Maya Caldwell

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Maya Caldwell
No. 11–Atlanta Dream
Position Guard
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1998-12-15) December 15, 1998 (age 25)
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school Davidson Day School
(Davidson, North Carolina)
College
WNBA draft 2021: 3rd round, 33rd overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career2021–present
Career history
2021–2022 Spar Gran Canaria
2022, 2024 Atlanta Dream
2023 Indiana Fever

Maya Caldwell (born December 15, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA. She played college basketball at Georgia.

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College career

Caldwell came out of high school as the 76th overall ranked recruit according to the ESPN HoopGurlz Rankings. [1] Caldwell committed to Georgia to play collegiately. She stated that part of the reason for choosing the Bulldogs program was that "Athens just felt like home...If I didn't have basketball, where would I want to be?' Athens was the place." [2]

Caldwell played in all 33 games as a freshman and led the team in 3-point field goal percentage. She scored a season high 20 points against Howard on December 19, 2017. With those 20 points, she became the first Bulldog player to score 20 points as a freshman since 2014. [3] [4] During her sophomore season, Caldwell came off the bench again until the last 10 games of the season – when she became the team's starting forward. Once inserted into the starting lineup, Caldwell increased her scoring to 9.0 ppg from 3.4 ppg.

During her junior and senior seasons, Caldwell stayed in the starting lineup and became a solid, consistent player for Georgia. During her season season, Caldwell scored a career high 27 points against Florida. [5] She was also named to the SEC All-Tournament Team in 2021.

College statistics

[6]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2017–18 Georgia 33142.417.404.6002.10.60.30.14.2
2018–19 Georgia 30161.429.216.5203.01.10.90.35.4
2019–20 Georgia 31303.414.269.7923.72.21.40.29.8
2020–21 Georgia 28232.401.309.7873.61.90.90.38.3

Professional career

WNBA

Indiana Fever

In the 2021 WNBA draft, Caldwell was taken 33rd overall by the Indiana Fever. [7] Caldwell made it through a week of training camp before getting cut from the Fever. [8]

Atlanta Dream

On February 23, 2022, Caldwell signed a training camp contract with the Atlanta Dream. [9] On May 5, 2022, Caldwell was waived from the Dream training camp. [10] On June 20, 2022, Caldwell was brought back to the Dream on a hardship contract. [11] After appearing in 3 games for the Dream, Caldwell was released from her Hardship Contract on June 27, 2022. The Dream re-signed Caldwell on June 26, 2024. [12]

Overseas

Gran Canaria

Caldwell played the 2021–2022 season in Spain for Spar Gran Canaria. She averaged 15.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.5 steals in 26 games for them. [13]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2022 Atlanta 9723.8.514.563.8002.42.20.80.21.610.9
2023 Indiana 30110.1.292.138.8570.90.60.30.10.71.9
Career2 years, 2 teams39813.3.404.361.8421.31.00.40.10.94.0

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  2. ↑ "FRESHMAN MAYA CALDWELL TRANSITIONS TO COLLEGE LIFE". georigadogs.com. Georgia Athletics. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Georgia 87, Howard 47". hubison.com. Howard Athletics. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  4. ↑ "2017–18 Season (Freshman)". georgiadogs.com. Georgia Athletics. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Stati, Caldwell lift No. 17 Georgia past Gators 95–80". usatoday.com. USA Today. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Maya Caldwell Statistics". herhoopstats.com. Her Hoop Stats. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Maya Caldwell Selected by Indiana Fever in WNBA Draft". georgiadogs.com. Georgia Athletics. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  8. ↑ Addison, Nathan. "Indiana Fever Waive Maya Caldwell & Trinity Baptiste Before WNBA Season". blacksportsonline.com. Black Sports Online. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Dream Sign Maya Caldwell to Training Camp Contract". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  10. ↑ Sudge, Brandon. "Atlanta Dream general manager Dan Padover spoke to me moments ago on the decision to waive Maya Caldwell: "This is a tough business. Maya had a tremendous training camp for us. I know it's not the last time we will see her in the WNBA. I look forward to seeing what..." (1/3)". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
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