Maya Moore Named AP Player of the Year; Geno Co-Coach of the Year

The hardware continues to roll in for UConn Huskies senior All-American Maya Moore as she was named the AP Player of the Year.

Earlier on Saturday, Moore was announced as the winner of the Wade Trophy, Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award and was also named to the 2011 NCAA Division I State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball Team.

This is the second time Moore has won the award and joins Seimone Augustus of LSU and Chamique Holdsclaw of Tennessee as the only two time winners of the award. She finished second in the voting during her freshman and junior seasons. Moore’s teammate Tina Charles won the award last year.

UConn head coach Geno Auriemma was also honored as the AP Co-Coach of the Year. He shared the award with Miami’s Katie Meier and Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer. This is the first time a major AP award has been shared.

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