Maya Brady, Tom Brady’s Niece, Wins Prestigious Pac-12 Softball Award

One Brady retires, another rises.

For UCLA softball utility Maya Brady, delivering her family's biggest sports accomplishment in any given year is a tall order.

Such if life when your uncle is former Patriots and Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion and surefire Hall of Famer. However, Maya Brady may be well on her way.

Brady hit .456 in 2023 to win the Pac-12 batting title, the 16th won by a Bruin in the program's 48-year history. She finished the season with a .456/.519/.873 slash line, 16 home runs, 56 RBIs and 59 runs—all career highs.

UCLA is 47–4 and ranked No. 2 in the country, behind only 45–1 Oklahoma.

Brady, a redshirt junior, got a shout-out from her uncle ahead of the Women's College World Series in 2022.

The Pac-12 batting champ is also the niece of former MLB player Kevin Youkilis, a three-time All-Star with the Red Sox, White Sox and Yankees from 2004–13.