Feb. 29, 2008

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - For her efforts on the track and in the classroom, Navy's Vicki Moore (Sr./Burke, Va.) has been honored as the Patriot League Women's Indoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year, it was announced by the league office on Friday morning.

Moore is the second Navy competitor to earn the award in as many years, as Kirsten Andrews '07 was recognized by the league last year and eventually as the female scholar-athlete of the year.

In the classroom, Moore ranks at the top of her class of 1,064 midshipmen with a perfect 4.00 cumulative grade-point average over her first-seven semesters in Annapolis. The information technology major also ranks first in her class in Overall Order of Merit, which is a combination of Academic Order of Merit (first) and Military Order of Merit (second). She has been recognized on the Superintendent's List in each of her seven semesters where she has produced a flawless 4.00 grade-point average. Moore, who is currently serving as the 20th Company Commander, will enter the Surface Warfare community following commissioning week in May.

Earlier this month, Moore was selected to the USA Today All-USA College Academic Second-Team for her work in creating a user-friendly database for NATO M&I request summaries.

While she has excelled in her academic endeavors, the product of Burke, Va., has been equally impressive in the middle distance events for the indoor track & field team. At last weekend's Patriot League Championship, Moore earned first-team all-league honors in the 1,000-meter run and second-team all-league kudos in the mile run and 4x800-meter relay. This winter, she has qualified for the ECAC Championship in the 1,000-meter run (2:56.4) and the 4x800-meter relay (9:10.00). With the help of her leg in the 4x800-meter relay last weekend, the Midshipmen produced the fifth-fastest time in school history.

Over her athletic career, Moore has won an event at the Patriot League Indoor Championship four times and placed second on three other occasions. The Navy senior has etched her name into the Navy indoor top-10 record book in the 1,000-meter run, 4x800-meter relay and distance medley relay.

To be eligible for the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average and be a starter or key player in his/her sport. Freshmen are not eligible for this honor.

The Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for each individual sport comprises the pool of nominees for the Patriot League Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards given out over the summer. One male and one female are selected for this honor.

Moore and several Midshipmen will compete at the ECAC Championship on March 8-9 in Boston.