the drama of the game. Gretsch: My approach used to be, year-round, that Im going to try to be the best Nordic skier I can be and the best triathlete, kind of at the detriment of both. And I think thats always what youre chasing after: How can I get more? Did you encounter any technical issues? Moore is considering sitting out the entire 2019 season, Kent Youngblood of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. We have hearts and lives. But I just didnt know, right? How did that lead to adding winter para sports to your already jam-packed schedule? UConns career scoring leaders with a total of 3,036 points surpassing Tina Charles total of 2,346 on Dec. 5, 2010 Trophy case includes three Wade Trophy Awards (given annually to the nations best player), two Wooden and Naismith Awards and two National Championship trophies Became just the second player in NCAA history to be named an All-American four times Captained the UConn women to an astounding 90 consecutive victories a total that broke the NCAA record for consecutive wins without a loss Finished career an incredible 150-4, setting the all-time NCAA mark for career wins male or female Shot over 50.0 percent from the floor in each of her four seasons with Connecticut and made 311 three-pointers over her career second most in school history Scored at least 20 points 76 times and 30 or more points 12 times in her career Honored as the 2010 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year and as the 2010 BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete of the Year Moore was also honored as a CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2008-09 Became only the second freshman all-time to be honored as an AP First Team pick in 2007-08 Named to the 2009 WBCA Classic All-Tournament Team as a junior Honored as the Most Outstanding Player of the 2010 NCAA Tournament and selected to the All-NCAA Tournament Team in 2009 Named Most Outstanding Player of the 2010 NCAA Dayton Regional and of the 2009 NCAA Trenton Regional Broke the UConn single-season scoring record with her total of 754 points as a sophomore besting Kara Wolters previous record total (694) A multi-dimensional player who can play any position on the floor Named 2007-08, 2008-2009 and 2010-11 BIG EAST Player of the Year Moore was the first freshman ever to be named BIG EAST Player of the Year in 2007-08 2009 BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player Has 50 double-doubles Has registered double-figure points in 149 of 154 career games Became the fastest player to reach the 2,000-point milestone in UConn history and the first junior to do so with 16 points vs. Syracuse (3/7/10) Became the fastest player to reach the 1,000-point milestone in UConn history, doing so in her 55th career game with 40 points vs. Syracuse (1/17/09), besting previous record of 63 games held by Svetlana Abrosimova Set UConn and BIG EAST single-game records with 10 three-point field goals vs. Syracuse (1/17/09) The consensus 2007 National High School Player of the Year Earned the Naismith following both her junior and senior prep seasons, becoming only the second two-time winner of the award. Lynx Star Maya Moore Says She Won't Return for 2021 Season Ben Pickman Mar 10, 2021 Four-time WNBA champion Maya Moore said Wednesday that she will not be returning to the court for the. I think all of us look at the adaptive equipment that we use to compete, and that really is what allows us to compete. To continue to have a space to share with people more of my heart. Maya Moore, a four-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, has officially retired from the league. Maya Moore's story is an astounding one full of passion, dedication, and the ultimate sacrifice. You could say that Maya Moore, 31, and Jonathan Irons, 40, found love in a hopeless place. She also broke UConn's freshman scoring record and was named the BIG EAST Player of the Year. We have things that are bigger than sports that makes our hearts beat.". She was the 2013 WNBA Finals MVP, the 2014 WNBA MVP, and is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. In 2013, she was named WNBA Finals MVP and a year later was awarded the WNBA Most Valuable Player trophy. The story is unfolding still. The story is unfolding still. FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2020, file photo, former Connecticut and Minnesota Lynx player Maya Moore applauds in Hartford, Conn. Moore left the WNBA in 2019 to help her now husband Jonathan Irons get his conviction overturned and win his release from prison. All rights reserved. I came out of that surgery and never fully regained everything. The 2014 WNBA MVP and four-time WNBA champion hasn't played since the 2018 season after she announced in February 2019 that she would take time away from basketball to focus on family and ministry affairs. No portion of NBA.com may be. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. In 2019, at the peak of her basketball career, Moore announced she would be withdrawing from the sport she had dominated for years. At the time, Moore said she was unsure whether she would return for the 2021 WNBA season. She signed me up for a camp, she signed me up for a race, and as soon as I started doing that, I fell in love. In four years, she was a part of the Huskies teams that finished with a 150-4 record, appeared in four NCAA Finals Fours and went undefeated in back-to-back seasons, winning national titles in 2009 and 2010. It was a dream come true for me to play basketball at the highest level and help build the foundation for womens basketball. Maya Moore might be mum on her return to basketball, but according to husband Jonathan Irons, the 2014 league MVP still "got it." "I see her all the time. The Minnesota Lynx star stepped away from the WNBA in 2019 to help her now-husband Jonathan . We have a basketball hoop in the back of the house," he told The Associated Press. the drama of the game. Moore opted to stay away from the game, and in July 2022, announced she and Irons had their first child . With five years of experience, Georgia has previously worked for Yahoo! Her first two golds came in 2018 in Pyeongchang (sprint biathlon sitting, 12K cross-country sitting), followed by paratriathlon gold in Tokyo in 2021, and gold in the middle-distance biathlon in Beijing in 2022. The newlyweds made. The 32-year-old Moore will be in New York next week to accept the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs. We have hearts and lives. Selected by Minnesota in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 2011 WNBA Draft Signed to a three-year contract on Apr. . To be honest, I just didnt think I qualified because I wasnt a wheelchair user, I wasnt an amputee. "I think it's time to put a close to the pro basketball life . Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. This is where we're at right now, living in the present.". Welcome to both of you. After he was released, Irons visited the home where he grew up with his grandmother and also visited her gravesite. WNBA legend Maya Moore is hanging up her jersey. The Minnesota Lynx standout had stepped away from. Then she got up and embraced him, a free man for the first time in over 23 years . As is the case with many elite level athletes, they work tirelessly away from sport to make the world a better place. Its great that people get to see that.. Maya Moore, a star with the Minnesota Lynx of the W.N.B.A., stepped away from basketball last year in part to help Irons with his appeal. 11:41 AM EST, Mon January 16, 2023. Collins Hill legend Maya Moore officially retired from the WNBA on Monday, making the announcement on "Good Morning America." "I think it's time to put a close to the pro basketball life . The 33-year-old last played professionally in 2018 and then took a hiatus in her career in 2019 to focus on reform in the American justice system. Moore had 21 points (8-13 FG, 5-6 3PT) and five rebounds in Tuesday's loss to Chicago. Sep 16, 2020. "I'm in a really good place right now with my life, and I don't want to change anything," Moore said in a telephone interview. Theyre athletes. Moore helped lead the Minnesota Lynx in one of the first athlete protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. As a result, it can impact the nerves in your spinal cord, because you have all this scar tissue. Selected as the first overall pick by the Minnesota Lynx in 2011, Moore played her entire 8-year career in Minnesota where she led the franchise to four league championships (2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017). As Jonathan Irons emerged from prison, Maya Moore fell to her knees. Moore, who the Minnesota Lynx drafted in 2011, announced her retirement during an interview with Good Morning America on Monday. We will always cherish her time in a Lynx uniform and we wish her the best as she continues to pursue this next chapter of her life.. Moore won Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016 and two FIBA World Championships in 2010 and 2014 as a member of Team USA. "I don't feel like this is the right time for me to retire," she said. What does that say about you? A documentary of their story Breakaway that was produced by Robin Roberts will air next week on ESPN. Since that time, Moore has been a high-profile advocate for reform in the American justice system, specifically pertaining to the release from prison of a Missouri man named Jonathan Irons, whom she married last summer. Born June 11, 1989 in Jefferson City, Mo. The daughter of Kathryn Moore A Sports Media major at Connecticut Had her first exposure to basketball at the age of three when mother, Kathryn, mounted a hoop on the back door of their apartment to prevent her from running around the apartment. She immediately made an impact when she got to the league. Our performance, what is going on. Its just a special opportunity to continue to celebrate what happened, Moore said. You mentioned a surgery before high school. Irons was only able to watch Moore on TV when she was dominating women's basketball at UConn and then with the Minnesota Lynx while he was in jail serving a 50-year sentence for a crime that Moore and her extended family helped get overturned. Irons was only able to watch Moore on TV when she was dominating women's basketball at UConn and then with the Minnesota Lynx while he was in jail serving a 50-year sentence for a crime that Moore and her extended family helped get overturned. "I got to hold a baby for the first time in 22 years," said Irons, though he and Moore don't have children and didn't say who's baby he held. 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. PARK CITY, Utah For Kendall Gretsch, winning six gold medals at the recent World Para Nordic Skiing Championships in stersund, Sweden, was terrific, but for the 30-year-old Illinois native, the wins come with an asterisk. 2017: Started all 34 games in her seventh WNBA campaign; shes now played in 237 of 238 since arriving in Minnesota in 2011 Tallied 17.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 3.5 apg in 31.3 mpg; she shot 44.2% from the floor, 41.1% (65-for-158) from three-point range the 2nd-best percentage of her career and 85.8% from the FT line Ranked 2nd in the WNBA in steals (a career-high 1.88 spg) as well as 5th in three-point accuracy, 10th in scoring, 3rd among forwards (15th overall) in assists, 23rd in rebounding, 18th in FT accuracy and 10th in minutes Led all scorers with 26 points Sept. 3 vs. Washington, her 15th 20+ night of the season and the 104th of her career; she averaged 19.4 ppg (48.2%) over her final 17 games Scored 20 points with a season-high nine assists Sept. 1 vs. Chicago, one of nine times she led the Lynx in assists; the four treys in that game boosted her career total to 461, overtaking Katie Smith (460) for 1st place on the franchises all-time list Pulled in a season-high 11 boards Aug. 16 at Seattle, part of her 31st career double-double (third this year) Scored a season-high 28 points Aug. 8 at Indiana and swiped a season-high five steals Aug. 3 vs. Atlanta Chosen as MVP of the 2017 All-Star Game on July 22 in Seattle after scoring 23 points Scored the 4000th point of her WNBA career July 6 vs. Los Angeles Collected 22 points, a season-high 11 rebounds and a game-high seven assists June 23 vs. Washington, part of a string of five consecutive 20+ outings. Moore would later go on to win three more titles with the Lynx, establishing herself as one of the best players in WNBA history. I feel like its getting portrayed as like, That was the most successful [worlds] that youve ever had, and I just feel differently about that. Moore left the league in. M.V.P., is reveling in married life and continuing a fight for criminal justice reform alongside Jonathan Irons, whom she married after helping him win his release from. So when I got back to school, I [connected with] the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association, and they had one swim practice left for their season, so I went to that swim practice. On July 2nd 2020, Missouri judge Daniel Green vacated Irons' conviction, stating there were numerous problems with the 1998 case and described it as "very weak and circumstantial at best.". That's what we've been doing. Moore was made aware of the case when she was 18 and she went on to strike up a friendship with Irons but did not talk publicly about it until 2016, when she started to advocate for change in the legal system. For Moore, it was a no-brainer. Her spina bifida has only served to expand the competitive possibilities for Gretsch, a six-time Paralympic medalist with four gold medals in three different events across both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. The couple went to California and has also visited the Grand Canyon. So I want to start with Maya first. And afterwards, they had track practice, and they invited me to come to that. At just 33 years old, Moore has a net worth of $300,000, according to Celebrity Net Worth. "It was scary but such a wonderful thing.". Both of my older sisters played the clarinet, so I was like, Okay, Im gonna play the clarinet. We all played softball growing up that was a really big thing in my town. I want to continue that in our next chapter. We have hearts and lives. The Minnesota Lynx star stunned the world. At a certain point, it was like, Okay, Im just going to be using crutches and thats okay.. This past fall, she and her family partnered with the Illinois Spina Bifida Association to create the Kendall Gretsch Fund for Adaptive Athletes, which helps Illinois individuals and families living with spina bifida pay sports-related registration, equipment and travel expenses. OHT: So along with studying whats probably the hardest major, you now add whats arguably the hardest sport. Moore opted to stay away from the game, and in July 2022 . Maya Moore walked away at her peak athletic power. This whole thing has been so unexpected. I had all my limbs. The 33-year-old last played professionally in 2018 and then took a hiatus in her career in 2019 to focus on reform in the American justice system. I havent had any sort of declines since then, but the initial surgery was pretty extensive. I'm not thinking about that at all right now, she said. Nina Robinson for The New York Times She did not talk. Her dedication to reforming the system grew until Moore had become a leading voice in pushing for prosecutorialchange. Field Level Media. We have stories. Maya Moore continued her stellar play in her sophomore year, where she averaged 21.0 points per game, 8.7 rebounds, and 2.3 steals. The Minnesota Lynx star stepped away from the WNBA in 2019 to help her now-husband Jonathan Irons win his release from. She was the WNBA Rookie of the Year in 2011 and also won her first title. @andscape @DisneyBooks books.disney.com/book/love-and- 42 Moore tallied 34 points (12-19 FG, 5-7 3Pt, 5-6 FT), five assists, four rebounds, two steals and one block in the 89-73 road win at Las Vegas on Thursday. OHT: What did you know about your condition growing up? The couple went to California and has also visited the Grand Canyon. After 23 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Irons was released. "The Arthur Ashe award gives me the opportunity to take a little more time to talk about what really matters. The Minnesota Lynx standout had stepped away from. I never felt like I belonged in that space when I was at the doctors office. She made a trick shot from her mama's bedroom to the goal. Please enter valid email address to continue. WNBA star Maya Moore announced that she has officially retired from basketball in an interview on "Good Morning America" on Monday. By 2014, you earn Female Paratriathlon Athlete of the Year honors, and you get an ESPY nomination in 2015. While Moore has blessed basketball fans with her performances on the court, she has also changed lives off it. Moore helped her now-husband gain his freedom after 23 years Just a year after helping to exonerate Jonathan Irons, WNBA star Maya Moore and Irons tied the knot. Gretsch: The hope is that you just see an athlete. Moore has always been a private person, rarely giving the public a glimpse of her life until now. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. She told me all about it and that day completely changed my life. Someone described to me like a [finger trap toy] with your spinal cord. Healthy, 29-years-old, and one of the faces of the WNBA, Moore decided to walk away from basketball in February of 2018. 2 Wake Forest, No. At the time, the person who was running all these programs had just started Dare2tri (a non-profit specializing in adaptive sports). Just months later, Moore announced her marriage to Irons after the two fell in love during his time in prison. She made a trick shot from her mama's bedroom to the goal. OHT: After high school, you head to Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where you choose the incredibly difficult major of biomedical engineering. I walked away four seasons ago but I wanted to officially retire.. He was released last July and married Moore a few weeks later. And the information seemed really hard to figure out at that point. At the peak of her WNBA career, Maya Moore put a pin in it all to help free an innocent man from a 50-year prison sentence. The drama of the game. She made a trick shot from her mama's bedroom to the goal. Moore, who left the WNBA in 2019 to help Irons win his release, remains non-committal when asked about returning to the league. Reggie Love recalls President Obama's star-studded 50th birthday game . She still shoots from deep and will shoot your lights out.". "I got to hold a baby for the first time in 22 years," said Irons, though he and Moore don't have children and he didn't say who's baby he held. Maya Moore, former WNBA MVP, still undecided on return | CBC Sports Loaded, "It's just a special opportunity to continue to celebrate what happened," Moore said. Free shipping for many products! Maya Moore's current net worth is $150K, according to Celebrity Net Worth. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert also praised Moore for eight incredible seasons with the league and called her a rare, generational talent.. Moore won her first title and the WNBAs Rookie of the Year award in her first season. Gretsch: I think its funny, because I do like the challenge of it. 2023 Cable News Network. Moore, 33, stepped away from the WNBA and skipped the 2020 Olympics to focus on criminal justice reform. With Maya Moore making her retirement official, Boardroom looks back on a legendary career on and off the court. Now 31, the former UConn standout wasn't ready to commit to a WNBA return in 2021. "To continue to have a space to share with people more of my heart. 2015-16: Averaged a team-high 29.9 points and 8.3 rebounds alongside 3.2 assists per game with Shanxi 2014-15: Returned to Shanxi in China to win her third straight WCBA championship Averaged 30.0 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 38 games 2013-14: Won a second straight WCBA title with Shanxi Averaged 39.3 points, 11.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 4.3 steals in 31 games Scored 40 or more points 17 times 2012-13: Won the WCBA championship with Shanxi in their first year of existence Tallied 38.7 points, 12.6 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 3.6 steals in 28 games Scored 60 points on Nov. 10 against Yunnan Recorded a triple-double vs. Zhejiang on Feb. 2 in the WCBA Finals, scoring 43 points, grabbing 12 rebounds and dishing 11 assists 2011-12: Helped Spanish power Ros Casares Valencia win EuroLeague and Liga Femenina crowns Averaged 13.1 ppg and 4.2 rpg in 20 Spanish league contests, and 12.7 ppg and 6.2 rpg in 10 EuroLeague appearances. 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