COLLEGE CAREER: All-America candidate…Only the fifth foreign athlete to suit up for the women’s basketball team...She is a strong and aggressive post player…Second on SJU’s career field goal percentage list (53.8%)…Has started every game of her Hawk career…Just third player in SJU history to lead team in scoring and rebounding in consecutive seasons…Begins season just 37 points shy of 1000 for her career, looking to become the third fastest Hawk to reach the milestone…Is a member of the Irish National Basketball Team.
1999-00: Played in and started all 31 games…All-Big Five First Team…Named to A-10 All-Championship Team…Named second team all-Atlantic 10…Also an Atlantic 10 Academic Team selection…A-10 regular season scoring champion, 16.1 points…Scored in double-figures in all but three games…Scored 24 points and yanked down 13 boards in NCAA first round win vs. Texas…Scored 27 points in A-10 semifinals vs. Xavier…Posted a double-double (14 pts.-10 rbs.) vs. Massachusetts (2/20)…Netted 17 points and grabbed 8 rebounds vs. Fordham (2/17)… Held scoreless in first half for only time at SJU vs. Temple (2/14)…Posted a double-double (18pts.-11rbs.) vs. La Salle…Scored 24 points (12-15 FG) vs. Rhode Island (2/3)…Posted a double-double (24pts.-11rbs.) vs. Virginia Tech (1/23)…Just missed double-double (15pts.-9rbs.) vs. Xavier (1/9)…Had double-double (25pts.-12rbs.) vs. Dayton (1/7)…Tallied 28 pts on 11-13 shooting vs. Loyola-Md. in Hawk Classic title game…Named to all-Championship Team at Hawk Classic…Tallied 18 points and 9 caroms vs. Air Force…Netted career high 29 points against St. John’s…Made 24 straight free throws to start the season…Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (1/3)… Named to all-Championship Team at Duke Classic…Preseason First Team all-A-10 pick.
1998-99: The A-10 and Big 5 Rookie of the Year, she became the first freshman in SJU history to led the team in both scoring (14.7 ppg.) and rebounding (6.5 rpg.)... Set a new A-10 record for the most Rookie of the Week nominations with eight... Recorded seven double-doubles...Scored a then career-high 27 points against St. Bonaventure... Also garnered 2nd team All-Conference, 2nd team All-Big 5, A-10 All-Rookie and A-10 All-Tournament honors...Was named to the Women’s Basketball Journal’s Freshman All-America Team... Earned Big Five Player of the Week honors three times...Established SJU freshman record with 455 points.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Sacred Heart Academy, in 1998...She averaged 26.6 points and 10.0 rebounds per game in 1997-98 for Tullamore County Offaly Club Team.
PERSONAL: Born on January 17, 1980...Daughter of Martin and Ethna Moran...Has declared Marketing as her major field of study...A member of the Irish National Team, she played against her SJU teammates during the Hawks foreign tour in the summer of 1998...Moran scored 25 points against her current teammates…An accomplished tennis player she competed on the SJU women’s tennis team in the spring of 1999.