Maya Ann Brady-Timmons (born June 1, 2001) is an American professional

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player for the Talons of the

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. She played

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for the

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. As a freshman in

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, she was named Softball America Freshman of the Year.

High school career

Brady attended

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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

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with 12

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s and 32

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(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.

College career

Brady made her collegiate debut for

. During the opening week of the season at the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament, Brady was 9-for-18, with four home runs, nine RBI, and nine runs scored. She was subsequently named Pac-12 Freshman and Player of the Week for the week ending February 11, 2020. During her Freshman year she finished with a .356 batting average, .699

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and led the team with seven home runs and tying for first with 28 RBI, tied for second with seven multiple-RBI games and tied for third with seven multi-hit games, and ranked third with 22 runs scored and 11 walks. Following the season that was cancelled due to the

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, she was named Softball America Freshman of the Year. During her redshirt freshman year in

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, she had a .333 batting average, six stolen bases, and nine multiple-RBI games. She tied for second with 13 home runs, third with 36 runs batted in, 31 runs scored and 19 walks. Following an outstanding season, she was named to the first team All-Pac-12, Pac-12 All-Freshman team and NFCA first team All-American. To begin the

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season, Brady recorded 11 consecutive hits, setting a new UCLA program record, surpassing the previous record of 10 held by Stacey Nuveman (

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) and

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(

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). She was subsequently named the NFCA National Player of the Week for the week ending February 14, 2023, after she went 13-for-16 with 14 RBI and four home runs in UCLA's season-opening Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament. She finished the 2023 regular season with a .456 batting average, 16 home runs and 56 RBIs. She led the conference in batting average, hits (72), total bases (138), extra-base hits (31), on base percentage (.519) and slugging percentage (.873). Following the season she was named first-team all-Pac-12,

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and the Pac-12 batting champion. During her senior year in

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, she led UCLA with 71 hits, 68 RBI, 59 runs scored, 31 extra-base hits, 137 total bases, a .418 batting average and .500 on-base percentage, and ranked second on the team with 17 home runs and an .806 slugging percentage. She led the Pac-12 Conference for a second straight season in extra-base hits (31), RBI (68) and total bases (137). Following the season she was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year, a

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top-ten finalist and an NFCA First Team All-American for the second consecutive season. She finished her collegiate career ranked second in UCLA program history in home runs (71), RBI (246), total bases (550) and slugging percentage (.757), fourth in runs scored (229), and sixth in career games played (249).

Professional career

On January 29, 2025, Brady was drafted in the fifth round, 19th overall, by the Talons in the inaugural

draft. Brady also plays for the Toyota Red Terriers of the

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International career

Brady represented the

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at the

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and won a silver medal.

Personal life

Brady's parents are Maureen Brady and Brian Timmons. Her mother was an All-American pitcher at

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. She is the niece of former

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player

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and by marriage to former

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player

Kevin Youkilis Kevin Edmund Youkilis (; born March 15, 1979), nicknamed "Youk" , is an American former professional baseball first baseman and third baseman, who primarily played for the Boston Red Sox. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, he was drafted by the Red S ...

References

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