Maya Moore

Maya Moore is a professional basketball player who is currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She is a small forward for the team. In 2017, Moore was hailed by Sports Illustrated as the Performer of the Year and the greatest winner of women's basketball in WNBA history. She was also included in the Top 100 Most Influential People in 2020 by The Times Magazine.

Player's Profile

Maya April Moore was born and raised in Jefferson, Missouri. At the young age of 3, she took interest in playing basketball. Because of her intense interest and willingness to learn the sport, she was enrolled at Collins Hill High School, where she became a varsity player.

She is an active Christian and admitted that her faith has motivated her to do her purpose. She is also an active advocate of the End It Movement, an association that seeks to end slavery for African-Americans.

High School and College Career

When she was in high school, she received early merits as she won the Naismith Prep Player of the Year during her junior season. By the following year, she led her team to win against Poly (Long Beach) with a result score of 75-61. This also leads her to win the Most Valuable Player award.

Her impressive resume made her recruited by many prestigious universities, but she had chosen to play for the University of Connecticut. Little did she know, this is yet the start of her historic moment. As a freshman, she was awarded Big East Freshman of the Week 10 times, became the most recognized freshman Big East Player in history, and continued to win the same award during her sophomore season.

During her junior season, she was recorded 2nd with the most rebounds per contest and has more than 150 assists. Eventually, she has included joined the All-Tournament and First Team in Big East and became a Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She was also hailed as the NCAA Dayton Regional Most Outstanding Player and ESPN Academic All-American of the Year.

To summarize her college career, it was colorful as she played regularly in the championship games. Because of her stellar performances at such a young age, she decided to join the 2011 WNBA Draft and was selected 1st by the Minnesota Lynx.

Professional Career

Minnesota Lynx had owned many overachieving women like Lindsay Whalen and Seimone August, which made the team earn a spot in every championship game. With Moore's additional help to the team, the Lynx had set the best record in WNBA. Even in her first year, Moore is a nonstop and well-motivated basketball player who earned most Rookie of the Year honors.

Perhaps one of the most memorable games in her career is the 2014 season, where Moore scored 48 points, which led her to win the WNBA MVP. In 2015, she signed with the Lynx again and performed greatly once more. In the same season, she won the MVP award and was included in the WNBA All-Star Game.

Achievements:

• 2009 - 2011 Wade Trophy Player of

the Year

• 2009, 2011 AP College Player of the

Year

• 2013 WNBA Finals Most Valuable

Player

• 2014 WNBA Most Valuable Player
• 2014 WNBA Scoring Leader
• 2014 FIBA WOrld Championship MVP
• 2014 WNBA Scoring Leader
• 6x WNBA All-Star Game MVP in 2011,

2013-2015, 2017-2018

• 2x WNBA All-Defensive Second Team in

2014 and 2017