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.
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.
