Name is pronounced MY-a AL-shin-GET-ee ... will compete for playing time as a low-post player.

2007-08: Appeared in 25 games (starting seven). ...averaged 14.2 minutes per game and 3.5 rebounds per game. ... Maya pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds -- two shy of tying NJIT's women's basketball Division I record of 13 rebounds set by Aine O'Dwyer last year. ... she led the team this year with 18 blocked shots.

Prior to NJIT: Played the post on championship teams for coach Noel Klippenstein at George C. Marshall HS of Falls Church, VA, in the Washington, DC suburbs ... as a senior was 2nd-team all-Northern Region (Northern VA WBCA) and honorable mention AAA all-state (VirginiaPreps.com) and 1st-team all-district after averaging 12 points and 9 rebounds per game ... leading scorer (16) for her team in the Northern Virginia Classic all-star game ... as a junior she was 2nd-team all-Liberty District on a team that finished 22-6 and was district champion. She was all-tournament in the championship run ... junior averages were 7.5 ppg, 7 rpg and 2.5 blocks ... her AAU team, the Vogues, coached by Fred Priester made the 2006 national Sweet 16 and the 2005 US Junior Nationals championship ... did not begin playing basketball until the eighth grade.

Personal: Sumayya Abubaker Al-Shingieti ... daughter of Iman and Abubaker Al-Shingieti ... communications major ... older brother, Hasan, was team manager of the George Mason men's team that advanced to the 2006 Final Four ... born 2/1/89 in Northampton, MA.