In February 2017, Maya became the British Indoor Athletics Championships 200m bronze medalist. She then began her outdoor season in April with the British Universities and Colleges Sport, where she became the 200m Champion. In July, Maya became the only athlete to achieve a hat-trick of medals at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships. She became the 2017 European Junior 200m Champion, 4 x 100-metre relay bronze medalist and 4 x 400-metre relay bronze medalist. She broke Shirley Thomas's 30-year-old Surrey record for the 200 metres, running 23.04 seconds and set the 2017 European Junior 200m Leading Time.