in Trion, Ga.
- Competed for Cartersville Twisters Gymnastics club team (2014-18)
- Won a pair of Georgia State Championships (2017-18)
Personal
- Born in Johnson City, Tenn.
- Named to 2019 USA Pan American Games squad
- Son of John and Tracy
- Has two brothers, Cooper and Tyler, and one sister, Briley
Career Scores
Year | Floor | Pommel | Rings | Vault | P-Bars | H-Bar | All-Around |
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2019 Season Highs | 14.800 | 13.900 | 14.300 | 14.800 | 14.550 | 14.750 | 85.832 |
2020 Season Highs | 13.800 | 13.950 | 13.950 | 14.900 | 14.800 | 13.650 | 84.200 |
2021 Season Highs | 14.666 | 14.500 | 14.366 | 14.700 | 15.100 | 14.466 | 86.500 |
2022 Season Highs | 14.600 | 14.100 | 14.400 | 14.800 | 14.500 | 15.150 | 85.950 |
2023 Season Highs | -- | 13.950 | 14.600 | 14.650 | 14.750 | 14.150 | -- |
Career Highs | 14.800 | 14.500 | 14.600 | 14.900 | 15.100 | 15.150 | 86.500 |