When it was time to enter the WNBA, Moore found the perfect home to continue her winning ways. It continued at UConn, where she led the Huskies to four Final Fours and two national titles, becoming the only three-time winner of the Wade Trophy, which honors the top women’s player in college basketball.
It started in high school, where she led Collins Hill High School to a 125-3 record in her four seasons, with three Georgia state titles and one national title in 2007. There is no word that is more synonymous with Maya Moore than the word “champion.” Everywhere she has played, she has led her team to championships. Don’t forget about her two Olympic gold medals (2012, 2016) and two World Championships (2010, 2014) with Team USA, her two NCAA Championships (2009, 2010) at Connecticut, her two EuroLeague Championships (2012 with Ros Casares Valencia, 2018 with UMMC Ekaterinburg), her three Chinese League titles with Shanxi Flame (2013, 2014, 2015) and one Spanish League title with Ros Casares Valencia (2012). Member of Top (2016) and W25 (2021) anniversary teamsĪnd those are just her accomplishments in the WNBA.2-time All-Defensive Selection (Second Team: 2014, 2017).7-time All-WNBA Selection (First Team: 2013, 2014.Here are just a few of her many accolades: What Maya Moore accomplished in her eight WNBA seasons rivals what any player has accomplished in this league. and his pursuit of justice and equality – Moore has announced her retirement from the WNBA, closing the book on one of the greatest basketball careers ever. On the eve of that book release – and on a day that we honor Dr. On Tuesday, the couple will release a memoir titled “Love & Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts” that recounts their unique love story. Two months later, Moore and Irons announced that they had married following his release. Moore’s advocacy in Irons’ case helped lead to his charges being vacated in March 2020 and his release from prison in July 2020. 23, 2020, Moore announced that she would not return to the WNBA in 2020 as she continued to focus her time and effort on criminal justice reform, specifically in the case of Jonathan Irons, a family friend that they believed to be wrongfully imprisoned for the past two decades. Any conversation about the best women’s basketball players in the world had Maya Moore’s name mentioned in the first sentence. 5, 2019, Maya Moore announced her decision to step away from the WNBA for the 2019 season in order to shift her focus toward her “family and ministry dreams.”Īt just 29 years old, the four-time WNBA champion and perennial WNBA All-Star was walking away from the game in her absolute prime.
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