2022 Women's Soccer Roster
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Evans, Maya
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Jersey Number 3
Maya Evans
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Mills
- Hometown:
- Millbrae, Calif.
- Previous School:
- University of California
Bio
2024
Received the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award โฆ Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team โฆ Earned first-team Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar honors โฆ Played in 18 games and made five starts as a forward โฆ Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win at Northwestern โฆ 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 โฆ Contributed to eight shutouts โฆ Recorded a season-high of 83 minutes in the 4-0 victory at UC Irvine and averaged 40.3 minutes per game โฆ Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second time.
2022
Played in 18 games and made six starts โฆ 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 โฆ Also named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week โฆ Contributed to 11 shutouts.
2021 (University of California)
Played in four games and made one start during her sophomore season โฆ Recorded 144 minutes during the campaign โฆ Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
2020 (University of California)
Played in 13 games with 11 starts while leading the teamโs freshmen with 975 minutes โฆ Recorded her first career assist vs. Washington โฆ Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team โฆ Selected as one of Top Drawer Soccerโs 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 โฆ Also played varsity basketball, track and field, and water polo โฆ 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 โฆ Parents are Michael and Rebecca Evans โฆ Has older siblings Michelle and Michael โฆ Said that the biggest reason to attend UCLA was because she โthought that this was a school and environment that would allow me to become a more holistic person and more than an athleteโ โฆ Admires Serena Williams and Kobe Bryant โฆ Interests include design and food โฆ Grew up in Tokyo until she was 10 โฆ Career aspirations are to be a coach and grocery store owner โฆ Earned her undergraduate degree in sociology and is enrolled in the transformative coaching and leadership program in UCLAโs graduate school of education.
Received the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award โฆ Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team โฆ Earned first-team Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar honors โฆ Played in 18 games and made five starts as a forward โฆ Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win at Northwestern โฆ 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 โฆ Contributed to eight shutouts โฆ Recorded a season-high of 83 minutes in the 4-0 victory at UC Irvine and averaged 40.3 minutes per game โฆ Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second time.
2022
Played in 18 games and made six starts โฆ 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 โฆ Also named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week โฆ Contributed to 11 shutouts.
2021 (University of California)
Played in four games and made one start during her sophomore season โฆ Recorded 144 minutes during the campaign โฆ Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
2020 (University of California)
Played in 13 games with 11 starts while leading the teamโs freshmen with 975 minutes โฆ Recorded her first career assist vs. Washington โฆ Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team โฆ Selected as one of Top Drawer Soccerโs 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 โฆ Also played varsity basketball, track and field, and water polo โฆ 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 โฆ Parents are Michael and Rebecca Evans โฆ Has older siblings Michelle and Michael โฆ Said that the biggest reason to attend UCLA was because she โthought that this was a school and environment that would allow me to become a more holistic person and more than an athleteโ โฆ Admires Serena Williams and Kobe Bryant โฆ Interests include design and food โฆ Grew up in Tokyo until she was 10 โฆ Career aspirations are to be a coach and grocery store owner โฆ Earned her undergraduate degree in sociology and is enrolled in the transformative coaching and leadership program in UCLAโs graduate school of education.
Cinematic Recap - UCLA W. Soccer vs. Stanford (Sept. 7, 2025)
Wednesday, September 10
Highlights - W. Soccer vs. Stanford (Sept. 7, 2025)
Sunday, September 07
Highlights - W. Soccer vs. Long Beach State (Aug. 29, 2025)
Friday, August 29
W. Soccer - 2025 Bruin Olympics
Thursday, June 05
