2024-25 Men's Tennis Roster
AJ Moore
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Irvine, CA
- High School:
- Portola
- 2025 Team MVP
- 2025 Lightning Bolt Award Winner for most combined duals wins (21)
- 2024 Team Most Improved Award Winner
- 2024 Lightning Bolt Award Winner for most combined duals wins (17)
- 2023 Academic All-Mountain West
2025-26 | Senior: Team captain.
2024-25 | Junior: Team MVP ... Lightning Bolt Award for most combined dual wins (21) ... led team with 13 dual singles wins and tied for team-lead with eight dual doubles wins ... led team with 32 total wins ... ITA Mountain Regional doubles semifinalist with Phillip Deaton ... ITA Sectionals qualifier with Deaton ... 17 singles wins and 15 doubles wins ... earned three doubles wins in MW play.
2023-24 | Sophomore: Led team with 31 wins ... 17 wins in singles, with nine in duals ... seven wins at No. 3 singles ... second on team with 13 doubles wins and tied for first with eight dual doubles wins ... seven wins at No. 3 doubles ... Team Most Imprived Award winner ... Lightning Bolt Award for most combined dual wins (17).
2022-23 | Freshman: Academic All-Mountain West ... 23-16 overall record ... 13-8 overall in singles ... had four singles wins in duals play, including a 3-0 mark at No. 5 singles ... 10-8 record in doubles ... earned two doubles wins in duals play ... went 8-5 in tournament doubles.
High School: Tennis Recruiting national ranking of #82 and highest ranking of #62 and five-star recruit … #19 ranked player in California … lettered four years in tennis … league champion as a junior and senior … helped lead Portola to back-to-back CIF Championships (Div. II in 2021 and Div. I in 2022) … graduated as a scholar athlete … ranked top 10 in SoCal and top 70 in the nation on the club circuit … high school coach was Natasha Schottland … club coaches were Eric Diaz and Cecil Mammit.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 17 ... Son of Alex and Nellie Moore … has a younger brother … uncle, Ryan Moore, played collegiate and professional tennis … first name is Alex … considering computer science major … future career plan is to become a pilot … Why I decided to come to the Academy: “The opportunity for something different and challenging.” … hobbies are playing the piano, ukulele and video games … began playing tennis at age three … credits his dad as having the biggest influence on his sports career … favorite possession is his electric scooter … one thing on his bucket list is to sky dive … dream vacation spot is Hawaii … favorite role models are his parents … something most people don’t know about him is that he used to play five sports … most notable thing about his hometown is the big orange hot air balloon … favorite TV show is Avatar the Last Airbender … favorite movie is Avengers: Endgame … favorite class subject is Computer Science … favorite athlete is Rafael Nadal.
