Maria Paula Moya

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Height

Graduate Student

Class

Ambato, Ecuador

Hometown

CEBI

High School

2022-23

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

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