Moriah Jefferson

Moriah Jefferson

Jefferson (right) in 2015
No. 4 – San Antonio Stars
Position	Point guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1994-03-08) March 8, 1994 (age 23) Dallas, Texas
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Listed weight	122 lb (55 kg)
Career information
High school	Texas Home Educators' Sports Association
College	Connecticut (2012–2016)
WNBA draft	2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the San Antonio Stars
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–present	San Antonio Stars
2016–present	Galatasaray
Career highlights and awards
WNBA All-Rookie Team (2016) 4× NCAA champion (2013–2016) 2× Nancy Lieberman Award winner (2015–2016) First-team All-American – AP (2016) Second-team All-American – AP (2015)
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals Women’s Basketball Representing  United States U18 and U19 2012 U18 Gurabo Team competition 2013 U19 Klaipėda and Panevėžys Team competition Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team competition

Moriah Jefferson (born March 8, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted 2nd overall by the San Antonio Stars in the 2016 WNBA draft. Jefferson played point guard for UConn women's basketball team, where she won four consecutive national championships. She finished her UConn career ranked first in assists, second in steals, and as a two-time winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the nation.

Jefferson is the daughter of Robin and Lorenza Jefferson. She has two brothers, Joshua and Jeremiah, and one sister, Danielle Noble.

Jefferson played five varsity seasons with the Texas Home Educators Sports Association (THESA) as a homeschooled athlete. Jefferson began playing with THESA's varsity squad as an eighth grader and compiled 509 points, 85 rebounds, 87 assists. In her freshman year she started in 50 of 51 games played and averaged 19.5 ppg., 1.7 rpg., 1.7 apg. and 2.8 spg. to help THESA to a 42-10 record. As a sophomore, Jefferson averaged 17.5 ppg. to help her team to a 42-9 record. During her junior year, she started all 50 games and averaged 21.8 ppg., 5.0 rpg., 4.0 apg. and 4.0 spg. in aiding her team to a 42-8 record. As a senior, she averaged 17.3 ppg., 3.8 rpg., 3.6 apg. and 5.1 spg. to lead her team to a 41-6 record. Jefferson helped lead the Riders to five NCHBC basketball titles and five NCHBC Texas Region titles and finished her career 3,354 points, 825 rebounds and 728 steals in her career.

Jefferson was selected to the 2012 WBCA High School Coaches' All-America Team. She participated in the 2012 WBCA High School All-America Game, scoring four points.

Jefferson was recruited by many schools; she visited Baylor, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M, and was also considering Kentucky and Tennessee, before cutting her list down to Baylor, Connecticut and Texas A&M. She ended up choosing Connecticut. She is the first recruit from the state of Texas to play for UConn.

Jefferson was named to the USA Basketball U18 team, coached by Katie Meier, the head coach of the University of Miami. Among Jefferson's team mates were Connecticut-bound players Breanna Stewart and Morgan Tuck. The team played in the Ninth Women's FIBA Americas U18 Championship For Women, held in Gurabo, Puerto Rico during August 2012. The USA team won all five games to win the championship and the gold medal. After winning the first fours easily, with winning margins of 40 points or more, the USA fell behind by double-digits in the gold medal game against Brazil. The team came back from the deficit, and went on to win the game 71–47. Jefferson averaged 5.6 points per game, and, although the shortest player on the team at 5' 7", she tied for third in blocks with five over the course of the event.