On Saturday, Maya Turner will be dressing for her first regular-season game of her U Sports career when the Bisons face off against the University of Regina Rams in their annual homecoming game — a moment she’s been waiting for for a long time.
Taking after her sister, Turner began her college sports career playing soccer at Loyola University in Chicago. But heading into her second pre-season with the team in the windy city, she decided to step away from the sport.
In the fall of her sophomore year at Loyola, Turner was walking through the rec fair on the quad and found the school's club football team promoting their tryouts. Speaking to the players at their booth reminded her of how much she loved watching football growing up and how she always wanted to kick field goals."I always would say 'if I was a boy, I would be playing football,' but there just aren't opportunities like that for girls," she explained.
Minnesotan Maya Turner played DI soccer and now kicks for the @loyolachicagoFB team. Women’s soccer players just know how to ball out, no matter the sport. It’s that simple. pic.twitter.com/RSEuQxmdTlTurner decided to take her game to the next level by attending multiple kicking camps in the United States, including one in Dallas in January 2022. Following several kickoffs and field goals, she recalls being ranked between 15th and 20th among 200 athletes at the event.
Dobie said he and his staff didn't initially reacted to the film Turner had sent because it wasn't game film, it was from practice. But when he began to compare her to other prospective kickers, he saw something special.
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