Maya Warrior

Position:
Midfield/Defender
Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
High School:
Central H.S.
Hometown:
Keller, Texas
Prev School:
UTEP

CAREER HIGHS

Shots: 3 (3/9/21 vs. Evansville)
Shots on Goal: 1 (4x, Most Recent: 3/9/21 vs. Evansville)
Minutes: 99 (3/9/21 vs. Evansville)

2021 SEASON

Did not compete.

2020-21 SEASON

Played in all nine matches, starting eight as a junior ... tabbed 663 minutes ... totaled eight shots, with one on-goal in 2021 ... played a career-high 99 minutes, firing three shots and a shot-on-goal against Evansville on March 9 ... recorded a second season-best two shots against Valparaiso on Feb. 28 ... attempted shots against Western Kentucky, Loyola-Chicago, and Illinois State.

2019 SEASON

Played in 15 games, starting 10 ... finished the season with 12 shots (three on goal) ... earned her first career start in her Saluki debut against Illinois Springfield on Aug. 23 ... recorded her first shot of the season against Rose-Hulman on Aug. 27 ... attempted at least one shot in three straight contests from Sept. 1 to Sept. 8 ... played in a season-high 65 minutes at Ohio on Sept. 8 ... finished the season by attempting a shot in each of the final three games of the year.

BEFORE SIU (UTEP)

Played in 16 of UTEP’s 19 matches as a freshman in 2018, including five starts … logged 738 minutes for the Miners, which included a career-high 98 minutes vs. Northern Illinois (9/2) … played 77 minutes and recorded a shot-on-goal against FIU (9/16).

HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB

Played prep soccer at Central High School in Keller, Texas … was the All-District Defender of the Year her junior season after successfully returning from an ACL injury … earned All-District second team honors as a freshman … played club for the Dallas Texans.

PERSONAL

Born on Jan. 18, 2000 … daughter of Steve and Val Warrior … father, Steve, is a pilot while her mother, Val, played collegiate volleyball at the University of Nebraska, trained with Team USA and is now a high school volleyball coach … has two siblings, Akia and Cade … her older sister, Akia, plays volleyball at Belmont University.

WHY I CHOSE SIU

“I loved the campus, the coaches and the opportunity to make history!”