2025 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Santa-Maria, Maya

Jersey Number 44
Maya Santa-Maria
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Huntington, N.Y.
- High School:
- Huntington
Bio
At Michigan
• IL Midseason All-America honorable mention
• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (March 7)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2025)
• Four-time Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Graduate Student (2025)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Saw action in six games with three starts in the cage
• Made 27 saves, including 10 at Maryland (April 25)
• Had a .435 save percentage
Senior (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Made seven appearances with two starts in the cage
• Had 21 saves and earned one win at Marquette
• Had back-to-back games with six saves each
Junior (2023)
• IL Midseason All-America honorable mention
• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (March 7)
• Started all 20 games in the cage for the Wolverines
• Led the Big Ten Conference with a .489 save percentage
• Made 142 saves becoming just the fourth Wolverine in program history to tally 100-or-more saves in a season
• Notched five double-digit save efforts
• Had a season-best 13 saves at Colorado
• Tallied 15 games with five-or-more saves
Sophomore (2022)
• Saw action in the cage two times
• Made two saves
Freshman (2021)
• Did not see game action
Prep
• Prepped at Huntington High School, where she is a three-year letterwinner before her senior season was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic
• Named All-County Suffolk County League 1 as a junior and All-Division Suffolk County League 1 as a sophomore
• Garnered Most Outstanding Goalie at the 2018 College Bound Laxers Showcase
• Notched All-LI 2020 FLG Team Goat honors and was named to the BOTC All-LI third team as a junior
• Named captain in her junior campaign
• Made 116 saves in her junior season and 91 as a sophomore
• Made 17 saves in the Division I playoff game as a sophomore
• Earned All-Rookie Suffolk County League 1 in her freshman season
Club
• Played club lacrosse for the LI Yellowjackets Blue
• Helped the Yellowjackets to a 2018 Mid Atlantic Summer Club Championship
• Also played a major role in the Yellowjackets Lax for the Cure and Lax by the Sea Summer Club Championship
Academic/Extracurricular
• Was a member of honor roll all three years of high school
• Was a NYSPHSSA Scholar-Athlete in 2019
Other Sports
• Was a three-year letterwinner in field hockey and was named all-conference in her senior season
• Participated in track for one season
Personal
• Full name is Maya Joyce Santa-Maria
• Daughter of Anthony and Lisa Santa-Maria
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
• Majored in Communication and Media
• IL Midseason All-America honorable mention
• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (March 7)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2025)
• Four-time Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Graduate Student (2025)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Saw action in six games with three starts in the cage
• Made 27 saves, including 10 at Maryland (April 25)
• Had a .435 save percentage
Senior (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Made seven appearances with two starts in the cage
• Had 21 saves and earned one win at Marquette
• Had back-to-back games with six saves each
Junior (2023)
• IL Midseason All-America honorable mention
• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (March 7)
• Started all 20 games in the cage for the Wolverines
• Led the Big Ten Conference with a .489 save percentage
• Made 142 saves becoming just the fourth Wolverine in program history to tally 100-or-more saves in a season
• Notched five double-digit save efforts
• Had a season-best 13 saves at Colorado
• Tallied 15 games with five-or-more saves
Sophomore (2022)
• Saw action in the cage two times
• Made two saves
Freshman (2021)
• Did not see game action
Prep
• Prepped at Huntington High School, where she is a three-year letterwinner before her senior season was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic
• Named All-County Suffolk County League 1 as a junior and All-Division Suffolk County League 1 as a sophomore
• Garnered Most Outstanding Goalie at the 2018 College Bound Laxers Showcase
• Notched All-LI 2020 FLG Team Goat honors and was named to the BOTC All-LI third team as a junior
• Named captain in her junior campaign
• Made 116 saves in her junior season and 91 as a sophomore
• Made 17 saves in the Division I playoff game as a sophomore
• Earned All-Rookie Suffolk County League 1 in her freshman season
Club
• Played club lacrosse for the LI Yellowjackets Blue
• Helped the Yellowjackets to a 2018 Mid Atlantic Summer Club Championship
• Also played a major role in the Yellowjackets Lax for the Cure and Lax by the Sea Summer Club Championship
Academic/Extracurricular
• Was a member of honor roll all three years of high school
• Was a NYSPHSSA Scholar-Athlete in 2019
Other Sports
• Was a three-year letterwinner in field hockey and was named all-conference in her senior season
• Participated in track for one season
Personal
• Full name is Maya Joyce Santa-Maria
• Daughter of Anthony and Lisa Santa-Maria
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
• Majored in Communication and Media
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