Photos: Maya Moore through the years

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Photos: Maya Moore through the years

Starting off as a senior forward for Collins Hill's Lady Eagles, Maya Moore has experienced a repeatedly acclaimed career in women's basketball.

Collins Hill seniors Jordan Jones (33), Maya Moore (32) and Carmen Fowler (11) talk about their game against Sprayberry in their locker room in the first round of the girls Class AAAAA playoffs Friday night in Suwanee, Ga., February 23, 2007. This was the senior's last home game of the season. (JASON GETZ / AJC staff)

In this photo provided by McDonald's, McDonald's All-American East player Maya Moore, left, of Lawrenceville, Ga., drives past the West team's Victoria Baugh (22), of Sacramento, Calif., during the 30th anniversary McDonald's All American High School Basketball Game, Wednesday, March 28, 2007, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/McDonald's, Henny Ray Abrams, HO)

Collins Hill's Maya Moore (cq, 32). The Gwinnett County Basketball Super 10 photographed at Norcross High School Saturday afternoon November 12, 2005. (Jason Getz/AJC staff)

It's 72 straight wins and counting for 2009 champion UConn and star forward Maya Moore.

She has the talent and ability to play all five positions and she can score from any point on the floor. She possesses a prototype WNBA body as a college freshman.

Former Collins Hill star and AJC girls basketball player of the year Maya Moore (UConn #23 in all photos) leads No. 1 UConn in scoring as a freshman. Her new coach, Geno Auriemma, gives us five qualities Moore has that could make her one of the school's best ever: 1. Intensity: She plays hard every possession and has a competitiveness about her that resides in every great athlete.

Connecticut Huskies senior Maya Moore waves to her home crowd after UConn's win over Georgia Tech at Alexander Memorial Coliseum Sunday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 21, 2010. UConn defeated Georgia Tech 71-51. Moore is a Collins Hill graduate and a Lawrenceville, Ga., native. Moore lead UConn with 30 points. Jason Getz jgetz@ajc.com

Moore has been selected first-team All-America in each of her three seasons at UConn, and will return next season to help the team extend its 78-game winning streak.

Connecticut's women's basketball and future WNBA Minnesota Lynx player Maya Moore reacts after receiving her degree during University of Connecticut's commencement ceremony in Storrs on Sunday.

From left, gold medalists Angel McCaughtry #5, Maya Moore #7, Lindsay Whalen #4, Asjha Jones #9 and Angel McCaughtry #8 of United States celebrate with their medals during the medal ceremony for the Women's Basketball on Day 15 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 11, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Minnesota Lynx forward Maya Moore (23) tries to drive around Connecticut Sun guard Jasmine Thomas (5) in the first quarter on Sunday, July 15, 2018 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn. (Jeff Wheeler/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

The Minnesota Lynx's Maya Moore dribbles past the Dallas Wings' Kayla Thornton, left, and Liz Cambage at Target Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. The Lynx won, 91-83. (Jerry Holt/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Minnesota Lynx forward Maya Moore (23) and Minnesota Lynx center Sylvia Fowles (34) celebrate after forcing a Washington Mystics timeout during the second half of a WNBA basketball game, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 in Minneapolis. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)

Maya Moore reacts in the final seconds as the Lynx defeat the Dream 86-77 to win the WNBA Championship on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, in Duluth. Moore was named MVP and led all scorers in the game.

The WNBA legend Maya Moore teaches a Black History Month workshop at Lewis and Clark Middle School, where she attended in her youth, in Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 28, 2019. At 30, healthy and in her prime, she is doing something virtually unthinkable for an athlete of her stature: taking a sabbatical to pursue a goal of translating social justice talk into action. (Nina Robinson/The New York Times)

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Collins Hill seniors Jordan Jones (33), Maya Moore (32) and Carmen Fowler (11) talk about their game against Sprayberry in their locker room in the first round of the girls Class AAAAA playoffs Friday night in Suwanee, Ga., February 23, 2007. This was the senior's last home game of the season. (JASON GETZ / AJC staff)

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