July 3, 2024

UConn legend Maya Moore officially announces retirement

After stepping away from basketball in 2019, the future Hall of Famer officially put an end to her career on Monday.

Maya Moore is officially calling it a career. On Monday, the two-time national champion and four-time WNBA champion announced her retirement from basketball on Good Morning America.

“I think it is time to put a close to the pro basketball life. I walked away four seasons ago but I wanted to officially retire,” she told Robin Roberts. “This is such a sweet time for us and our family and the work that we’ve done, I want to continue that in this next chapter. I want to continue to be present at home for my community, for my family.”

UConn legend Maya Moore officially announces retirement

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Moore played at UConn from 2008-12 and then spent the entirety of her eight-year WNBA career with the Minnesota Lynx. She stepped away from the sport in 2019 to focus on her personal life as well as “investing my time in some ministry dreams that have been stirring in my heart for many years.”

As it turned out, Moore used that time to help fight for the release of Jonathan Irons, a family friend who had been wrongfully imprisoned for over 20 years. In March 2020, his conviction was overturned and in July of that year, he was finally released from prison.

The two were married in September 2020 and this past July, they announced the birth of their first child.

Moore now runs a social action campaign called “Win With Justice” with the goal of educating people about “excessive power that prosecutors have in maintaining and expanding mass incarceration while inspiring the public and prosecutors to action.”

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