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Maya Fister

Maya Fister Season 2026-27

5-7Senior
Notre Dame Academy
Basic Info
Height5-7
ClassSenior
HometownTemperance, MI
Before Notre DameNotre Dame Academy

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2025, 2026 CRCA Scholar-Athlete
  • 2024, 2025, 2026 All-ACC Academic Team
  • 2024, 2025, 2026 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2025-26 (AS A JUNIOR)

  • Spent the whole spring in the varsity eight, racing 11 times at five regattas.
  • Opened with three races at the Cardinal Invite (Mar. 14–15, 2026), then rowed twice at the Ohio State Spring Regatta (Mar. 28, 2026).
  • Lined up against Columbia and Navy (Apr. 4, 2026) and raced three times at the Big Ten Invitational (Apr. 18–19, 2026).
  • Rowed in the varsity eight at the ACC Championships in the heat and the petite final (May 15–16, 2026). It was her third straight conference championship appearance.

2024-25 (AS A SOPHOMORE)

  • Competed in 10 races across five regattas in the top two eights.
  • Started the season in the varsity eight at the Cardinal Invite (Mar. 15–16, 2025).
  • Rowed in the second varsity eight for the rest of the spring, including the San Diego Crew Classic (Mar. 29–30, 2025), the Big Ten Invitational and the Dale England Cup (Mar. 26, 2025).
  • Was in the second varsity eight again at the ACC Championship (May 16–17, 2025).

2023-24 (AS A FRESHMAN)

  • Raced 11 times as a freshman, the most of any season in her career.
  • Made her debut in the third varsity eight at the Cardinal Invite (Mar. 17–18, 2024).
  • Moved up to the second varsity eight at the San Diego Crew Classic (Apr. 6–7, 2024) and stayed there through the Big Ten Invitational (Apr. 20–21, 2024) and a race at Princeton (Apr. 29, 2024).
  • Rowed in the second varsity eight at the ACC Championship as a freshman, racing the heat and the grand final (May 17–18, 2024).

PREP AND PERSONAL 

  • Daughter of Miwako Monden and Todd Fister.
  • Siblings are Emma and Ellie.
  • Rowed for Notre Dame Academy Crew, earning third place in the Midwest Scholastic Championships (JV4) in 2022.
  • Also competed in rowing for the Washtenaw Rowing Center, earning five top-three finishes at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in 2022 and 2023.
  • Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business with majors in finance and mathematics along with minors in Japanese and is a member of the Business Honors Program.
Maya Fister

Junior
2025-26

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Maya Fister

Sophomore
2024-25

5-7 / -
Maya Fister

Freshman
2023-24

5-7 / -