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Matt Moore

Attack
Position
6'2''
Height
195 lbs.
Weight
Graduate Student
Class
Garnet Valley, Pa.
Hometown
Garnet Valley HS
High School
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TIFFANY ON MOORE
2022– “Returned to Charlottesville for a 5th year, determined to lead this team again both with his emotional guidance and his ferocious attacking style… Demanding more and more of himself as this captain fulfills his objective of being as complete a player as there is in college lacrosse… Knows not how to pace himself in practice as he smashes his way into the defense and blasts his rockets.” 2021 – “Taking his leadership role with the team to astronomical levels … personally taking responsibility for the offense and all of its constituents … to say he is razor-focused and passionate about guiding his teammates is to understate.” 2020 – “The question of whether he should serve as a midfielder or attackman no longer lingers after the spring of 2019.  Initiating much of our offense from behind the cage, Matt was both a scoring and feeding threat.  What is truly inspiring is his will to be better:  the self-evaluative list he creates at the end of each semester tediously critiques his own play, assessing mechanics and fundamentals he is adamant to improve upon.” 2019 – “Where No. 5 will be found on the field this spring is still to be determined as his combination of physical and elusive dodging puts pressure on a defense as both a midfielder and attackman.” 2018 – “The table is set after one semester.  Matt spent his first few weeks on our practice field testing himself, discovering what he needed to learn and what needed to improve.  Then he went to work:  the subsequent results are promising.  With growing confidence and positive support from his teammates, Matt is poised to make a difference for UVA on the offensive end in his first spring as a Cavalier.”

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Finished his career as UVA’s all-time leader in career points (277)
  • For his career, registered 143 goals and 134 assists in 73 games played
  • His 143 career goals were good for No. 2 all-time in UVA history
  • His 134 career assists were good for No. 5 all-time in UVA history
  • Concluded his career on a 63-game point streak that began March 31, 2018 in which he amassed 143 goals and 125 points
  • Finished his career having played in 11 NCAA Tournament games in which he produced 23 goals and 20 assists
  • His 43 points in NCAA Tournament contests were good for No. 3 all-time in UVA history
  • UVA’s second four-time All-ACC Academic selection

2022

  • Started in 13 games at attack
  • USILA Third Team All-American (May 26)
  • Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American (May 15)
  • All-ACC selection (May 12)
  • Senior CLASS Award recipient (May 27)
  • Scored 26 goals and dished out 26 assists
  • Amassed 36 goals during an 18-game goal streak that began March 11, 2021 and ended March 26, 2022
  • Tewaaraton Award Watch List selection (April 21)
  • Inside Lacrosse Preseason Tewaaraton Top 10 Watch List
  • ACC All-Academic selection (June 15)
  • Inside Lacrosse Second Team Preseason All-American
  • USILA Second Team Preseason All-American
  • USA Lacrosse Magazine Second Team Preseason All-American
  • Team captain

2021

  • USILA All-American (3rd)
  • USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American (HM)
  • Inside Lacrosse All-American (HM)
  • USILA Scholar All-American
  • All-ACC
  • All-ACC Academic
  • NCAA All-Tournament Team
  • Appeared in 17 of UVA’s 18 games with 17 starts
  • No. 10 in the nation with 67 points
  • Became just the fifth Cavalier all-time with 100 goals and 100 assists for a career
  • Scored 33 goals and dished out 34 assists
  • Scored eight goals and five assists in the NCAA Tournament, including four goals and two assists in the NCAA title game against Maryland
  • VaSID All-State in attack

2020

  • Inside Lacrosse All-American (2nd)
  • Started all six of UVA’s games
  • No. 8 in the nation and No. 2 in the ACC with 5.83 points per game
  • No. 12 in the nation and No. 3 in the ACC with 2.67 assists per game
  • Key member of UVA’s ride, which ranked No. 2 in the nation forcing opponents to only clear at a .737 clip
  • Notched a career-high 10 points on seven goals and three assists at Brown
  • Also caused two turnovers against Brown
  • Had eight points on six assists and two goals against High Point

2019

  • USILA All-American (HM)
  • All-ACC
  • NCAA All-Tournament Team
  • ACC All-Tournament Team
  • Led the ACC with 43 assists and 89 points
  • No. 8 in the nation with 89 points
  • No. 8 in the nation with 43 assists
  • First 40-goal, 40-assist player in UVA program history
  • Broke Doug Knight’s (86) program record for points in a season with 89
  • Started all 20 of UVA’s games
  • Scored 10 goals and 11 assists for 21 points in the NCAA Tournament
  • Scored two goals including the overtime winner against Maryland in the NCAA quarterfinal round
  • Dished out seven assists in the NCAA first round against Robert Morris
  • Recorded 16 multi-goal games
  • Had eight games with three or more goals
  • Key member of the UVA ride, finishing with 45 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers
  • Scored at least one goal in all 20 games
  • Threw out a “first pitch” with 2019 teammate Dox Aitken at a Philadelphia Phillies games after UVA won the NCAA title
  • All-ACC Academic

2018

  • ACC Freshman of the Year
  • Named to the All-ACC Tournament team
  • Appeared in 17 of UVA’s 18 games with 12 starts
  • Given the night off against VMI
  • Scored 19 goals and dished out 15 assists for 34 points
  • Also picked up 25 ground balls and caused five turnovers
  • His 34 points rank No. 2 all-time among UVA freshman midfielders
  • His 19 goals ties him with Larry LeDoyen (1983) and Jay Jalbert (1997) for No. 2 all-time among UVA freshman midfielders
  • Posted four goals and four assists in the ACC Tournament
  • Talled a season-best four goals against Syracuse in the ACC Tournament
  • Recorded six multi-goal games
  • All-ACC Academic selection

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Listed as the No. 4 recruit in the country by Inside Lacrosse
  • Listed as the No. 1 midfielder in the country by Inside Lacrosse
  • Under Armour All-American
  • Four-time first-team All-Central League
  • Four-time first-team All-Delaware County
  • Four-time first-team all-state
  • Three-time All-American
  • Central League MVP in 2015 and 2016
  • Four-time Garnet Valley Team MVP
  • Finished with 156 career goals and 173 career assists for 329 points
  • Three-time Under Armour Underclass Philadelphia Team
  • Under Armour Underclass All-Tournament team in 2016
  • Holds Garnet Valley record for playoff points (68), playoff goals (39), playoff assists (29) and goals in a playoff game (7)
  • Also played soccer and was an All-Delaware County honorable mention as a junior
  • Named first-team All-Delaware County and first-team All-Central League as a senior (Soccer)
  • Captain as a junior and senior (Soccer)

PERSONAL

  • Son of Timothy and Michelle Moore
  • Has two brothers, Brian and Shawn, and both played collegiate soccer
  • Uncle, Scott Moore, played lacrosse at Rutgers (1987-1991)
  • Cousin, Alex Moore, played lacrosse at North Carolina and helped the Tar Heels win the 2016 NCAA women’s national championship
  • Pursuing a Masters degree in Public Policy