University of Connecticut Athletics
Husky Trio Wins WNBA Championship
9/13/2018 1:35:00 PM | Women's Basketball
FAIRFAX, Va. – Former UConn women's basketball standouts Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis won the WNBA Championship Wednesday night with the Seattle Storm.
Stewart was selected as the WNBA Finals MVP and was named All-WNBA First Team after being named the regular season MVP and a 2018 WNBA All-Star.
Fifteen former Huskies have won a total of 27 WNBA Championships.
This is the first WNBA title for Stewart and Mosqueda-Lewis. Bird won her third WNBA Championship, all with Seattle (2004, '10, '18).
The Storm finished the regular season with the best record in the league (26-8) and the No. 1 overall seed in the WNBA Playoffs. Seattle went 6-2 in the playoffs, including a 3-0 sweep in the Finals.
During the Finals game, former Huskies Tiffany Hayes (Atlanta Dream), Stewart and Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury) were named to the All-WNBA First Team. Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx) was selected to the second team.
UConn WNBA Champions
2018 – Sue Bird, Kaleena Mosquesda-Lewis, Breanna Stewart (Seattle Storm)
2017 – Maya Moore, Renee Montgomery (Minnesota Lynx)
2015 – Kalana Greene, Asjha Jones, Renee Montgomery, Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx)
2014 – Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury)
2013 – Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx)
2011 – Charde Houston, Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx)
2010 – Svetlana Abrosimova, Swin Cash, Sue Bird (Seattle Storm)
2009 – Ketia Swanier, Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury)
2008 – Kelly Schumacher (Detroit Shock)
2007 – Kelly Schumacher, Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury)
2006 – Swin Cash (Detroit Shock)
2004 – Sue Bird (Seattle Storm)
2003 – Swin Cash (Detroit Shock)
2000 – Jennifer Rizzotti (Houston Comets)
1999 – Jennifer Rizzotti, Kara Wolters (Houston Comets)
