Career
She scored the winning goal against Australia in the final match of the FINA World League Super Final. In the Pan American Games, she scored the winning goal in the shootout of the final match, as the United States. defeated Canada. In the first match of the Summer Olympics, Steffens scored seven goals to tie the Olympic single-game record.
She also plays for Diablo Water Polo in Alamo, California.
Family
Steffens was born in San Ramon, California to Peggy Schnugg and Carlos Steffens. Her father, a native of Puerto Rico, became interested in the sport of water polo after witnessing a water polo match as a child in Puerto Rico.
He played for Puerto Rico in three Pan American Games. Her father left the island and joined the water polo team of Berkeley, University of California where he became a three-time All-American, leading the California Golden Bears to the 1977 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship.
In 1979, he was the Public Affairs Committee-10 player of the year in Water Polo.
Steffens lives in Danville, California. Maggie Steffens has committed to Stanford University. She deferred entrance to the school so she could train with the United States. national team
One of her hobbies is playing beach volleyball.