Joey Maher

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - August 14, 2023 - \msoc in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Chris Conaway/Indiana Athletics

Weight:
160
Height:
6-2
Position:
Defender
Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Caseyville, Ill.
High School:
Althoff Catholic

CAREER
Appeared in 85 matches with 83 starts … Led Indiana to 40 clean sheets … Scored six goals and had one assist … Captained 2023 team … Two-time NCAA College Cup team (2020-21, 2022) … Two-time Big Ten Tournament Champion (2020-21, 2023) … Big Ten regular season champion (2020-21, 2023) … NCAA All-Tournament team (2020-21) … First-team All-North Region (2023) … Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI second team (2020-21) … First-team All-Big Ten (2023) … Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2020-21) … Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2020-21) … Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 17, 2023) … College Soccer News Team of the Week (Nov. 6, 2023) … Two-time Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week Honorable Mention (2023) … Two-time College Sport Communicators Academic All-District (2022, 23) … Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 23).

2023 (SENIOR)
Captain … Top Drawer Soccer Postseason Top 100 (No. 77) ... First-team All-North Region … First-team All-Big Ten … adidas MLS College Showcase Participant … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 17) … College Soccer News Team of the Week (Nov. 6) … Two-time Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week Honorable Mention (Nov. 14, Nov. 28) … Appeared in all 24 matches with 22 starts … Led Indiana to nine clean sheets and 0.777 goals against average … Allowed multiple goals in just three matches … Scored two goals and had one assist … Went 2-for-2 from penalty spot … Shut out DePaul (Aug. 29) in home opener, winning 2-1 … Led IU to clean sheet in 1-0 win over Seton Hall (Sept. 4) … Helped IU to back-to-back shutouts of Wisconsin (Sept. 15) and Butler (Sept. 19) … Two matches later, shut out Michigan (Sept. 26) … Shut out Evansville (Oct. 11) in 2-0 win … Scored opening goal from penalty spot in 2-1 win over Ohio State (Oct. 15) … Assisted Hugo Bacharach’s opening goal in 4-1 win over Rutgers (Oct. 29) that clinched share of Big Ten regular season title … Scored opening goal of 2-1 win over Wisconsin (Nov. 11) from penalty spot in Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal … Led Hoosiers to clean sheet, 1-0 win over Penn State (Nov. 12) in Big Ten Tournament final … Earned clean sheet in NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal 1-0 victory at Virginia (Nov. 26).

2022 (JUNIOR)
Academic All-Big Ten … Started all 24 matches played … Scored two goals … Part of eight clean sheets, including four straight shutouts in NCAA Tournament … Scored opener in 4-2 win over Penn State (Oct. 14), heading in corner at back post … Recorded match-winner at Maryland in Big Ten Tournament semifinal (Oct. 30), cleaning up rebound from corner.

2021 (SOPHOMORE)
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award … Academic All-Big Ten … One of three Hoosiers to start all 22 matches … Started all 13 of Indiana’s clean sheets … IU’s 13 shutouts tied for most nationally … Played center back role in IU’s seven straight shutouts in October, second-longest single-season streak in program history … Scored two goals, both match-winners … Blasted home rebound in 29th minute for lone goal in IU’s 1-0 victory over Butler (Aug. 31) … 98th-minute golden goal against Northwestern (Nov. 10) sent IU to Big Ten Tournament final.

2020-21 (FRESHMAN)
Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI second team ... 2020 NCAA All-Tournament team … All-Big Ten Freshman Team ... Top Drawer Soccer Postseason Top 100 Freshmen (No. 21) … Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (March 30) … Started 15 of 16 matches played at the center back position … Started all 10 of IU’s clean sheets, which ranked No. 2 nationally … Helped anchor defense that allowed just six goals (0.36 goals per 90 minutes).

PREP/PERSONAL
Top Drawer Soccer three-star recruit … Ranked No. 112 nationally by TDs … Team captain for Saint Louis FC … Club finished third in 2019 US Development Academy playoffs … Made 40 starts in 42 career appearances for St. Louis FC Academy since 2017 … Son of Jim and Jenny Maher … Has three brothers, J.D., Jack and Josh … Jack was IUMS student-athlete from 2018-19, and nows plays for MLS club Nashville SC.