Spencer Moore

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Spencer Moore University of North Carolina Wrestling v Duke Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC Friday, January 21, 2022

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Weight:
125
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Crittenden, KY
High School:
Walton-Verona

2024-25: Competed at 125 pounds during fourth season as a Tar Heel • Won 19 matches during the season • Opened the year going 3-0 and winning the 125-pound title at the Southeast Open, defeating No. 14 Jett Strickenberger in the finals by major decision (11/2) • Had two-straight dual wins against Drexel and Navy (11/9) • Earned a 20-5 technical fall against Caelan Riley of Illinois (11/25) • Collected a technical fall versus Lock Haven at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals in Nashville (12/21) • Had four wins at Southern Scuffle, finishing runner-up at 125 pounds (1/4-1/5) • Opened ACC duals with a sudden victory decision against No. 4 Eddie Ventresca of Virginia Tech (1/10) • Earned back-to-back decisions against No. 23 Nick Babin of Pitt (2/7) and No. 31 Keyveon Roller of Virginia (2/14) • Ended the regular season defeating Oregon State's No. 13 Maximo Renteria (2/23) • Represented the Tar Heels at the 2025 ACC Championships at Duke (3/9) • Earned the No. 14 seed for the 2025 NCAA Championships in Philadelphia • Went 2-2 at the national tournament • Opened NCAA's with a 2-0 decision against No. 19 Cooper Flynn of Minnesota • Defeated Ohio State's 20th-ranked Brendan McCrone by decision • Earned NWCA Scholar All-America honors • Named to the All-ACC Academic Team

2023-24: Competed at 125 pounds during third season in Chapel Hill • Won 15 matches throughout the year • Began the season with a technical fall over Brendan Martin of Queens and decision over No. 11 Brandon Kaylor of Oregon State at the Carolina Duals (11/2) • Picked up two victories at WrangleMania (11/11) • Collected a decision over No. 27 Justin Cardani of Illinois (11/19) • Added two wins at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (12/2) • Earned first ACC dual win of the season with a decision over Pitt's Colton Camacho (2/9) • Capped off the regular season with a technical fall against Virginia (2/16) and a fall versus Duke (2/23) • Represented the Tar Heels at the 2024 ACC Championships as the No. 3 seed • Had a fall and decision to finish third place at the ACC Championships (3/10) • Named to the All-ACC Academic Team • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll

2022-23: Competed at 125 pounds for the Tar Heels • Won eight matches throughout the year • Added a major decision at Midland (12/29) • Collected four victories on way to a third place finish at the F&M Open (1/6) • Secured three wins to secure the 125 pound championship at the Appalachian State Open (1/28) • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021-22: Compiled a 13-16 record for the Tar Heels as a true freshman • Started at 125 pounds and earned four dual wins • Earned his first career win over Brandon Orum from Life University • Notched four wins at the Wolfpack Wrestling Club Open • Picked up three wins at the F&M Open • Defeated Logan Agin of Duke by way of a 10-1 major decision to earn his first career ACC win • Earned a ranked win over No. 30 Gage Curry from Pitt at ACC Championships • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll

Personal/Prep: Spencer Moore is the son of Amber and Jason Moore • Brother Ryan wrestled for at Cornell for two years and currently wrestles at Thomas More University • Attended Walton-Verona High School in Crittenden, Kentucky • Coached by John Roth • 17u World Team member • Two-time State Champion • Two-time State Tournament "Most Pins in Least Amount of Time" Award winner • Graduated Cum Laude

Year	Overall	Dual	ACC	MD	TF	Fall
21-22	13-16	4-10	1-4	5	1	1
22-23	8-3	-	-	4	-	1
23-24	15-5	11-2	3-2	1	4	2
24-25	18-9	9-4	4-1	2	4	1
Career	54-33	24-16	8-7	12	9	5