Maja Zivojnovic

Photo by: George Koukios/Northwestern Athletics

August 8, 2025, Evanston, IL: Members of the Northwestern Field Hockey team pose for photos as part of Internal Media Days at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Friday, August 8, 2025. (Photo by Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern Athletics)

Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Erasmiaans Gymnasium
Hometown:
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Awards:

NFHCA DI Player of the Week (9/27/23)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (9/25/23)
2x Academic All-Big Ten (2023, 2024)

Career Highs:

Goals: 3 (vs Princeton, 9/17/23)
Assists: 1 (3x, last at No. 15 Rutgers, 10/17/25)
Points: 6 (vs Princeton, 9/24/23)
Shots: 9 (vs Michigan, 10/1/23)
Shots on Goal: 6 (2x - last vs Michigan State, 9/29/23)

2025:

Scored goal in 3-0 victory at VCU (9/1)
Posted an assist against No. 8 Princeton (10/13)
Scored a goal at No. 15 Rutgers in 5-0 victory, also contributed an assist (10/17)
Notched go ahead goal at No. 10 Maryland in 2-1 comeback win (10/19)
Logged goal in 7-0 win over No. 18 Ohio State, her third in four games (10/26)

2024:

Appeared in nine games and started in one for Northwestern's National Championship season
Scored two goals in 7-0 win over Stanford (10/18)
Fired a shot in 11-1 win against UC Davis (10/20)
Launched a shot on goal in 5-0 win at Michigan State (10/27)
Fired a shot in 9-2 win over Miami (OH) (11/15)

2023:

Recorded three shots on goal during the first game of the season against #9 Louisville (8/27)
Logged her first assist of the season and two shots on goal in a 3-2 win vs. #20 Duke (9/3)
Scored a goal in a 2-0 win against Vermont (9/5)
Scored in a 3-0 win over #20 UMass (9/9)
Notched a goal and recorded three shots on goal in a 5-0 win vs. Indiana (9/15)
Logged two shots on goal in a 4-3 win over #12 Ohio State (9/22)
Scored three goals, the first multi-goal game of her career, recorded six shots on goal, and logged a defensive save in a 4-0 win vs. Princeton (9/24)
Scored two goals in a 6-0 win against Michigan State (9/29)

2022:

Started Northwestern's first 11 games at center back as a true first-year before suffering a season-ending injury on Sept. 30 against then-No. 6 Penn State
Started in her collegiate debut, the season opener against No. 22 Maine (8/28)
Started at center back for the second straight game against No. 25 UMass (8/29)
Started both games of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge against No. 18 Duke and No. 14 Boston College, shutting out both ranked opponents (9/2-4)
Held Penn to just four shots (9/16)
Allowed zero shots in overtime against No. 8 Princeton (9/18)
Held No. 5 Iowa to just three shots (9/23)
Shut out Richmond (9/25)

High School:

Played 10 years for club team HC Rotterdam
Team captain in 2022
Three-time national champion in The Netherlands: U12 national champions in 2017, U14 national champions in 2019 and U18 national champions in 2022
Led HC Rotterdam to a second-place finish in the indoor national championship with her U16 team in 2020
Third place at the U14 national championship in 2018
Club team in first place at the time of season cancellations in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19

Personal:

Daughter of Aleksandra and Pedja Zivojnovic
Born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Studying environmental sciences

Fuchs on Zivojnovic: “Maja is a solid defender with great distribution skills. She has played at a high level in Holland and we are excited for her to bring her experience to our team.”