Maya April Moore (born June 11, 1989) is an American basketball forward for the
Minnesota LynxThe Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...
of the WNBA and
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of
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. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the undefeated national championship. The following season, Moore led Connecticut to capture its second national championship and continued its overall undefeated game-winning streak at 78; in the 2010–11 season, she led the Huskies to extend that streak to an NCAA both-gender record (all divisions) of 90. On May 18, Maya made history by becoming the first female basketball player to sign with
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.
Moore was the first overall pick in the
2011 WNBA DraftThe 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...
, and joined a Minnesota Lynx team that already featured all-star caliber players in
Seimone AugustusSeimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
and
Lindsay WhalenLindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
. Moore was the third-leading scorer on the team during the regular season with 13.2 points per game, which led all rookies. Moore earned
Rookie of the YearThe Women's National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association award given since the 1998 WNBA season, to the top rookie of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of sportswriters throughout the United States, each of whom...
honors. Moore then helped lead her team to its first
WNBA championshipThe 2011 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2011 season of the Women's National Basketball Association , and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Minnesota Lynx, champions of the Western Conference, swept the champions of the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Dream in three...
.
Personal
Maya April Moore was born on June 11, 1989 in
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. She is the daughter of Kathryn Moore.
Moore had her first exposure to basketball at the age of three. Her mother mounted a hoop on the back door of their apartment.
As a junior in 2005–06, she was named the Naismith Prep Player of the Year after leading
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to Georgia's Class 5A state championship. She was only the second junior to win the Naismith award Her first dunk was one-handed off an alley-oop pass in warm-ups at a dunk contest in Charlotte, NC in December 2005. She was 16 at the time.
In December 2006, she led the Collins Hill Eagles over Poly (
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, California) by a score of 75–61, resulting in her being selected unanimously as the
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of the Tournament of Champions in
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, Arizona. In the title game of the "
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Invitational" in Seattle, she scored 48 points in a win over St. Elizabeth (
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, Delaware).
In 2007, Moore became
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's all-time leader in points and rebounds. During her four seasons at Collins Hill, the school amassed a 125–3 record. Moore won 3 Georgia Class 5A State Championships. Collins Hill was ranked No. 1 and claimed the crown of National Champions in 2007 by USA Today (Ranked No. 2 in 2006 and Ranked No. 5 in 2005). Moore announced that she would play college basketball at the
University of ConnecticutThe admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
.
After she led
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to a third straight Georgia Class 5A state championship she received her second Naismith Prep Female Player of the Year in 2007.
Moore was named a
WBCAThe Women's Basketball Coaches Association is an association of coaches of women's basketball teams at all levels.The organization was formed in 1981, with the goal of addressing the needs of women's basketball coaches.The mission of the WBCA is:...
All-American. She participated in the 2007 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored 25 points and earned MVP honors for the Red team.
University of Connecticut
Moore led the Huskies to a 36–2 record in the 2007–08 NCAA season, their best record since their Final Four appearance of 2004. During the season, Moore averaged a team-high 17.8 points per game, and hit 42% of her three point shots. She was second to
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in the Associated Press Player of the Year voting. Moore also placed second on the team in rebounds with 7.6 per game and blocks with 1.6 per game. She was the first freshman, male or female, to be named the
Big East Player of the YearThe Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year award is given to the women's basketball player in the Big East Conference voted as the top performer by the conference coaches. The 16 head coaches of the league's teams submit their votes following the end of the regular season and...
. Moore won the award again as a sophomore. Moore's teammate,
Tina CharlesTina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...
, won the award in 2010, while Moore went on to win the award in 2011, joining Villanova's Shelly Pennefather and former UConn player
Kerry BascomKerry Bascom is a retired basketball player. She played forward and center for the Connecticut Huskies from 1987–1991, scoring 2,177 points, a school record until broken in 1998 by Nykesha Sales...
as three-time recipients.
In 2010, Moore lead the team in scoring and steals, and tied Charles for total rebounds en route to a 39–0 season, culminating in an NCAA National Championship.
On March 7, against Syracuse, Maya Moore scored the 2,000th point of her college career. She is the first player at UConn to accomplish this feat as a junior.
During the 2009–10 season, some of the sports media considered whether the dominance of the UConn program was bad for women’s basketball. Some concluded it was not bad for the game, and supported the notions of playing hard and trying to play a beautiful game.
Moore was the subject of an ESPN Sports Science video clip, discussing her vertical leap, court vision, and muscle memory. They discussed her ability to steal, noting that she can move her hands faster than the striking speed of a rattlesnake.
Moore was named an AP First team All-American, the fourth time she has earned the honor, and only the second player in history to earn First Team honors for four years. The first such recipient was
Courtney ParisCourtney Paris most recently played for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA, she was the senior starting center for the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team. Her twin sister, player Ashley Paris, was also a Sooner.-Early life:In addition to being a twin, Paris has four brothers: Wayne, David,...
.
USA Basketball
Moore was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009, one of only three college players and the only junior to be invited to the training camp. The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants. At the conclusion of the training camp, the team will travel to Ekaterinburg, Russia, where they compete in the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational.
Moore was one of twenty players named to the national team pool. Twelve of this group will be chosen to represent the USA in the 2010 World Championships and the 2012 Olympics.
The USA National team began training in April 2010 to prepare for the
FIBA World ChampionshipThe FIBA World Championship for Women is a world basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially...
starting in September 2010. Moore was one of the players selected for the training sessions, run by the national team coach
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. The teams played informal scrimmages, with one team made up of the players expected to be on the national team, and the other team made up of invited all star college players, referred to as the select team. Although Moore is still in college, she has been invited to be part of the national team. In the first two ten-minute games, Moore played with the national team and helped them to two wins. Then Moore switched jerseys, and played for the select team. In both games, the select team won, with Moore making the assist to put the team ahead, then stealing the ball and making the game winning shot in the final seconds. Moore ended up being on the winning side in all four games.
Moore was named as one of the National team members to represent the USA Basketball team in the WNBA versus USA Basketball. This game replaces the normal WNBA All-Star game with WNBA All-Stars versus USA Basketball, as part of the preparation for the
FIBA World Championship for WomenThe FIBA World Championship for Women is a world basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially...
to be held in the
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during September and October 2010.
Professional basketball
Moore was selected 1st overall in the
2011 WNBA DraftThe 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...
by the
Minnesota LynxThe Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...
. She joined a team that already featured talented players like
Lindsay WhalenLindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
,
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, and
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, and helped the Lynx to their best record in franchise history, as well as the best record in the WNBA. Moore was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for July and August, and played in the WNBA All-Star Game. Though Moore admitted that she struggled at times to adapt to the extraordinary level of talent in the WNBA, her play still earned her
Rookie of the YearThe Women's National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association award given since the 1998 WNBA season, to the top rookie of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of sportswriters throughout the United States, each of whom...
honors.
During the
playoffsThe 2011 WNBA Playoffs is the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2011 season. Four teams from each of the league's two conferences qualified for the playoffs seeded 1 to 4 in a tournament bracket, with the two opening rounds in a best-of-three format, and the final in a...
, Moore was her team's second-leading scorer. She led her team in scoring once, in the final game of the Western Conference finals, when she poured in 21 points, including six three-pointers. In October of 2011, Maya became only the second player in league history to win Rookie of the Year honors and a WNBA championship in the same year.
Overseas career
Moore has signed with
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of
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for the 2011–2012 season. She is expected to join the team late due to her title run with the Lynx.
Awards and honors
- She was named to the U.S. U-18 National Team in 2006, and helped that team qualify for the 2007 U19 World Championships in Bratislava
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, Slovakia.
- In 2008, she became the first freshman in Big East Basketball history (men or women) to be named as the Big East Player of the Year.
- Through Moore's two seasons at UConn, Moore had only 3 games where she didn't reach double digits. Those games are a 7 point vs. Pittsburgh on March 10, 2008, 7 points vs. Rutgers on April 1, 2008 and 8 points vs. Villanova on February 24, 2009.
- Moore also broke the UConn single-season record for most points as a freshman (678) breaking the mark set by Svetlana Abrosimova
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, who had 538 in 1997–98.
- Scored her 1,000th career point on January 20, 2009 (in just her 55th game at UConn) at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut while scoring 40 points over the Syracuse Orange. The previous UConn record for the least games needed to reach 1,000 points was 63 by Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...
.
- Maya Moore becomes UConn's all-time single-season scoring leader with 712 points, ends season with 754 points
- Moore finished the 2009–10 season with 736 points, the second most points scored in a season by a UConn player only to herself (754 pts in 2008–09). In addition, this brings her career total to 2,168 points, 178 short of the UConn record of 2,346 points held by her teammate Tina Charles
Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...
.
- Moore was named the co-winner of the Honda-Broderick Cup
The Honda-Broderick Cup is a sports award for college-level female athletes. The awards are voted on by a national panel of more than 1000 collegiate athletic directors. It was first presented by the late Thomas Broderick, owner of a sports apparel company, in 1977, with the first award going to...
(along with Megan Hodge from Penn State), awarded to the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. The criteria include "outstanding athletic achievement but also team contributions, scholastics and community involvement".
- Moore won the 2010 ESPY Award
An ESPY Award is an accolade presented by the American cable television network ESPN to recognize individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance during the calendar year preceding a given annual ceremony. The first ESPYs were awarded in 1993...
for Best Female College Athlete.
- Moore was selected to play in a basketball game organized by President Barack Obama
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to entertain wounded troops. The players invited included some current and former stars: LeBron JamesLeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association . Nicknamed "King James", he was a three-time "Mr. Basketball" of Ohio in high school, and was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar while a...
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, Carmelo AnthonyCarmelo Kiyan Anthony , nicknamed "Melo", is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association...
, Bill RussellWilliam Felton "Bill" Russell is a retired American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association...
and Magic JohnsonEarvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers...
.
- Moore scored a career-high 41 points while adding 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 3 blocks in UConn's historic 89th consecutive victory on Dec. 21, 2010 against 22/22 Florida State.
- In March 2011, Moore earned All-American honors, becoming the second four-time All-American women's basketball player.
- In April 2011, Moore was named Associated Press Player of the Year for the second time.
- Moore was selected Best Female Amateur Athlete by Connecticut Magazine for 2010
2007
- Naismith National Girls' High School Player of the Year
- WBCA All-American
- WBCA High School Game MVP (Red team)
2008
- Big East Freshman of the Year
- Big East Player of the Year
The Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year award is given to the women's basketball player in the Big East Conference voted as the top performer by the conference coaches. The 16 head coaches of the league's teams submit their votes following the end of the regular season and...
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association
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- AP All America First Team
- First freshman (man or woman) to be named Big East Player of the Year
- State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team
2009
- Big East Player of the Year
The Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year award is given to the women's basketball player in the Big East Conference voted as the top performer by the conference coaches. The 16 head coaches of the league's teams submit their votes following the end of the regular season and...
- Big East Tournament Most Outstanding Performer
- CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-America First Team
- USBWA National Player of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association
The United States Basketball Writers Association was founded in 1956 by Walter Byers and serves the interests of journalists who cover college basketball.-Scholarships:...
- AP All-America first team
- Women's NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team
- State Farm Wade Trophy Player of the Year
The Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best women's basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition. It is named after three–time national champion Delta State University coach Lily Margaret Wade. The award debuted in 1978 as the first–ever...
- State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team
- Naismith Trophy
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- Women's John R. Wooden Award
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- ESPY
An ESPY Award is an accolade presented by the American cable television network ESPN to recognize individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance during the calendar year preceding a given annual ceremony. The first ESPYs were awarded in 1993...
for Best Female College Athlete
2010
- All-BIG EAST First Team (unanimous)
- Big East Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- Academic All-America of the Year award
- AP All-America First Team
- State Farm Coaches' All-America Team
- State Farm Wade Trophy Player of the Year
The Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best women's basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition. It is named after three–time national champion Delta State University coach Lily Margaret Wade. The award debuted in 1978 as the first–ever...
- NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
- Honda Sports Award
The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States of America, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Award are automatically in the running for the Honda-Broderick Cup award, as...
, basketball
- Honda-Broderick Cup
The Honda-Broderick Cup is a sports award for college-level female athletes. The awards are voted on by a national panel of more than 1000 collegiate athletic directors. It was first presented by the late Thomas Broderick, owner of a sports apparel company, in 1977, with the first award going to...
, co-winner
- ESPY
An ESPY Award is an accolade presented by the American cable television network ESPN to recognize individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance during the calendar year preceding a given annual ceremony. The first ESPYs were awarded in 1993...
for Best Female College Athlete
- Best Female Amateur Athlete by Connecticut Magazine
2011
- Honda Sports Award
The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States of America, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Award are automatically in the running for the Honda-Broderick Cup award, as...
, basketball
- Elite 88 Award
The Elite 89 Award or more formally The Elite 89 Academic Recognition Award Program and formerly the Elite 88 Award is an award by the National Collegiate Athletic Association recognizing the student athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average who has reached the competition at the...
Division I women's basketball
- AP All-America First Team
- All-BIG EAST First Team
- Big East Player of the Year
The Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year award is given to the women's basketball player in the Big East Conference voted as the top performer by the conference coaches. The 16 head coaches of the league's teams submit their votes following the end of the regular season and...
- State Farm Wade Trophy Player of the Year
The Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best women's basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition. It is named after three–time national champion Delta State University coach Lily Margaret Wade. The award debuted in 1978 as the first–ever...
- Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
The Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award is an annual college athletic award in the NCAA Division I. Qualified competitors must be seniors who have remained within their NCAA Division I college for a four-year commitment and achieved excellence in one of nine sports.....
- Honda-Broderick Cup
The Honda-Broderick Cup is a sports award for college-level female athletes. The awards are voted on by a national panel of more than 1000 collegiate athletic directors. It was first presented by the late Thomas Broderick, owner of a sports apparel company, in 1977, with the first award going to...
- ESPY
-People:* Cecil Espy , American baseball player* Duane Espy, American baseball figure* James Pollard Espy , American meteorologist.* Mike Espy , American politician* William Gray Espy , American actor...
for Best Female College Athlete
- 2011 WNBA All-Star
- WNBA All-Rookie Team
- WNBA Rookie of the Year
The Women's National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association award given since the 1998 WNBA season, to the top rookie of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of sportswriters throughout the United States, each of whom...
- WNBA Champion
The 2011 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2011 season of the Women's National Basketball Association , and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Minnesota Lynx, champions of the Western Conference, swept the champions of the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Dream in three...
Regular season
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| 34 || 34 || 28.0 || .439 || .369 || .787 || 4.6 || 2.6 || 1.4 || 0.5 || 1.47 || 13.2
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| align="left" |1 year, 1 team
| 34 || 34 || 28.0 || .439 || .369 || .787 || 4.6 || 2.6 || 1.4 || 0.5 || 1.47 || 13.2
Postseason
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| 8 || 8 || 27.9 || .458 || .400 || .690 || 5.90 || 2.3 || 1.00 || 0.63 || 1.88 || 13.8
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High school stats
| Season |
Games |
PPG |
RPG |
SPG |
| 2004–05 |
32 |
17.4 |
8.6 |
2.8 |
| 2005–06 |
32 |
23.2 |
11.3 |
5.4 |
High school totals
| Number of Seasons |
Games |
PPG |
RPG |
SPG |
| 4 |
128 |
19.3 |
8.6 |
3.5 |
University of Connecticut statistics
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| Maya Moore Statistics at University of Connecticut |
Year
| G
| FG
| FGA
| PCT
| 3FG
| 3FGA
| PCT
| FT
| FTA
| PCT
| REB
| AVG
| A
| TO
| B
| S
| MIN
| PTS
| AVG |
| 2007–08 |
38 |
275 |
506 |
0.543 |
73 |
174 |
0.420 |
55 |
74 |
0.743 |
290 |
7.6 |
116 |
80 |
59 |
63 |
1121 |
678 |
17.8 |
| 2008–09 |
39 |
284 |
545 |
0.521 |
90 |
226 |
0.398 |
96 |
123 |
0.780 |
348 |
8.9 |
127 |
61 |
59 |
76 |
1209 |
754 |
19.3 |
| 2009–10 |
39 |
279 |
542 |
0.515 |
80 |
192 |
0.417 |
98 |
124 |
0.790 |
325 |
8.3 |
150 |
75 |
40 |
82 |
1098 |
736 |
18.9 |
| 2010–11 |
38 |
333 |
636 |
0.524 |
68 |
177 |
0.384 |
134 |
159 |
0.843 |
313 |
8.2 |
151 |
85 |
46 |
89 |
1255 |
868 |
22.8 |
| Totals |
154 |
1171 |
2229 |
0.525 |
311 |
769 |
0.404 |
383 |
480 |
0.798 |
1276 |
8.3 |
544 |
301 |
204 |
310 |
4683 |
3036 |
19.7 |
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