Maurer attended
Mater Dei High School in
Evansville, Indiana, and the
University of Evansville, where he played for the
Evansville Purple Aces baseball team. He was drafted by the
Texas Rangers in the 6th round of the
1988 Major League Baseball draft. He appeared in 21 games for the Rangers wearing #39 during the 1991 and 1992 MLB seasons and retired from professional baseball after the 1994 season. ==Death==