[4] As a result, helped to make women's Judo a sport under the Amateur Athletic Union.
[1] Maureen was the women's US National 1st-place winner for the heavyweight division and the grand champion for the years 1974, 1975, and 1976.
[6] Diane Pierce would later appear on the show To Tell The Truth claiming to be the 1974 National Judo Champion.
[6] Maureen won the gold medal in the 1975 Judo International championship for the heavyweight division in Switzerland.
[7] In 1976 she was part of the US Women's National Team under her friend [8] and team coach Rusty Kanokogi[4] She placed second in 1977, 1979 and 1980 for the Women's US Nationals[9] She was the Amateur Athletic Union Most Outstanding Player Award in 1974 [1] In 2021, she was inducted into the United States Judo Federation's Hall of Fame [10] Following competition she founded the PolyTech Judo Club.