Bio

Ashton Maddaloni is in her third year in a dual-position role as the head coach of East Mississippi Community College’s reinstated men’s golf program as well as doubling as the head golf professional at EMCC’s Lion Hills Center in Columbus.

Along with handling the day-to-day coaching and recruiting responsibilities as the head coach of the Lions’ golf program, Maddaloni also assists with golf operations while working closely with club members and guests at EMCC’s Lion Hills Center.

Under Maddaloni’s guidance, the Lions have made steady progress during the program’s first two competitive seasons back on the links since 2018. Last year’s EMCC team fell just one shot of earning a district tournament appearance with a narrow playoff loss during the MACCC Championship. During 2022-23 regular-season play, the Lions placed second and third during a pair of conference events.

Individually for the Lions, Matthew Phillips became a two-time participant in the NJCAA Division II Gulf District Championship and was joined this past season by Carter Martin. Maddaloni has also ventured into the international recruiting scene by having signed golfers from Italy and Norway for the upcoming season.  

Maddaloni competed in collegiate golf for six years while receiving her bachelor’s degree in communication/public relations from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 2019 before moving on to earn her master’s degree in sports administration at Hattiesburg-based William Carey University.

During the summer of 2021 as part of the USGA’s internship program, Maddaloni served as a P.J. Boatwright intern within the Mississippi Golf Association.

While working on her master’s and competing for the WCU Lady Crusaders, Maddaloni also gained valuable experience working with golf operations for a year at Hattiesburg Country Club. She assisted with tournament and event operations, while also serving as an instructor during junior golf camps and clinics in addition to handling the day-to-day operations of the golf pro shop.

Maddaloni also previously worked as a site director for the Central Alabama region of LPGA/USGA Girls Golf, a national junior golf program where she developed instruction plans for girls between the ages of 7-17 along with evaluating performance and development of students.

Maddaloni’s volunteer experience includes working as a U.S. Kids Golf instructor from 2010-15 and then serving as a volunteer assistant golf coach at Snead State Community College in 2017.

After lettering four years at ULM, Maddaloni capped her collegiate career at William Carey as a two-time All-Southern State Athletic Conference performer on the links as well as being a repeat Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar recipient in the classroom.  With a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average at WCU, she was named the 2019-20 SSAC Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

On the course, Maddaloni helped lead William Carey to a 12th-place team finish in the 2021 NAIA Women’s Golf National Championship. Individually, she carded a career-best 75.91 season stroke average, including earning medalist honors at the Dancing Rabbit Intercollegiate along with a runner-up finish at the MUW Invitational and a pair of third-place showings. During her first season with the Lady Crusaders, Maddaloni fired a personal-best 68 in winning the Mobile Invitational at RTJ Magnolia Grove.

Maddaloni was also a six-year golf letterwinner at the prep level at Elmore County High School in her hometown of Eclectic, Alabama. After twice earning state sectional medalist honors and collecting a pair of top-10 state tournament individual finishes, she capped her high school career as the 2015 recipient of the Joe Sewell Memorial Award Scholarship for Christian Athletes.