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former Irish womens Basketball Player

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Susan Maria Moran (born 1980)^[1] is a former Irish basketball player. As of 2015, she was a coach with the Saint Joseph’s Hawks women’s basketball team.^[2] Moran, who was inducted into Basketball Ireland‘s “hall of fame” in 2019,^[3] has been described by John Riordan of the Irish Examiner as “probably the greatest female basketballer Ireland has produced”.^[4]

Originally from Kilbeggan, County Westmeath in Ireland, her family subsequently moved to Tullamore, County Offaly.^[5][6] Moran attended Sacred Heart Secondary School in Tullamore,^[4] and lead the school’s basketball team to the national Under 19 School’s Cup.^[3] In the 1998 finals, she scored a game-high of 52 points.^[7]

Having been scouted by several US colleges,^[8] Moran was recruited by St. Joseph’s Philadelphia for their Division 1 NCAA basketball programme.^[3] During her four years at St. Joseph’s, she lead the team in both scoring and rebounding every year. In her final year, she was the fourth-highest scorer nationally within US college basketball, averaging 22.3 points.^[3] By the time of her departure from St. Joseph’s, Moran was the “all-time leading scorer” at the college.^[9]

In 2002, Moran was drafted as a second-round pick by the New York Liberty in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).^[10] This made her the first (and as of 2025 the only)^{[citation needed]} Irish-born player to ever play in the WNBA.^[11]

Moran subsequently played professionally in basketball leagues in Spain, Australia and New Zealand.^[12] In the latter two, she won each league’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.^[13]

Moran made her senior debut for the Ireland women’s national basketball team at the age of 16.^[14] She also played internationally during the World Student Games.^{[citation needed]}

In 2019, Susan Moran was entered as a member of the “Irish Basketball Hall of Fame”.^[3] Together with Siobhán Caffrey, Moran was one of the first two women inducted into Basketball Ireland’s Hall of Fame.^[15]

As of 2015, Moran was an associate head coach at St. Joseph’s Philadelphia.^[2]