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2024 Women's Soccer Roster
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Jersey Number 3
Maya Evans
- Position:
- Forward/Defender/Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Mills
- Hometown:
- Millbrae, Calif.
- Previous School:
- University of California
2024
Received the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award … Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team … Earned first-team Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar honors … Played in 18 games and made five starts as a forward … Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win at Northwestern … Recorded an assist in the Big Ten Championship win over Rutgers and in the 3-1 win over Minnesota.
2023
Played in 10 games and made one start, at UC Irvine … Contributed to eight shutouts … Recorded a season-high of 83 minutes in the 4-0 victory at UC Irvine and averaged 40.3 minutes per game … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second time.
2022
Played in 18 games and made six starts … Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week for the second week of the season after scoring her first collegiate goal against CSUN and helping lead the Bruins to a pair of shutouts against the Matadors and at Santa Clara … Also named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week … Contributed to 11 shutouts.
2021 (University of California)
Played in four games and made one start during her sophomore season … Recorded 144 minutes during the campaign … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
2020 (University of California)
Played in 13 games with 11 starts while leading the team’s freshmen with 975 minutes … Recorded her first career assist vs. Washington … Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team … Selected as one of Top Drawer Soccer’s Top 50 freshmen.
U.S. National Team
Attended U.S. U-16 national team camps in 2017 and 2018.
High School/Club
Competed for Mills High School … Also played varsity basketball, track and field, and water polo … Played club soccer for De Anza Force in 2017, San Jose Earthquakes in 2018 and Mountain View Los Altos SC in 2019-2020.
Personal
Full name is Maya Ashley-Ildefonzo Evans … Parents are Michael and Rebecca Evans … Has older siblings Michelle and Michael … Said that the biggest reason to attend UCLA was because she “thought that this was a school and environment that would allow me to become a more holistic person and more than an athlete” … Admires Serena Williams and Kobe Bryant … Interests include design and food … Grew up in Tokyo until she was 10 … Career aspirations are to be a coach and grocery store owner … Earned her undergraduate degree in sociology and is enrolled in the transformative coaching and leadership program in UCLA’s graduate school of education.
Received the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award … Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team … Earned first-team Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar honors … Played in 18 games and made five starts as a forward … Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win at Northwestern … Recorded an assist in the Big Ten Championship win over Rutgers and in the 3-1 win over Minnesota.
2023
Played in 10 games and made one start, at UC Irvine … Contributed to eight shutouts … Recorded a season-high of 83 minutes in the 4-0 victory at UC Irvine and averaged 40.3 minutes per game … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second time.
2022
Played in 18 games and made six starts … Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week for the second week of the season after scoring her first collegiate goal against CSUN and helping lead the Bruins to a pair of shutouts against the Matadors and at Santa Clara … Also named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week … Contributed to 11 shutouts.
2021 (University of California)
Played in four games and made one start during her sophomore season … Recorded 144 minutes during the campaign … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
2020 (University of California)
Played in 13 games with 11 starts while leading the team’s freshmen with 975 minutes … Recorded her first career assist vs. Washington … Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team … Selected as one of Top Drawer Soccer’s Top 50 freshmen.
U.S. National Team
Attended U.S. U-16 national team camps in 2017 and 2018.
High School/Club
Competed for Mills High School … Also played varsity basketball, track and field, and water polo … Played club soccer for De Anza Force in 2017, San Jose Earthquakes in 2018 and Mountain View Los Altos SC in 2019-2020.
Personal
Full name is Maya Ashley-Ildefonzo Evans … Parents are Michael and Rebecca Evans … Has older siblings Michelle and Michael … Said that the biggest reason to attend UCLA was because she “thought that this was a school and environment that would allow me to become a more holistic person and more than an athlete” … Admires Serena Williams and Kobe Bryant … Interests include design and food … Grew up in Tokyo until she was 10 … Career aspirations are to be a coach and grocery store owner … Earned her undergraduate degree in sociology and is enrolled in the transformative coaching and leadership program in UCLA’s graduate school of education.
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