Maya Watkins

Height:
5-9
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Snohomish, Wash.
High School:
Glacier Peak

2021 | SENIOR SEASON

Played two pairs tournaments for a total of nine combined matches during the season going 5-4 overall...also played several exhibition matches as the No. 6 pair...competed alongside Maya Watkins during the two Corban University pairs tournaments going 5-4...went 2-2 at the Corban March AVCA Pairs Tournament (March 12-13) with wins over Corban's Jacquelyn Clark and Jolinn Daviscourt 20-22, 21-15, 15-6 and Corban's Lauren Condon and Melanie Miller 28-26, 21-15...went 3-2 at the Corban April AVCA Pairs Tournament (April 2-3) defeating three Corban pairs Nicole Bantilan and Kalisi Latu 21-15, 21-15, Tyra Ching and Tessa McFetridge 21-16, 21-14 and Melanie Miller and Lauren Condon 21-17, 22-20.

2020 | JUNIOR SEASON

HIGHLIGHTS: Did not play in any matches during the year before season was abruptly ended in early March because of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 | SOPHOMORE SEASON

HIGHLIGHTS: Played in 18 of 19 matches paired with Kenna Hanses, they went 10-8 overall — third most wins on team — playing at No. 5 pair...opened season at Cactus Classic in Tucson, Ariz., going 1-1 overall and collecting a two-set win 26-24, 21-11 over Colorado Mesa’s (Feb. 23) duo of Dana Parker and Ainise Havili...led Broncos at Pacific Northwest Invitational (March 9-10) going undefeated at 3-0 recording victories over Oregon’s Carly Wallace and Elise Ferreira 21-19, 21-19, Portland’s Kellie Hughes and Liz Reich 21-8, 21-14 and Washington’s Emma Calle and Lauren Sanders 21-16, 21-18 as Boise State defeated both Oregon and Portland at tournament...closed season on 6-1 run starting with wins over Sacramento State’s Cianna Andrews and Hanna Chase 22-20, 21-14, Pacific’s Sarah Bethea and Jadyn Tubbs 21-14, 21-7, as well as UC Davis’ tandem of Nicole Andrade and Ally Reyes 21-14, 21-11 as Boise State went 3-0 at Sacramento State Tournament (April 5-6)...defeated Colorado Mesa’s Magdalena Dabrowski and Kerstin Layman 21-16, 22- 20, followed by a three-set win over Utah’s Kinga Windisch and Keana Smalls 18-21, 21-17, 15-12 as Broncos won the Utah Beach Classic (April 13)...last win came at home against Sacramento State’s (April 19) duo Paige Calvin and Sarah Falk 21-19, 21-18.

2018 | FRESHMAN SEASON

HIGHLIGHTS: Saw action in 13 of the 14 matches as a freshman splitting time between Skye Southwick (0-3) and Kylee Johnson (1-9)...debut match in the blue and orange came in season opener versus No. 18 Tulane (March 9) where Watkins/Southwick fell in two sets at No. 4 pair...Watkins played final 10 matches of year with Johnson taking Portland’s (March 29) Lauren Naatz and Kassidy Naone to three sets before falling 21-19, 16-21, 15-13...played Sacramento State’s (April 11) duo of Macey Hayden and Skyler Takeda three sets falling 17-21, 21-10, 21-19...collecting a straight-set victory at home over Washington’s (April 20) Samantha Drechsel and Natalie Robinson 26-24, 21-14.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER

HIGHLIGHTS: Came to Boise State from Snohomish, Wash., where she was a 2017 graduate of Glacier Peak High School...the 5-foot-10 Watkins was a three-year member of the Grizzlies indoor varsity team as an outside hitter earning honorable-mention all-conference honors as a junior and second-team honors senior year...was team captain senior year...played high school ball for Shareene Mossburg...was a four-year member of the National Honor Society and class senator.

CLUB CAREER

Focused on beach game more than indoor game during her prep career playing beach volleyball for the Island Thunder Volleyball Club / Thunder Beach out of Mercer Island, Wash., coached by Jen Baklenko from 2013-2017...was a member of the USA High Performance Program from 2013-17 and was ranked as high as first in the Puget Sound Region and fourth in the Pacific Zone for U18s in 2016...AVP women’s rankings included second in the Northwest Zone in 2016...notable results include: fifth-place Gold Division at 2015 USA Beach High Performance National Championships; first-place in Silver Division at the 2016 USA Junior Beach Tour National Championships; third at the 2016 AVP First National Championships; third-place at the 2017 American Beach Volleyball Tour National Championships.