Class of 2011 - WCU Athletics Hall of Fame - Chris Moore

Four former student-athletes comprise the 2011 Western Carolina University Athletics Hall of Fame class announced on July 6th 2011. The 22nd class will be inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame on the weekend of November 4-6, 2011.

Today we'll look at the third of the four to be inducted:

"Chris Moore (Baseball,1996-99) was one of only three Western Carolina baseball players in school history to earn All-Southern Conference honors for four-consecutive seasons joining Freddie Hailey (1984-87) and Matt Raleigh (1989-92). A two-time All-America selection - garnering freshman All-America honors in 1996 and Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger All-America honors in '99 - Moore earned 1999 SoCon Player of the Year accolades, capping a string of three-straight seasons that a Catamount garnered top player honors.
At the time of his graduation, Moore not only led Western Carolina, but was the SoCon's all-time hits leader with 311, a mark that ranks him second in school history at the time of his induction. All told, Moore continues to rank inside the top 10 on 15 different statistical categories in the WCU record book including the program's all-time leader with 254 RBI, second in hits (311), doubles (68), runs scored (240) and total bases (545).

Moore, a Wilmington, N.C., native, was drafted in the 11th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft by the Colorado Rockies and spent four years in the Rockies' system before embarking on his coaching career. His first stop as a coach came as an assistant at Davidson College in 2003 before spending five years at Lander University, the final four seasons as the program's head coach guiding the squad to as high as No. 17 in the NCAA Division II national rankings. After a season at West Georgia University, Moore spent the 2010 season coaching infielders and hitters at ASU."

Courtesy WCU Sports Information