Maya Ann Brady-Timmons is an American college softball player for the UCLA Bruins born on June 1, 2001, in San Mateo, California.
She has been playing softball since she was four years old and attended Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, California, where she was a middle infielder and led the team to three Marmonte League titles and was a two-time league MVP.
During her senior year, she had a .558 batting average with 12 home runs and 32 runs batted in (RBI).
Following an outstanding season, she was named Marmonte League Most Valuable Player and All-CIF Southern section, as well as the Ventura County Star 2019 All-County Softball Player of the Year and Los Angeles Daily News Player of the Year.
As a freshman in 2020, she was named Softball America Freshman of the Year.
Maya was also a USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 3 Finalist, an NFCA First Team All-American, and the Pac-12 Player of the Year in her redshirt junior year.
Maya Brady early life
Maya has been playing softball since she was four years old.
During her high school career at Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, California, she was a middle infielder and led the team to three Marmonte League titles.
Maya was a two-time league MVP and had a .558 batting average with 12 home runs and 32 runs batted in (RBI) during her senior year.
Following an outstanding season, she was named Marmonte League Most Valuable Player and All-CIF Southern section, as well as the Ventura County Star 2019 All-County Softball Player of the Year and Los Angeles Daily News Player of the Year.
She was ranked the No. 2 recruit in the nation by FloSoftball and Softball America.
Maya made her collegiate debut for UCLA Bruins in 2020.
As a freshman, she was named Softball America Freshman of the Year, and in her redshirt junior year, she was a USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 3 Finalist, an NFCA First Team All-American, and the Pac-12 Player of the Year.
Who are Maya Brady’s parents?
Maya’s parents are Brian Timmons and Maureen Brady.
Unfortunately, they separated in 2010 when Maya was nine years old, and Maureen raised Maya and her brother alone, per People Magazine.
Maya Brady career
Brady attended Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, California, where she was a middle infielder and led the team to three Marmonte League titles and was a two-time league MVP.
During her senior year, she had a .558 batting average with 12 home runs and 32 runs batted in (RBI).
Following an outstanding season, she was named Marmonte League Most Valuable Player and All-CIF Southern section, as well as the Ventura County Star 2019 All-County Softball Player of the Year and Los Angeles Daily News Player of the Year.
She was ranked the No. 2 recruit in the nation by FloSoftball and Softball America.
As a freshman in 2020, she was named Softball America Freshman of the Year.
Although the pandemic shortened the 2020 softball season, Brady batted .356 and slugged .699 with seven home runs, which led UCLA, and drove in 28 runs (tied for first on team).
In 2023, she was named Pac-12 Player of the Year and was a Top 3 Finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year.
After two seasons of following Olympians on the UCLA softball team, Maya Brady took on the Bruins’ leadership role as a junior in 2023.
Brady has credited her uncle Tom Brady with inspiring her to pursue softball and helping her to develop her skills.
She has said that he would throw balls to her when she was younger and that his work ethic has motivated her to work hard and strive for success.
Maya Brady’s softball career has been impressive so far, and she is considered one of the top players in college softball.
Tom Brady and Maya
As mentioned earlier, Maya is Tom Brady’s niece.
According to Maya, they have a special bond, and despite being related to one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, Maya has made a name for herself in the softball world.
She has inherited her family’s fierce competitive edge, which is helping her make a name for herself.
Maya has embraced her famous last name and is starting to cast her own shadow alongside her famous uncle.
