Josh Maher

Weight:
180
Height:
6-3
Position:
Defender
Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Caseyville, Ill.
High School:
Althoff Catholic

CAREER
Big Ten regular season champion (2024) … Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Top 100 (2024) … Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2024) … Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (2025) … Academic All-Big Ten (2025).

2025 (SOPHOMORE)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 23) … Academic All-Big Ten … Appeared in 16 matches with 15 starts … Missed three matches in August due to injury … Recorded two goals and one assist, totaling five points … Helped IU keep four clean sheets … Score first collegiate goal with game-tying header from corner kick in 4-1 victory at Penn State (Sept. 19) … Assisted opening goal and scored in 4-1 win against Wisconsin (Oct. 21).

2024 (FRESHMAN)
Big Ten regular season champion … Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Top 100 (No. 14) … Big Ten All-Freshman Team … Third Maher brother to earn Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection at Indiana … Started all 20 matches played … Helped IU keep four clean sheets and record 1.14 goals against average … IU did not concede multiple goals in any of final nine matches … Made collegiate debut and assisted game-tying goal against Notre Dame (Aug. 29) … Assisted winning goal in 2-0 victory over Penn State (Oct. 11) … Assisted first goal in 2-1 win at UCLA (Oct. 25) with great longball to wing, played across to goal scorer.

PREP/PERSONAL
Top Drawer Soccer four-star recruit … Rated the No. 35 overall recruit, No. 2 from Heartland Region and No. 9 defender in 2023 class by TDS … Played club for St. Louis CITY Academy … Previously spent time with St. Louis Scott Gallagher and St. Louis FC clubs … Selected to St. Louis CITY SC 2 during MLS NEXT Pro season in 2022 … Helped St. Louis capture Western Conference title (2022) … Captained St. Louis CITY Academy U17 squad … Captained St. Louis Scott Gallagher club between U9 and U16 stints … Played for SLSG U17 and U19 squads as early as freshman year of high school … Rated top of class at Althoff Catholic School with a 5.0 GPA … Son of Jim and Jenny Maher … Has three brothers; J.D., Jack and Joey … Brother, Jack, played at IU (2018-19) and plays for MLS club Nashville SC … Brother, Joey, also played at IU (2020-23); now plays at Saint Louis as graduate transfer.