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Maher was a four-year member of the Saxon softball team and helped the Saxons to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and the program's first ever Empire 8 Championship Tournament title. She first helped the Saxons put together a standout 2014 season that, despite falling to Ithaca College in the Empire 8 Championship Tournament, earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Maher and the Saxons played in the University of Rochester Regional Tournament and won their first two games before the hosts claimed the regional title. In 2015, Maher and the Saxons put together the program's longest run into the NCAA Tournament.
 
The Saxons earned the Empire 8 Regular Season Champion title, hosted the E8 Tournament, claimed their first ever Empire 8 Champion title and then posted a historic run in the NCAA Tournament. First, Maher and the Saxons hosted the Regional Round where they went 3-0 to advance to the Super Regionals at Heidelberg University. The Saxons won 2-of-3 games to claim the Super Regional title and moved on to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament in Salem, VA, where their season came to an end.
 
Through both NCAA appearances, Maher earned 2014 NCAA Rochester All-Tournament Team and 2015 NCAA Alfred All-Tournament Team honors. In 2015, she was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Northeast Regional Second Team and in her senior season, she was named to the 2015 NFCA Northeast Regional Third Team. Alfred University named Maher the 2016 Ideal Saxon alongside teammate Dana Torchia '15 and men's tennis's Conor Doud '15. Maher was also named the 2016 Muriel Strong Morley Outstanding Female Athlete.
 
Maher held three school records upon graduating. She held the career doubles (43), career hits (178) and career RBI (126) records. Maher earned Empire 8 Player of the Week honors twice and GoSaxons.com Athlete of the Week honors twice as well.
 
Maher graduated from Alfred University with a degree in Biology. Upon graduation, she spent the summer participating in Beyond Sports: Cape Town, South Africa, playing and hosting softball clinics throughout the country.