2025 Women's Water Polo Roster

3 Maja Layden

  • Position Center
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Mill Valley, Calif.
  • Highschool Tamalpais HS (UC San Diego)
  • Prev School UC San Diego
  • Major Psychological Science

Biography

2025 (Junior)
  • Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll (With Honors)
  • Big West Spring All-Academic Team
  • Scored 19 goals
  • Dished out 18 assists
  • Added six steals and five field blocks
  • Had a season-high five goals vs Concordia on March 12

2024 (Sophomore)
  • Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll (With Honors)
  • ACWPC All-Academic Team
  • Dean’s List (Winter and Spring)
  • UC Irvine Scholar Athlete
  • Scored 24 goals
  • Recorded 47 shots
  • Dished out seven assists
  • Added eight steals and eight field blocks
  • Tallied first goal as an Anteater against Stanford on Jan. 20

UC SAN DIEGO
2023 (Freshman)
  • ACWPC All-Academic Team
  • Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Highest Honors)
  • Scored a career high five goals against Cal State Monterey Bay

Career Highs
  • Goals: 5, vs. Concordia Irvine (03/12/2025)
  • Assists: 3, Twice (last vs. Long Beach State, 04/17/2025)
  • Steals: 3, vs. California Baptist (01/31/2025)
  • Field Blocks: 2, Twice (last vs. Concordia Irvine, 03/13/2025)
  • Drawn Exclusions: 1, Seven times (last vs. Concordia Irvine, 03/12/2025)

High School
  • MCAL Player of the year (2022)
  • Team MVP (2022)
  • NISCA All-America Fourth Team (2022)
  • MCAL champions (2022)
  • Undefeated in MCAL (2021)
  • All-MCAL Honorable Mention (2020)
  • NCS Divison II champions (2020)
  • NorCal Divison III champions (2020)

Personal
  • Has a brother
  • Can speak Swedish
  • Likes to cook

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2024Sophomore

    Center
    6'0"
    18
  • 3

    2025Junior

    Center
    6'0"
    3