Maria Moya
5'1''
Height
Graduate Student
Class
Ambato, Ecuador
Hometown
CEBI
High School
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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)
- 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
VIRGINIA CAREER STATS | |
Year | Overall |
2019-20 | 13-7 |
2021-22 | 11-8 |
2022-23 | 8-8 |
2023-24 | 3-1 |
Total | 32-23 |