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Best AdviceMy coach at UConn,

Geno Auriemma,

taught me to take

more risks, because

in basketball, if you

overthink things,

the moment will

pass you by. Thats

good advice for lifeoff the court, too.

Best Warm-UpMusicI like music thats

upbeat with a

good message. My

favorite singer is Canton

Jones, a gospel hip-hop artist

when Im on the bus going

to a game, I listen to him in

my own little world, singing

and dancing; he gets me

ready to play every time.

Best Guilty PleasureRed velvet cake is my absolute

favorite. It has to be an actual

slice of cake, not a cupcake;

theres more surface area, so

the icing ratio is higher. That

makes all the difference.

Best Mood BoosterOne of my favorite things to

do is teach kids to shoot a

basketball. When they finally

get it and their eyes light

up, its the greatest feeling.

Best Wardrobe StapleMy mom taught me to

always have a nice black skirtthat can go with anything.

You can mix and match it with

different tops and wear it

for everything from meetings to

a night out with friends.

Best WinIn the 2010 National

Championship against

Stanford, my team only scored

12 points in the first half,

which was a college

championship recordfor least

points scored. At halftime, we

had a choice to make: We could

let the first half affect us, or

we could start fresh and

take the game back. We endedup winning by six.

As told to Arianna Davis

p h o t o g r a p h b y J a n e S h a u c k

She ruled the court at UConn,

becoming this years topWNBA draft pick. Now theMinnesota Lynx forward

shares what she loves most.

MayaMoore

Best Quickie Workout

One of my favorite pieces ofequipment is a jump rope. Its portable,and you dont need much

spaceor coordinationto use it.

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drummer and playwright Odile Gakire Katese at a theater workshop.

Inevitably, they got to talking about the 1994 genocide that killed

800,000 people and left Kateses homeland in a seemingly permanent

state of mourning. Katese had an idea. She thought an ice cream parlor

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jobs, Dundas says. After raising

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help train members of Kateses

all-woman Ingoma Nshya drum-

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scraped by selling eggs or braiding hair, in shop operations.

These days, with Dundas and Miesens help, the drummers run an

ice cream parlor called Inzozi Nziza (Sweet Dreams) that enables

its 11 employees to feed, clothe, and educate more than 70 family

members; it also contributes to the livelihood of dozens of dairy

farmers, coffee bean growers, and beekeepers. Since about 90 percentof Rwanda lacks access to electricity, most customers have never

tasted frozen treats. Homemade flavors like maracuja (passion fruit)

typically inspire amused shock, says Miesen. But most people have

no problem finishing their bowl. Eventually, the Rwandan women

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