Photograph courtesy Everett Family
Faith Everett rarely experienced such a range of emotions. Everett had one of the most thrilling moments of her lifetime when the Broadneck field hockey team—in November of 2022—won a Class 4A state championship, the program’s first title in two decades.
Then disappointment struck at about the same time. Everett realized she had played for the last time with her sister Maya. They have a very strong bond, playing the sport together since they were in elementary school.
“It was sad because it was our last game together,” explained Everett, whose team lost to three-time defending champion Crofton in the state final this past November.
But Everett’s disappointment was short-lived. The sisters will be back on the field together this fall, again playing field hockey. The 19-year-old Maya is a sophomore midfielder at the University of Maryland and Faith, an Arnold resident, will be joining her as a freshman midfielder.
Everett signed a National Letter of Intent with Maryland—which finished the 2024 campaign ranked No. 5 in the National Coaches Poll—for an athletic scholarship in mid-November. She carried a 4.4 weighted grade-point average in high school, took seven advanced-placement classes, and plans to major in engineering.
Everett also considered Brown and Ohio State universities. As it turned out, picking Maryland was a no-brainer.
“Now that we’ll be able to play together for another two years, I am super excited,” Everett says. “She and I have been so close over the years. I would rather be with her than at any other school. Calling her and telling her I was going there was just such a cool moment and very emotional for us.”
Maya is just as excited as Faith, or maybe even more so. In fact, Maya is helping her sister gear up to compete at the Division I college level. They worked out together last summer and will train again starting in June, following a running and lifting program given to the sisters by the Maryland coaching staff.
“I would say it’s a dream,” Maya says of playing with her sister again. “It’s going to be really exciting to go through that journey with her.”
The accolades kept piling up and up during high school, early on and late, for the 5-foot-6 Everett, and they included national recognition. The website, Max Field Hockey, named her among the top 50 players in the country for the Class of 2025.
“It’s rare to have someone as talented as she is,” Broadneck Field Hockey Coach Shannon Hanratty says. “She is really special. She has put in so much hard work to get to where she is now. She has that extra level of wow. She has poured her heart into the sport.”
Even before her high school career started, Everett made a name for herself as a Freedom Hockey Club player for the past seven years. She earned a spot on the U16 AAU Junior Olympic team in 2023 and has traveled to tournaments in California, Texas, and Florida.
And what a career Everett had at Broadneck. The three-year starter finished as the school’s third all-time leading scorer with 72 points (47 goals, 25 assists). She made the Field Hockey Coaches Association of Maryland First-Team All-State three times, including her sophomore year when she totaled a team-high 18 goals for the state championship team.
“Having her being picked as a sophomore is rare,” Hanratty says.
Hanratty will follow Everett’s career at Maryland closely. The senior considers playing for the Terrapins to be the ideal situation. Besides being with her sister, she will be coached by Severna Park resident Missy Meharg.
Meharg has won 655 games and seven national championships in 37 years on the job.
“My sister says she has learned and grown so much under Missy,” Everett says. “I am eager to get that same coaching from someone who has done so much. It is amazing what she has done. I am going to take in whatever she has to offer. I am really lucky.”
