Brett Maron

Collegiate career
Maron played college soccer for Fairfield University where she earned honors as SoccerBuzz First Team All-Northeast Region and NSCAA Third Team All-Northeast Region in 2006 and twice as Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Defensive Player of the Year and MAAC Goalkeeper of the Year in 2005 and 2006. She backstopped the Stags to the 2005 MAAC Tournament championship and a berth in the 2005 NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship. During her four year career, Maron posted 34 wins, which is third all-time in program history. She finished second in school history with 24 shutouts, falling short by 0.5 shutouts, having played in the NCAA rules era of not splitting shutouts between keepers. Maron played 6,911 minutes in her career, with a goals-against average of 1.11. She recorded 376 saves, a dozen short of the school record in that category as well.

Professional career
Maron began her professional soccer career with SoccerPlus Connecticut of the Women’s Premier Soccer League in 2007. She then played for Afturelding FC of the Icelandic Women’s Premier League (Landsbankadeild) in 2008 where she was named to the mid-season Top Eleven and named the Best Foreign Player and Best Goalkeeper by the league. She then moved to Kristianstads DFF of the Swedish Women’s Premier League (Damallsvenskan) in 2009. Maron signed with the Atlanta Beat of Women’s Professional Soccer on February 9, 2010.

Education
Maron received her bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Sociology from Fairfield University in 2008. During her senior year, inspired by 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank, Maron and eight other Fairfield students started Sustainable Equity for Women, a micro-lending project designed to raise and invest money in small businesses run by women in developing countries in conjunction with Kiva Microfunds.

Accomplishments:

Women’s Professional Soccer

2010: Signed as a Free Agent to the Atlanta Beat in 2010. Started all 5 games she played logging 450 minutes. Had 26 shots, 19 saves, 7 goals against with a 1.40 goals against average. She had 1 win and 4 losses.

Club:

Kristianstad FF (Swedish Women’s Premier League) Afturelding FC (Icelandic Women’s Premier League)

College:

Team Captain 2006 and 2007 Ranks second in program history with 24.5 shutouts, .5 shy of school record Also second in the program’s all-time rankings with 394 saves
2006: NSCAA Third Team All-Northeast Region SoccerBuzz First Team All-Northeast Region MAAC Defensive Player of the Year All-MAAC First Team MAAC Defensive Player of the Week (9/5, 9/25, 10/16, 10/23) Played in 19 games, starting 18 of those contests Led the MAAC with a 0.93 goals-against average, seven shutouts and an 82.5 save percentage Did not allow a goal in eight separate outings Made nine saves in 69:45 of play in the regular season finale Posted back-to-back shutouts at Rider and against Canisius to clinch a MAAC Tournament bid Blanked Holy Cross and Manhattan, making three and four saves, respectively Made four saves in a 90-minute shutout win over Hartford Did not allow a goal in 110 minutes against Iona, making five saves Recorded eight saves in a 110-minute, 1-1 tie against St. John’s Stopped seven shots in the season opener against Maine
2005: All-MAAC First Team MAAC All-Tournament Team Played all 20 games for the Stags, minding the net for every second of the 1,888 minutes during the season Recorded 101 saves on the year, for a save percentage of 82.1 percent Allowed just 22 goals, for a goals against average of only 1.05 Recorded seven shutouts Made 10 saves in the Stags NCAA Tournament meeting with Duke Had 19 saves in three matches at the MAAC Tournament Made six saves in the last two games of the regular season, 1-1 ties against Marist and Siena Had nine saves in a 2-0 win over Rider Notched seven saves in 110 minutes against Boston University
2004: All-MAAC Second Team Saw action in 16 games, starting 14 Posted a 5-9-1 record, including three shutouts Made 85 saves and posted a .787 save percentage Gave up 23 goals for a 1.56 GAA Was named the MAAC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 7 after registering six saves to get her first collegiate win over UMass Garnered MAAC Defensive Player of the Week for a second time on Oct. 4 after back-to-back shutouts versus St. Peter’s College and Manhattan College Had a career-high 10 saves against Rider Made three saves in a shutout against Marist

High School / Youth Club:

Stars of Massachusetts team Was a two-time Merrimack Valley Conference Keeper of the Year selection 2003 MVC Player of the Year 2003 Lowell Sun Player of the Year Set a school-record with 14 shutouts in 2003 Posted a 0.69 career goals against average 2002 and 2003 All-MVC selection Two-time Eastern Massachusetts Division I All-Star in 2002 and 2003 Two-time Lowell Sun All-Star in both 2002 and 2003 Served as team captain as a senior Team MVP in 2002 and 2003 Named team’s Most Improved Player in 2001 Region I ODP Player Played as a member of the 2002 Massachusetts Rider Cup Championship team Club soccer team, the Bandits, were two-time state semifinalists Also captained the track and basketball teams

Personal:

Has three sisters and two brothers. Majored in Sociology and Anthropology.