Ewanje-Epee also held the NCAA high jump record[1] from 1985 to 1996 with 1.96 m. Maryse Éwanjé-Épée set her outdoor personal best on July 21, 1985, jumping 1.96 metres at the French National Athletics Championships in Colombes, France.

Éwanjé-Épée won three high jump medals (one silver and two bronzes) at the European Indoor Championships, one high jump bronze medal at the Summer Universiade and one high jump gold medal each at the Jeux de la Francophonie and the Mediterranean Games.

She competed for France in the high jump in two consecutive Summer Olympics in 1984 and 1988.

Éwanjé-Épée also attended the University of Arizona, in Tucson (United States) and she still holds the heptathlon record since that time.

In 1985, Arizona went 1–2–3 in the NCAA Championships[1] with Katrena Johnson in first place, Maryse Éwanjé-Épée in second, and Camille Harding in third.