Maya Moore

Maya Moore

Moore in 2016
No. 23 – Minnesota Lynx
Position	Small forward
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1989-06-11) June 11, 1989 (age 27) Jefferson City, Missouri
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	174 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	Collins Hill (Suwanee, Georgia)
College	Connecticut (2007–2011)
WNBA draft	2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career	2011–present
Career history
2011–present	Minnesota Lynx
2011–2012	Ros Casares Valencia
2012–2016	Shanxi Flame
Career highlights and awards
3× WNBA champion (2011, 2013, 2015) WNBA Finals MVP (2013) WNBA MVP (2014) 4× WNBA All-Star (2011, 2013–2015) WNBA All-Star Game MVP (2015) 4× All-WNBA First Team (2013–2016) All-WNBA Second Team (2012) WNBA scoring leader (2014) WNBA Rookie of the Year (2011) WNBA All-Rookie Team (2011) WNBA Top 20@20 (2016) FIBA World Championship MVP (2014) EuroLeague Women champion (2012) Liga Femenina champion (2012) 3× WCBA champion (2013–2015) 2× NCAA champion (2009–2010) 4× AP All-America First Team (2008-2011) 3× CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team (2009-2011) 4× WBCA Coaches' All-America Team (2008-2011) 4× USBWA All-America Team (2008-2011) 3× Wade Trophy (2009-2011) 2× Naismith College Player of the Year (2009, 2011) 2× John R. Wooden Award (2009, 2011) 2× AP College Player of the Year (2009, 2011) 2× USBWA Women's National Player of the Year (2009, 2011) 2x Honda Sports Award for basketball (2010, 2011) 3× Big East Player of the Year (2008, 2009, 2011) 2× Academic All-America of the Year (2010-2011) All-sports Academic All-America of the Year (2011) NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2010) USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2008)
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals Representing  United States Olympic Games 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2010 Czech Republic 2014 Turkey

Maya April Moore (born June 11, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. Moore played forward for the UConn women's basketball team, and won back to back national championships in 2009 and 2010. 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 its second straight national championship and continued its overall undefeated streak at 78; in the 2010–11 season, she led the Huskies in extending that streak to an NCAA both-gender record (all divisions) of 90. On May 18, 2011, Moore became the first female basketball player to sign with Jordan Brand.

Moore was the first overall pick in the 2011 WNBA Draft, and joined a Minnesota Lynx team that already featured all-star caliber players in Seimone Augustus and Lindsay Whalen. Since 2011, Moore has continued to excel, both with the Lynx and with overseas teams in Europe and China. Moore has won three WNBA championships (2011, 2013, 2015), WNBA Most Valuable Player Award (2014),WNBA Finals MVP Award (2013), WNBA All-Star Game MVP (2015), two Olympic gold medals, (2012, 2016), scoring title (2014), and the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2011). She has also been selected to four WNBA All-Star teams and three All-WNBA teams. In 2012, she won both the Spanish league title and EuroLeague title playing for Ros Casares Valencia. From 2013 to 2015, Moore also won the Chinese league title every year.