2016 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Hoyer, Maya

Jersey Number 1
Maya Hoyer
- Height:
- 6-null
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Archbishop Mitty H.S.
- Hometown:
- Los Gatos, Calif.
Bio
At Rice:
2019: Honor Athlete (Rice Athletics); Played in 15 of the team’s 19 games… Totaled more than 737 minutes in-goal in the Owls’ two-keeper system… Registered a 1.46 goals-against average… Recorded 44 saves and maintained a .786 save-percentage… Tallied a season-high five saves twice, on the road at Middle Tennessee and at home against North Texas.
2018: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Rice Honor Athlete; Played in four games with two starts… Contributed to two of the team’s four shutouts… Finished with eight saves in 185 minutes of action… Maintained a .667 save percentage.
2017: Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Year; All-Conference USA (second team); Twice named the C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week (back-to-back on Oct. 1 and Oct. 9); C-USA Academic Honor Roll; Tied for 39th in the nation with eight complete game shutouts in first season as a starter... Also tied for the C-USA lead in shutouts, but Hoyer played three fewer matches than the league's other co-leader... The eight shutouts is the fourth-highest single-season total in school history... Posted five-consecutive C-USA shutouts against LA Tech, Western Kentucky, Southern Miss, UTSA and UTEO... Only Owl to play every minute of the season, a total of 1,660 minutes over 18 games... Finished sixth in the conference in goals-against average (1.03) and ninth in save percentage (.774)... Recorded 65 saves, an average of 3.61 saves per game... Made a career-high nine saves on the road against nationally-ranked Memphis... Tallied at least six saves in a match four times overall.
2016: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Played in three games with two starting assignments in first season of Division I soccer... Started in goal on opening day against No. 8 ranked Texas A&M... Made a career-high eight saves in a career-long 90 minutes of action against the Aggies... Started the next game in a home victory against crosstown foe Houston Baptist and saw action between the pipes in a win over Sam Houston State... Logged a total of 174 minutes of playing time... Goals-against average was 2.58.
2019: Honor Athlete (Rice Athletics); Played in 15 of the team’s 19 games… Totaled more than 737 minutes in-goal in the Owls’ two-keeper system… Registered a 1.46 goals-against average… Recorded 44 saves and maintained a .786 save-percentage… Tallied a season-high five saves twice, on the road at Middle Tennessee and at home against North Texas.
2018: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Rice Honor Athlete; Played in four games with two starts… Contributed to two of the team’s four shutouts… Finished with eight saves in 185 minutes of action… Maintained a .667 save percentage.
2017: Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Year; All-Conference USA (second team); Twice named the C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week (back-to-back on Oct. 1 and Oct. 9); C-USA Academic Honor Roll; Tied for 39th in the nation with eight complete game shutouts in first season as a starter... Also tied for the C-USA lead in shutouts, but Hoyer played three fewer matches than the league's other co-leader... The eight shutouts is the fourth-highest single-season total in school history... Posted five-consecutive C-USA shutouts against LA Tech, Western Kentucky, Southern Miss, UTSA and UTEO... Only Owl to play every minute of the season, a total of 1,660 minutes over 18 games... Finished sixth in the conference in goals-against average (1.03) and ninth in save percentage (.774)... Recorded 65 saves, an average of 3.61 saves per game... Made a career-high nine saves on the road against nationally-ranked Memphis... Tallied at least six saves in a match four times overall.
2016: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Played in three games with two starting assignments in first season of Division I soccer... Started in goal on opening day against No. 8 ranked Texas A&M... Made a career-high eight saves in a career-long 90 minutes of action against the Aggies... Started the next game in a home victory against crosstown foe Houston Baptist and saw action between the pipes in a win over Sam Houston State... Logged a total of 174 minutes of playing time... Goals-against average was 2.58.
Club: Keeper for Santa Clara Sporting `97, the No. 12 ranked team in the nation by GotSoccer.com... Cal-North State Cup U17 Champion in 2015... National Premier League Spring Champion in 2014... San Diego Surf College Cup U16 Gold Champion in 2013.
High School: Attending Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif... Serves as the Monarchs' varsity captain... Earned the school's Coaches Award... Regular on the Principal's Honor Roll.
Personal: Full name: Maya Pia Izard Hoyer. Parents: Henrik and Jill Hoyer of Los Gatos, Calif. (one brother, Alex).
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