Breanna Stewart (one of the Sportspersons of the Year) was not the only WNBA luminary to be honored at the Sports Illustrated Awards.
Maya Moore won the Inspiration of the Year Sports Illustrated Award for her work in fighting criminal justice. (🎥 @SInow) #WNBA pic.twitter.com/cbppgNfumE
— NICK HAMILTON (@NickHamiltonLA) December 20, 2020
W royalty was also honored when the SI Awards named its Inspiration of the Year. Moore was one of five nominees in addition to Jaylen Brown, Vanderbilt football’s Sarah Fuller and triathlete Chris Nikic.
Moore won.
In some THE WNBA IS SO IMPORTANT news…tonight, @MooreMaya won the @SInow Inspiration of the Year award!!! She’s been a longstanding advocate for criminal justice reform and I’m so happy she’s getting her flowers.
— Arielle (Ari) Chambers (@ariivory) December 20, 2020
Two years ago, she announced she would be sitting out the 2019 WNBA season to devote more time towards a social justice issue. The social justice matter first and foremost in the mind of Moore was that involving Jonathan Irons, a Missouri man who was sentenced to 50 years in prison for an alleged crime he was found to have not committed.
Moore was successful in her efforts in ensuring justice was done. Then, she revealed in an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America that she and Irons tied the knot.
WNBA star Maya Moore reveals she has married Jonathan Irons, the man she helped free from wrongful conviction. Congratulations to the happy couple! https://t.co/XQgDH7hJAY pic.twitter.com/oattxmhhzO
— Good Morning America (@GMA) September 16, 2020
