Maya McDermott

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
Hometown:
Harleysville, P.A.

Senior Season (2025): She started the season opener with CHARLESTON SOUTHERN ... McDermott recorded two shots against NIAGARA ... She scored in back-to-back wins against CANISIUS and at HOLY CROSS ... She played a season-high 69 minutes in the HOLY CROSS match ... She accumulated seven shots in the first four matches.

Junior Season (2024): McDermott was in the starting lineup for the first 11 games of the season ... She played a season high 76 minutes against PITTSBURGH along with quality minutes against #3 NORTH CAROLINA and 44 minutes versus #7 WAKE FOREST ... McDermott attempted a shot on goal off the bench versus #11 NOTRE DAME ... McDermott started four of the last five competitions of the season ... She was named to Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, and the 2024 ACC All-Academic Team.

Sophomore Season (2023): An injury kept McDermott from competing in the fall ... She earned Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.).

Freshman Season (2022): McDermott registered a shot in exhibition outings at ARMY and against NIAGARA ... She had two shots when the Orange defeated NEW HAMPSHIRE ... She saw significant time in game two against UCONN, logging 45 minutes ... McDermott's first collegiate point was an assist in the 4-1 triumph versus LAFAYETTE ... She registered shot attempts in five of the first six outings ... McDermott contributed a shot-on-goal against MERRIMACK ... She had a career-high five shots and three shots-on-goal at BINGHAMTON ... McDermott logged 84 minutes combined with a shot-on-goal against DUKE ... She recorded her first complete-game, 90-minute effort, in the loss to NORTH CAROLINA ... McDermott started in the next five ACC matches versus MIAMI, at WAKE FOREST, at BOSTON COLLEGE, at VIRGINIA and versus CLEMSON ... She completed the season with nine game starts and 18 contests played ... McDermott finished the campaign with one assist .... McDermott was one of 13 teammates named to the 2022 All-ACC Academic Team (3.0-or-better fall semester g.p.a., 3.0-or-better cumulative g.p.a., played in half of the contests) ... She was also named to the 2022 Fall and 2022-23 Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... She was named to the 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll (3.0-or-better cumulative grade-point-average for the year).

Springside Chestnut Hill Academy: McDermott was a three-sport athlete, competing in soccer, basketball, and track and field for the Blue Devils … She was a team captain of the soccer team during her senior year … McDermott was in the Olympic Development Program (ODP) and was a part of their East Region Team (2017-2021), the National Team (2018, 2020) and the International Team (2018-2020) … She earned the Most Valuable Player award for the ODP International Team in 2020 … For the Blue Devils, she was a part of the Inter-AC Championship soccer team in 2019 … McDermott played for the club team, FC Bucks Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) 2004, and was also captain of that team … She earned ECNL Conference Selection twice (2018, 2019) … McDermott made the Prep Soccer Preseason All-metro Girls Team in 2021 … She was a three-time Varsity Tri-Athlete Award winner … In 2021 she was a Triple Jump Inter-AC Champion … McDermott was also First Team All Inter-AC Track and Field (2020) … She was student body president, a member of the student leadership team and the student advisory council and played the Clarinet in the orchestra.

Personal: Maya Danielle McDermott was born in January 2004 … She is the daughter of Rey and Antionnette McDermott … McDermott has one brother, Lance, and one sister, Brittany … Brittany played soccer at Richmond … McDermott is majoring in Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises in the Whitman School of Management.