Maria Moya

2024-25

• Returning for a final year after receiving a medical hardship waiver

2023-24

• Finished the season with a 3-1 record, playing at 3
• Picked up a 3-0 win at position 3 against Christy Lau of Yale in the Cavaliers’ first-ever victory against the team (11/11)
• Posted an 11-9, 11-4, 11-5 win against Emma Bartley of Drexel in the Cavaliers’ first-ever regular-season win against the Dragons (11/19)
• Played her 50th career match at Yale (11/11)
• Missed the remainder of the season with an injury
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2023 INTERNATIONAL

• Represented Colombia at the 2023 Pan Am Games, advancing to the quarterfinals in singles, the only player from South America to make the quarters

2022-23

• First-team All-MASC, her second time being voted to the first team
• Played at 2 and three, compiling an 8-8 record for the season
• ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Finished the season 8-8 playing primarily at 2

2021-22

• First-team All-MASC selection
• Compiled an overall record of 11-8 for the Cavaliers
• Tallied four victories over top-10 opponents
• Earned a victory over Georgetown’s Nina Thomas at the No. 1 position at the MASC Championships
• Advanced to the semifinal of her bracket in the Holleran Cup (CSA Individual B Draw)
• Picked up a three-game victory at position four in the Cavaliers’ upset win at No. 4 Columbia (11/14)
• Topped Caroline Spahr of No. 3 Princeton in four games, playing at the No. 3 position (11/20)

2021 JUNIOR PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP

• Won the women’s individual, mixed doubles and team titles in squash at the U23 Junior Pan Am Qualifying Championship, being held July 4-10 in San Salvador, El Salvador, earning a spot in the field of the Junior Pan Am Championships in Cali, Colombia in November
• Won the bronze in singles at the Junior Pan Am Championships

2020-21

• ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Did not compete due to the COVID-19 cancelation of the season

2019-20 

• Competed in the top four of Virginia’s ladder throughout the season
• Concluded the year playing at the No. 2 position
• Recorded a 13-7 overall record
• Won all three of her matches in the team’s run at the Kurtz Cup
• Earned UVA squash’s Match of the Year award for her come-from-behind win in the match against Dartmouth
• Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll

Background

• Pan American U19 champion and U19 Mixed Doubles runner-up
• 2018 Canadian Junior U19 Open champion
• Advanced to the Round of 16 at the 2017 and 2018 U.S. Junior Open Squash Championships, playing in the U17 and U19 age groups, respectively
• Ranked as the 26th junior squash player in the world according to the Professional Squash Association

Personal

• Maria Paula Moya
• Daughter of Veronica Lopez and Gino Moya
• Has two brothers, Juan and Gino, and one sister, Veronica
• Earned her undergraduate degree in psychology in May 2023
• Pursuing a master’s degree in the McIntire School of Commerce