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Anna Moore Season 2026

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PositionMIF
YearFreshman
HometownIndianapolis, Ind.

2026 / AS A FRESHMAN

D1 Softball Freshman All-American
D1 Softball 2026 Top 100 Players No. 99
Softball America Freshman All-American
NFCA All-Region Second Team Selection (2B)
NFCA Top 25 Freshman of the Year Honoree (2B)
Softball America Freshman All-American (2B)
All-Big Ten First Team Selection (2B)
All-Big Ten Freshman Team Selection (2B)
3x Big Ten Freshman of the Week
2x D1 Softball National Freshman of the Week
Softball America Freshman Star of the Week
Softball America Position Rankings: May (#5 2B), Apr. (#8 2B)
D1 Softball D100 Freshman to Watch List Selection

  • Became the first-ever Purdue Freshman to earn Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks, and the only Big Ten Freshman to earn it three times this year
  • Only one of two freshmen to earn D1 Softball National Freshman of the Week two times this season
  • Broke Purdue’s single-season record for SLG% (set in 2007 at .697) finishing at .813 on the year
  • Broke Purdue’s single-season record for RBI (set in 2007 with 54) finishing with 61 on the season
  • Broke Purdue’s freshman record for home runs with her 12th of the season, finished with 14 in 2026
  • Moore hit 14 home runs this season, 29% of Purdue’s home runs which helped to break the team single season record (49) & tied the individual single-season record; the record was set in 2007 with 44
  • Moore also had 61 RBI which was 20% of the team’s single-season record breaking total at 310 (set in 2003 with 266)
  • Picked up her first B1G FOTW honor after hitting .667 with 6 hits, 6 RBI, 2 doubles, a triple, and a home run in her home debut at Bittinger Stadium; Moore slugged for 1.444 with a .750 OB% with a stolen base and 3 runs scored
  • Earned her 2nd B1G FOTW honor, for a second-consecutive week, after hitting .533 with 8 hits, 10 RBI, and slugging .933 with a .650 OB%; Moore helped Purdue to a sweep of Ohio State (RPI 74), extending
  • Purdue’s record-breaking win streak to 14 games, with first series victory over OSU since 2014
  • Earned her third B1G FOTW honor helping Purdue to a 4-0 week sweeping Rutgers while breaking Purdue’s Freshman homer record (with a grand slam), and going 7-for-15 with 3 homers, 2 doubles, and 14 RBI; Moore was 3-for-4 with 2 homers, 6 RBI, and 3 runs scored in game one, & 3-for-5 with 5 RBI in game two against Rutgers, Moore also had a homer in the 8-0 shutout of Miami Ohio
  • Helped Purdue to break its record for win streak (set in 2003, 12 games), setting a new one at 14 games - Moore hit .535 during the 14 games with 23 hits, 15 runs, 5 HR, 2 2B, 1 3B & 25 RBI, while slugging for .977 and a 1.600 OPS (19% of team’s hits, 23% of team’s RBI, 5 of team’s 13 homers)
  • Finished the Big Ten conference season 4th in RBI (3), 12th in doubles (6), T-16th in BA (.387), and 16th in hits (29)
  • Moore’s runs created value is 59.89, WRC+ is 201 (59th overall) & her run value is 27.44 (63rd overall)

HIGH SCHOOL

  • 2025 State Champion for Cathedral High School
  • 2x Captain for Softball
  • Mental Attitude Award Recipient
  • 2x All-Marion County City Tournament Team ’22, ‘23
  • First-Team All State in 2024
  • 3x All-City Selection
  • 2024 MVP
  • 3A Sectional and Regional Champions in 2022
  • Marion County City Tournament Champions in back-to-back years ’23, ‘24
  • 4A Sectional Champions in 2024
  • Four-year starter for softball, Hitting .490 as a freshman, .518 as a sophomore, and .634 as a junior
  • Played club softball for the Indiana Magic under Matt Gerth and Brian Green
  • Finished the 2024 fall season with her club batting .375 with 15 hits and 5 RBI
  • AP Capstone Student
  • AP Scholar with Distinction
  • Graduate Magna Cum Laude from her high school
  • High Honor Roll with Distinction
  • Member of the National Honor Society
  • Played volleyball in her freshman year at Cathedral
  • Posted an on-base % over .550 in each season at Cathedral
  • Registered a .634 batting average as a junior with a .699 on-base % and 52 hits
  • Secured a .966 fielding % as a junior for Cathedral
  • As a sophomore, posted a .746 slugging % which included five triples
  • Began her high school career with a .496 batting average with 49 hits and 15 stolen bases

 

PERSONAL

  • Mom is Nancy Moore
  • Has one sibling, Valerie Moore
  • From a family with nine Purdue alums, including parents David and Nancy Moore and sister Valerie
  • Plans on majoring in engineering
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Sophomore
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