2025 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 3
Maya Sands
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rock Falls, Ill.
- High School:
- Rock Falls
- Prev School:
- UNLV
CAREER HONORS
- 2024 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
- 2024 AVCA Central All-Region
- 2024 SEC Libero of the Year
- 2024 All-SEC First Team
- 2024 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 1)
- 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- 2023 AVCA Southeast All-Region Team
- 2023 SEC Libero of the Year
- 2023 All-SEC Team
- 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
- Two-time SEC Defensive Player of the Week (10/16/23 & 11/13/23)
- 2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 Mountain West Conference Champions
- Three-time Mountain West Player of the Week (Freshman - 9/19/22 & 10/17/22, Defensive - 9/19/22)
JUNIOR (2024)
- Played and started in all 31 matches and 118 sets for the Tigers
- Totaled 535 digs in the 2024 season (4.53 digs/set)
- Tied her career high with 111 assists in 2024 (0.94 assists/set)
- Tied her career high of 30 digs in back-to-back matches against Mississippi State (10/20) and Arkansas (10/25)
- Held a 27 match double-digit dig streak in the 2024 campaign
- Compiled a season-high of 10 assists against Mississippi State (10/20)
- Recorded at least 21 digs in three straight matches against Florida (11/15, 23), Ole Miss (11/22, 24), and Mississippi State (11/24, 21)
- Compiled 20 digs in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament against Texas State (12/05)
- Recorded a season-high four service aces and tallied 14 digs in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament against SMU (12/06)
- Totaled 13 digs in the NCAA Sweet 16 match against Kentucky (12/12)
SOPHOMORE (2023)
- Started in all 31 matches and competed in all 115 sets this season for the Tigers
- Totaled a career-high 542 digs (4.71 digs/set) and 106 assists (0.92 assists/set) during the season
- Compiled a career-high 34 service aces (0.30 aces/set) in 2023
- Led Mizzou in SEC play with 339 digs (4.99 digs/set)
- Held a double-digit dig streak for the entirety of regular season play
- Posted three aces in her debut for the Tigers against Illinois State (8/25)
- Notched 24 digs against Colgate (8/27)
- Registered 20-plus digs in back-to-back matches against Central Arkansas (8/26, 22) and Colgate (8/27, 24)
- Continued her double-digit dig streak in the Tiger Invitational against Northern Kentucky (9/1, 15), South Dakota (9/2, 13) and Louisville (9/3, 15)
- Stretched her double-digit digs streak to eight matches with over 10 digs against Buffalo (9/8, 10), Bellarmine (9/8, 15) and Xavier (9/9, 20)
- Notched 25 digs against Eastern Illinois (9/15) to wrap the two-match series
- Opened SEC play with double-digit digs in matches against Tennessee (9/20, 10) and South Carolina (9/24, 24)
- Posted 14 digs and four assists at LSU (9/29)
- Totaled 21 digs against Texas A&M (10/1)
- Set a season-high with nine assists against Kentucky (10/6)
- Tallied 24 digs against Arkansas (10/8)
- Recorded a career-high 30 digs against Ole Miss (10/15)
- Compiled double-digit digs in three straight matches with 20+ digs against Tennessee (10/25, 20), Ole Miss (10/29, 24) and Mississippi State (11/3, 20)
- Notched six assists against Georgia (11/5)
- Registered 23 digs back-to-back against Texas A&M (11/10) and Auburn (11/12)
- Continued her double-digit dig streak to end the regular season against Florida (11/17, 13), Kentucky (11/19, 18) and Georgia (11/25, 13)
- Posted nine digs and three assists in the First and Second Rounds of the 2023 NCAA Tournament against Delaware (12/1) and Nebraska (12/2)
PRIOR TO MIZZOU (UNLV / 2022)
- Played freshman season at UNLV under instruction of Head Coach Dawn Sullivan
- Helped the Rebels capture the Mountain West Conference Championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament
- Played in all 31 matches and 112 total sets
- Ranked third in the conference with 3.68 digs per set (412 digs)
- Registered double-digit digs on 25 occasions
- Posted a career-high 22 digs against Utah State (10/13)
- Second on the team with 111 assists (0.99 assists/set) and paced the Rebels with 30 aces (0.27 aces/set)
- Posted career-best four aces in four matches
- Compiled 10 assists and 21 digs for her first career double-double against New Mexico (10/6)
- Named Mountain West Player of the Week three times in 2022 including Freshman of the Week twice (9/19 and 10/17) and Defensive Player of the Week once (9/19)
- Tabbed both Mountain West Freshman and Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 19
HIGH SCHOOL (ROCK FALLS)
- Four-year varsity letter winner in volleyball at Rock Falls High School in Rock Falls, Illinois
- Three-time all-conference selection
- Earned all-state honorable mention in her sophomore campaign
- Led the Rockets to three conference titles, two regional championships and a sectional championship
- During the 2021 season, helped Rock Falls HS brake its school record for most wins in a season (37-2)
- Was an AAU Nationals All-American in the 18s Open Division while competing for Sports Performance Volleyball Club
PERSONAL
- Majoring in Parks, Recreation, Sport & Tourism at Mizzou
MizzouVB - 2024 NCAA Tournament Second Round Win
Saturday, December 07
MizzouVB - 2024 NCAA Tournament Second Round Press Conference
Friday, December 06
MizzouVB - 2024 NCAA Tournament First Round Win
Thursday, December 05
MizzouVB - 2024 NCAA Tournament First Round Press Conference
Thursday, December 05
