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Maya Lambert Season 2020-21

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PositionD
Height5-4
YearSenior
HometownNorthbrook, Ill.

2020-21 (SEASON PLAYED IN SPRING, 2021) / AS A SENIOR

  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Started all 12 matches and played 1,117 minutes, third-most on the team, and had one assist, two shots and one shot on goal
  • Played every minute of 11 of Purdue’s 12 games
  • Helped Purdue shut out Indiana on April 3 and played all 110 minutes as the Boilermakers retained the Golden Boot Trophy
  • Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors on March 16 after recording the game-winning assist in a 1-0 victory over Northwestern on March 13 and helping the Boilermakers to a pair of shutout victories, against Northwestern and at Wisconsin on March 8
  • Had a season-best two shots, one on goal, at Nebraska on March 4


2019 / AS A JUNIOR

  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played in all 20 matches with 14 starts and had five shots and two shots on goal in 1,128 minutes
  • Helped the defense post nine shutouts, Purdue’s most since 2007
  • Started both matches in the Big Ten Tournament and had a shot on goal and played 69 minutes while shutting out top-seeded and No. 7-ranked Wisconsin in a 1-0 victory on Nov. 3
  • Had one shot in 81 minutes against Ohio State on Oct. 10
  • Played a season-high 83 minutes and had one shot on Sept. 6 against No. 7 South Carolina
  • Recorded a shot on goal and played 69 minutes in a 3-0 win at DePaul on Aug. 29
  • Had a shot in Purdue’s 4-0 win over Toledo on Aug. 25
  • Started the first seven matches of the season and helped the defense to four shutouts in that span
 

2018 / AS A SOPHOMORE

  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played in all but one game and started in five
  • Helped hold opponents to 20 goals on the season, the lowest mark in ten years and fourth lowest since the program’s inception in 1998
  • Totaled 742 minutes on the field, including an average of 43.65 minutes per game
  • Was on the pitch for every minute of the double-overtime draw at No. 25 Northwestern (10/14), where she helped hold the Wildcats to 0 goals scored
  • Produced shots in three consecutive games, including two at Illinois (10/11) and one at No. 25 Northwestern (10/14) and another versus Ohio State (10/18)
 

2017 / AS A FRESHMAN

  • Started all 19 games, one of three freshmen to do so
  • Led the team in minutes with 1,736 of the 1,757 the Boilermakers played
  • Helped Purdue post seven shutout wins, the program's most since 2007
  • First freshman to lead the team in minutes played since 2012
  • Was on the field for 455 of the program-record 470 consecutive scoreless minutes at home from Aug. 21 through Oct. 12
  • Assisted to Maddy Williams’ goal in the Dayton win
  • Went the distance in 17 of the 19 games, all but the blowout wins vs. Indiana State and Michigan State
  • Recorded shots on goal in the home wins vs. Indiana State and Dayton
 

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Two-year varsity letterwinner for coach Craig Loch at Glenbrook North High School in suburban Chicago
  • Played high school as a freshman and senior while concentrating solely on her Sockers FC Chicago club team the other two years
  • Two-time team MVP and all-conference honoree at Glenbrook North
  • All-sectional as a senior and 22nd Century Media all-area team as a freshman
  • Started every game and led the team in assists as a freshman on varsity
  • U.S Club Soccer national champion with her U13 (premier group) and U14 (super group) teams
  • Helped her U12 team win the 2011 Illinois State Cup
  • Played for state and regional ODP teams as an id2 program participant
  • Participated in national training camps in New Jersey and Phoenix
  • Three-year member of the ODP Illinois State Team 1
  • Four-year honor roll student
 

PERSONAL

  • Majoring in accounting
  • Parents are Ron Lambert and Heather Ross, both graduates of Big Ten universities
  • Has two younger sisters, Abby and Morissa
  • Uncle, Brett Salzer is a Purdue alumnus
  • Born in Chicago, Illinois
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Fifth Year
2021

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Junior
2019

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Sophomore
2018-19

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Sophomore
2018

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Freshman
2017

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