Maya Moore

Maya April Moore (born June 11, 1989) is an American social justice advocate and former professional <a href="/facts/Basketball/M5pl4Pzo">basketball</a> player. Naming her their inaugural Performer of the Year in 2017, <a href="/facts/Sports_Illustrated/f67oIfvD">Sports Illustrated</a> called Moore the "greatest winner in the history of women's basketball". Moore was selected for the <a href="/facts/Women%2527s_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame/xU7gngg4">Women's Basketball Hall of Fame</a> in 2024. In 2025, Moore was selected to be inducted into the <a href="/facts/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame/HbvfMG8r">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a>
In high school, Moore was the National Gatorade Player of the Year, the Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year, and a McDonald's All-American. She played <a href="/facts/Forward_(basketball)/eSkB2Dg1">forward</a> for the <a href="/facts/Connecticut_Huskies_women%2527s_basketball/CU0vhhrp">UConn women's basketball team</a> and won back to back national championships in <a href="/facts/2009_NCAA_Division_I_women%2527s_basketball_tournament/8IN0o6bv">2009</a> and <a href="/facts/2010_NCAA_Division_I_women%2527s_basketball_tournament/Fp7Cm91W">2010</a>. She was selected as the <a href="/facts/John_Wooden_Award/nRHGUlnH">John Wooden Award</a> winner in 2009 after leading <a href="/facts/University_of_Connecticut/lDQyQSdG">Connecticut</a> to an 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. That season, Moore became the first female basketball player to sign with <a href="/facts/Air_Jordan/BDpD3Sjo">Air Jordan</a>. After the 2017 season, her win–loss record in the U.S. since high school was 497–78.
Moore was the first overall pick in the <a href="/facts/2011_WNBA_draft/VMpxA4Yz">2011 WNBA draft</a> and joined a Minnesota Lynx team that already featured all-star caliber players in <a href="/facts/Seimone_Augustus/I4c9oHbp">Seimone Augustus</a>, <a href="/facts/Rebekkah_Brunson/fJJzKTtW">Rebekkah Brunson</a>, and <a href="/facts/Lindsay_Whalen/FlzTN55H">Lindsay Whalen</a>. Moore has won four <a href="/facts/List_of_WNBA_champions/yylk5wR3">WNBA championships</a> (<a href="/facts/2011_WNBA_Finals/K4pHyzR8">2011</a>, <a href="/facts/2013_WNBA_Finals/YMwnYd3a">2013</a>, <a href="/facts/2015_WNBA_Finals/8DywJYLu">2015</a>, and <a href="/facts/2017_WNBA_Finals/RYzbD2Nx">2017</a>), a <a href="/facts/WNBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award/Xo3Xc0f1">WNBA Most Valuable Player Award</a> (<a href="/facts/2014_WNBA_season/m5l35Ex7">2014</a>), a <a href="/facts/WNBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award/7rnur10a">WNBA Finals MVP Award</a> (<a href="/facts/2013_WNBA_Finals/YMwnYd3a">2013</a>), three WNBA All-Star Game MVPs (<a href="/facts/WNBA_All-Star_Game/GGE7uqBA">2015, 2017, and 2018</a>), two <a href="/facts/Basketball_at_the_Summer_Olympics/SHljcasA">Olympic gold medals</a> (<a href="/facts/Basketball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%25E2%2580%2593_Women%2527s_team_rosters/uRsX1vPU">2012</a> and <a href="/facts/Basketball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%25E2%2580%2593_Women%2527s_team_rosters/LnPJh1nP">2016</a>), a <a href="/facts/List_of_Women%2527s_National_Basketball_Association_season_scoring_leaders/AqWCd13x">WNBA Scoring Title</a> (<a href="/facts/2014_WNBA_season/m5l35Ex7">2014</a>), and the <a href="/facts/WNBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award/QHyVFEsJ">WNBA Rookie of the Year Award</a> (<a href="/facts/2011_WNBA_season/qwQcc8Tl">2011</a>). She has also been selected to six WNBA All-Star teams and seven All-WNBA teams. The relative timing of the seasons of the WNBA and the top leagues in other countries has allowed Moore to compete throughout the year. In 2012, she won both the <a href="/facts/Liga_Femenina_de_Baloncesto/7EP0Pz8P">Spanish league</a> title and <a href="/facts/EuroLeague_Women/brIx3IHI">EuroLeague</a> title playing for <a href="/facts/Ros_Casares_Valencia/L7yBwm29">Ros Casares Valencia</a>. From 2013 to 2015, Moore also won the Chinese league title every year. Moore won a second Euroleague title playing for UMMC Ekaterinburg in 2018.
Moore is one of 11 women to earn an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a FIBA World Cup gold and a WNBA Championship. Moore was included in <a href="/facts/Time_100/12J5tflY">Time's 100</a> Most Influential People of 2020.

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