Moore named to five-member squad one year after becoming only second freshman named as First Team All-America

STORRS, Conn. (November 4, 2008) -- University of Connecticut women's basketball sophomore Maya Moore (Lawrenceville, Ga.) has been named to the Associated Press preseason All-America team, which was released today.

Moore joined Oklahoma's Courtney Paris, Louisville's Angel McCoughtry, Maryland's Kristi Tolliver and Oklahoma State's Andrea Riley on the five-player squad.

Last season saw Moore become only the second freshman in NCAA Division I women's basketball history to be recognized with first team Associated Press All-America honors, joining Paris.

Moore will be attempting to become the fourth player in UConn history to be a two-time Associated Press first team All-America.

Moore was only one vote shy of being a unanimous selection as she appeared on 44 of the 45 possible ballots.

Last season, Moore led the Huskies in scoring at 17.8 ppg and became the first freshman in BIG EAST Conference history (male or female) to be recognized as the conference's player of the year.

2008 Associated Press Preseason All-America Team Maya Moore - Connecticut Courtney Paris - Oklahoma Kristi Tolliver - Maryland Angel McCoughtry - Louisville Andrea Riley - Oklahoma State

STORRS, Conn. (March 1, 2008) – The University of Connecticut Division of Athletics and Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) have signed a new four-year contract extension for CPTV to continue to be UConn’s exclusive local market television broadcast partner for women’s basketball.

Under the agreement, all local television rights for UConn women’s basketball which are controlled by the University are assigned to CPTV. All other UConn games are controlled by the BIG EAST Conference and subject to Conference television contracts.

The agreement runs from the 2008-09 academic year through 2011-12 and calls for CPTV to televise a minimum of 68 UConn women’s basketball games over the four-year contract period.

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