2026 Women's Water Polo Roster
Jersey Number 3
Maja Layden
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mill Valley, Calif.
- High School:
- Tamalpais HS
- Prev School:
- UC San Diego
- Major:
- Psychological Science
2025 (Junior)
2024 (Sophomore)
UC SAN DIEGO
2023 (Freshman)
Career Highs
High School
Personal
- 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
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