UConn junior forward Maya Moore has been named the ESPN the Magazine's Academic All-America of the Year. In the process she joined Leigh Curl and Rebecca Lobo as the only UConn women's basketball players to earn Academic first team All-American honors in consecutive years. Moore now has a chance to become the program's first three-time first team Academic All-American.

Moore is averaging 18.1 points and 7.7 rebounds and is the team leader with 104 assists, 56 steals and 52 3-pointers.

She also has a 3.70 grade point average in an individualized major titled "
sport, media and promotion" which combines journalism, communications and education kinesiology.

STOKES DRAWING A CROWD
According to a blog post, UConn assistant coach Shea Ralph is expected to be in attendance at tonight's Linn-Mar vs. Bettendorf at Tipton Middle School. Tennessee coach Pat Summitt and Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale were reported as planning to watch highly-touted Linn-Mar 6-foot-3 junior Kiah Stokes play.

The fact that Ralph was planning to make the trip should make it clear that the Huskies are still interested in Stokes even if a scholarship offer was not immediately granted to Stokes when she made an unofficial visit to UConn earlier this month. The UConn staff considers landing a top-flight post player a priority in the next recruiting class but is still in the early stages of accomplishing that goal. Stokes of Marion, Iowa and Elizabeth Williams of Virginia Beach, Va. are still very much on UConn's recruiting radar.