About Maite
Position: Guard
Height: 5-10
Weight: 155
Date of Birth: June 18, 1997
College: Oregon
High School: Segle XXI (Spain)
Drafted: Selected with the 23rd overall pick (second round) by the Atlanta Dream in the 2019 WNBA Draft.
2019 HIGHLIGHTS WITH ATLANTA:
- Selected with the 23rd overall pick (second round) by the Atlanta Dream in the 2019 WNBA Draft
- Appeared in 31 of the Dream’s 34 games
- Earned her first career start against New York (6/30)
- Averaged 15.4 minutes per game, 3.0 points per game and 1.6 assists per game in her rookie campaign
- Led the team in assists twice, with a season-high six against Washington (6/23)
- Scored in double digits for the first time with 10 points at Connecticut (7/19), playing for a season-high 32 minutes
- Hit a three-pointer in her WNBA debut against Seattle (5/31)
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Named All-PAC 12 junior and senior year, honorable mention as a freshman
- Named to PAC-12 All-Freshman Team in 2016
- Named PAC-12 All-Defense honorable mention in 2018
- Entering the 2019 NCAA Tournament, owned the program record with 141 career games played and 141 career starts
- As a senior, averaged 9.7 points, 4.3 assists and 1.4 rebounds in 33.3 minutes per game
- Reached 1,000 career points in UO’s overtime win over No. 10 UCLA, her 99th career game (2/19/18)
- As a junior, helped the Ducks to a program-record 33 wins, UO’s first Pac-12 regular season title since 1999-2000 and the team’s first ever Pac-12 Tournament title
- Played in and started 36 games as a sophomore, helping the Ducks to the program’s first ever Sweet 16 and Elite appearances
- Ranked second on the team with 45 steals as a sophomore
- As a freshman, ranked first in the Pac-12 and 12th in the NCAA with 206 assists, the second-most in single-season program history and just three shy from matching the UO record
- Also paced the Pac-12 with a 2.00 assist-to-turnover ratio in 2016
- Started her college career with a bang, tallying nine points, nine assists and four steals in Oregon’s season-opening win over No. 22 ranked North Carolina
OVERSEAS COMPETITION:
- 2019-20: Perfumerias Avenida Salamanca, Spain
- Played on the Spanish U14, U15, U16, U17 and U19 national teams
- Helped Spain to a third place finish at the U19 FIBA World Championships in the summer of 2015
- Competed at the FIBA World Championships in the summer of 2014 with the U17 team, helping Spain to a title game appearance against USA
- Won a European title with the U16 squad in Bulgaria
PERSONAL:
- Born in Las Palmas, Spain
- Attended Segle XXI, an elite sports academy in Barcelona