Maya Moore April was born on the 11th June 1989, in Jefferson City, Missouri USA, and is a noted professional basketball player. Being 183 cm tall, she plays in the position of small forward in the WNBA league. With the team of Minnesota Lynx, Moore has won the WNBA championship in 2011, 2013 and 2015, and as part of the USA national team, Moore became the world champion in 2010 and 2014 as well as an Olympic gold medallist in 2012. She has been playing basketball professionally since 2011.
How rich is the basketball player? Reportedly, the overall size of Maya Moore’s net worth stands at $150,000, as of the data given in early 2016. It has been estimated that her salary is as much as $45,000 pa.
To begin with, she started playing basketball while still studying in Collins Hill High School. Due to the successful playing she was the second junior to win the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award. She then continued her career playing in the team of The Connecticut Huskies at the University of Connecticut, and has been acknowledged as one of the best players in the history of American women’s college basketball – she is the only player to win the Wade Trophy three times, which trophy distinguishes the best players in college basketball. Her team won the NCAA championship twice during her four-year career.
Maya Moore Net Worth $150,000
Concerning her professional career, during the WNBA draft 2011 Moore was chosen in the first round by Minnesota Lynx. Moore was the second player (after Cheryl Ford 2003), who won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award in the first year of her professional career. The same year she was rewarded as the best rookie in the league and the team won the championship.
The season of 2011 – 2012, she played for the Spanish club Ros Casares Valencia, and they won the Euro League Women. This was followed by the finals in the WNBA 2012 season, which her team lost against the Indiana Fever, and then victory of the national team at the Olympics in London.
In 2013, Moore played her second WNBA championship, while also participating in the WNBA Finals and winning the MVP Award as the most valuable player. In the season of 2014 she set several WNBA records, one example out of many being on 22nd July 2014 when she scored 48 points in a game against the Atlanta Dream 48, which is the second highest score in the league’s history. At the end of the season Moore again was rewarded as the Most Valuable Player of the league. Then she won her second World Cup with the US team, and was voted MVP of the tournament. In 2015, Moore won her third WNBA championship, and was also named the MVP again.
Overall, during her relatively short career, Moore has already been invited to the White House five times to receive various honours.
Finally, in the personal life of the basketball player, Moore keeps it very private. It is not reported whether she has a boyfriend or not, although she claims that she is not married.
