2014-15 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
R.J. Moore
- Position:
- Center Defender
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Career: Statistical totals - 109 games played, 69 games started, 64 goals, 27 assists, 91 points, 82 steals, 175 shots, 19 ejections drawn, 7-for-12 on sprints.
2016 (Senior): Team captain along with fellow seniors Ratimir Babic, Sean Daley and Nate Hunter ... appeared in all 28 games, starting 25 ... one of six Bison to start at least 20 games ... one of team's top defenders with 25 steals ... also scored 16 goals, dished out three assists and drew four ejections ... season-high two goals came in regular-season loss at Harvard ... posted four straight multi-steal games in September.
2015 (Junior): 31 appearances and 11 starts throughout the season … third on team with 38 steals … scored 21 goals and registered 29 points on season … season-high five steals against Santa Clara and three goals against Fresno Pacific during the Santa Clara Rodeo … tallied at least one point in 10 of the final 11 games of the season … season-best three points in back-to-back games against Fresno Pacific and Princeton.
2014 (Sophomore): Saw action in 25 games, starting 23 ... finished season with 17 goals and seven assists ... ranked seventh on squad with 24 points ... season-high three points came in season's third game vs. Washington & Jefferson ... season-high two goals on five occasions ... drew four ejections ... 1-for-1 on sprints ... sprint opportunity came at CWPA Championship vs. George Washington.
2013 (Freshman): One of two freshmen to appear in all 25 games, starting in nine … tied for team’s single-game high goals scored (6) in second career game vs. Gannon … earned CWPA Southern Division Rookie of the Week (9/9) honors after Navy Invite, totaling seven goals and two assists in three matchups.
High School: Four-year member of water polo and swimming teams at St. Thomas Aquinas High School ... three-year water polo team captain ... Tri-County Player of the Year in 2013 ... Broward County Player of the Year, First Team Miami Herald and Academic All-American in 2011 and 2012 ... selected as Top Player at Regional Olympic Development Program Championships in 2011 ... three-time selection for USA Water Polo National Training Selection Camp.
Personal: Richard Joseph Moore III ... born Sept. 20, 1994 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida ... son of Lynda and Jody Moore ... father swam at Tulane University and played water polo at The Hill School, helping the team to the 1979 Pennsylvania state championship ... mother played basketball and volleyball at St. Ambrose University in Iowa ... has one older sister, Elizabeth, who graduated from Northwestern in 2015 ... also has a younger sister, Mary Katherine, and brother, Ryan ... majoring in economics.
