Maya Rutherford

Class:
Senior
Position:
D
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
Denver, Colo.
High School:
Colorado Academy

At Michigan
• Broke the Michigan career games played and career games started record (78) as she played in and started every game of her collegiate career
• Was a member of the 2025 New Zealand National Team
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2023, 2024, 2025)
• IWLCA Academic Honor Roll (2024)
• Two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023, 2025)

Senior (2025)
• Broke the Michigan career games played and career games started record (78) as she played in and started every game of her collegiate career
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in and started all 20 games
• Helped anchor a defense that ranked eighth nationally in scoring defense giving up just 9.05 goals per game
• Picked up 21 ground balls and had 13 caused turnovers
• Had two ground balls and two caused turnovers against Penn (March 1)

Junior (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in and started all 20 games
• Was part of a Michigan defense that ranked No. 1 nationally in scoring defense for the entire 2024 season
• Picked up 14 ground balls
• Ranked fourth on the team with 15 caused turnovers

Sophomore (2023)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Started all 20 games on defense for Michigan
• Picked up 11 ground balls
• Caused six turnovers
• Notched a season-best four ground balls against No. 1 Northwestern in the NCAA Tournament

Freshman (2022)
• Started all 18 games on the Michigan defense
• Helped the U-M defense to a No. 9 national ranking in scoring defense allowing just 9.28 goals per game
• Picked up seven ground balls
• Had four caused turnovers
• Added three draw control wins
• Picked up two ground balls at Rutgers

Prep
• Prepped at Colorado Academy where she was a three-year starter with her junior season being cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
• Was a 2021 USA Lacrosse All-American and Adrenaline All-America selection
• Named first team all-state as a senior
• Helped her team to three state championship and was undefeated in her entire high school lacrosse career
• Named a team captain in her senior season

Club
• Played club lacrosse for Summit Elite 2021, which was ranked as high as No. 9 in the country, with teammate Katharine Merrifield
• Was a 2021 Adrenaline All-American and was named to the UA All-America West Regional All-Star team
• Named to the 2021 Under Armour All-American watch list

Other Sports
• Lettered in field hockey where she helped her team to a 2020 state championship
• Named honorable mention all-state as a senior
• Played AA club ice hockey where she helped the team to two state championships
• Served as co-captain of the team in 2021

Personal
• Full name is Maya Jane Rutherford
• Daughter of Matt and JJ Rutherford
• Father, Matt, was a member of the Princeton crew team
• Mother, JJ, was a member of the Princeton women's lacrosse team and helped the team to the 1994 national championship
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
• Majoring in Computer Science