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Maya Brady

University of California, Los Angeles '24

Hometown: Thousand Oaks, California

Three-Time NFCA First-Team All-American

Personal: Brady is the daughter of Brian Timmons and Maureen Brady, an All-America softball player at Fresno State who helped lead the Bulldogs to the 1994 NCAA Women’s College World Series. She has one younger sister. Her uncle, Tom Brady, is a seven-time Super Bowl champion and one of the most decorated quarterbacks in NFL history, while another uncle, Kevin Youkilis, earned two World Series titles with the Boston Red Sox. A lifelong softball player who began the sport at age 4, Brady earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from UCLA and is currently pursuing a marketing certificate. She competed in multiple sports growing up, including soccer, volleyball, golf, and flag football. She lists former travel ball coaches Mike Stith and Mark Campbell as key influences in her development. Brady considers graduating from UCLA her proudest accomplishment, fulfilling a dream she had since she was eight years old. Her hobbies include shopping, getting coffee, spending time with friends and family, and journaling. She has worn No. 7 throughout her softball career.

2024 Championship Season: Brady was one of 15 players selected in the 2024 Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball College Draft.


International Experience: Brady guided Team USA to a Silver medal at the 2024 WBSC World Cup, hitting .375 (6-for-16) with two doubles and five runs batted in. She also competed for Team USA at the 2023 WBSC World Cup Stage event, driving in five runs and scoring four times. Brady went 4-for-8 at the plate for the United States during the 2022 Japan All-Star Series.

College Experience: Brady was a five-year letter winner at UCLA, starting 247 of 249 career games for the Bruins from 2020 to 2024. She became the only player in school history to earn First-Team All-America honors at two different positions. Brady was one of 11 UCLA players to claim three NFCA First-Team All-America citations and collected three All-America certificates from Softball America. She also earned First-Team All-America distinction from D1Softball in 2023 and 2024. A four-time All-Pac-12 Conference honoree, Brady is one of only five players in UCLA history to win back-to-back Pac-12 Player of the Year awards (2023, 2024). She was a two-time finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award and a semifinalist for the 2023 AAU Sullivan Award. Brady ranks second in UCLA history for home runs (71), runs batted in (246), total bases (550), and slugging percentage (.757). She is also fourth on the school’s all-time runs scored list (229) and finished her career ranked 10th in Bruins' history with a .384 career batting average. Brady drove in 246 career runs while scoring 229 runs, collecting 101 walks, and stealing 36 bases. In her redshirt senior season in 2024, Brady led UCLA with a .418 batting average, pacing the team in hits (71), runs batted in (68), runs scored (59), extra-base hits (31), and total bases (137). She started all 55 games at shortstop and tallied 17 home runs, compiling a team-best 26 multi-hit games. Brady became the sixth player in UCLA history to hit .400 or better in back-to-back seasons. She claimed the Pac-12 batting title in 2023 with a .456 batting average during the regular season. Brady appeared in 58 games with 56 starts during her senior season, leading the Bruins with a .448 total average, 18 home runs, 59 RBIs, 63 runs scored, and 33 extra-base hits. She set a school record by opening the season with a hit in 11 consecutive at-bats and also totaled 22 multi-hit games, including eight three-hit efforts. As a junior in 2022, Brady was a Third-Team All-Pac-12 honoree, helping the Bruins earn a spot in the NCAA Women’s College World Series. She started all 61 games in center field, hitting .339 with 15 home runs and 53 RBIs. Brady earned a spot on the Women’s College World Series All-Tournament Team after posting a .438 batting average with two homers and seven RBIs. Brady posted a .333 batting average as a sophomore, leading UCLA with 14 home runs. She earned a starting role in all 49 games during the 2021 season and hit safely in 12 consecutive games from March 3-21, 2021, posting a .535 average with five home runs and 18 RBIs. Honored as 2020 Softball America Freshman of the Year, Brady led UCLA with seven home runs and 28 RBIs during the COVID-shortened season. She started all 26 games, batting .356 with 22 runs scored and 11 walks.

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Highlights

Maya Brady Declares Eligibility for AUSL Inaugural Draft

Former UCLA star Maya Brady has declared for the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) Inaugural Draft. The AUSL is a professional women’s softball league featuring four teams playing in a traditional format. The league will begin play this summer. Brady joins 81 other world-class softball athletes vying for a roster spot on one of the four […]

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Awards & Honors

Three-Time NFCA First-Team All-American
2-time Pac-12 Player of the Year (2024, 2023)
Two-Time Pac-12 Player of the Year (2023, 2024)
Four-Time All-Pac-12 Conference
Second in UCLA history for HR, RBIs, TB, and SLG%

Transactions

DATE
TEAM
TRANSACTION
6/20/2025
Maya Brady was reinstated from the temporary inactive list
6/20/2025
Maya Brady placed on the 7-day injury reserve list on 6/19/2025
6/3/2025
Talons placed Maya Brady on the temporary inactive list
1/30/2025
Talons
Talons drafted Maya Brady in the inagural draft [Round 5, Pick 3(19)]

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