Matt Moore (American football)

Matthew Erickson "Matt" Moore (born August 9, 1984) is an American football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UCLA and Oregon State University. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2007 but was waived after the preseason. He played for the Carolina Panthers between 2007 and 2010 and has been with the Dolphins since 2011.

Early years

After playing youth football for six years with Palmdale Youth Football (California), Moore attended William S. Hart High School in Newhall, California. He is of Mexican American heritage.

As a junior, Moore lettered in football while playing as a safety, earning All-CIF acclaim with 80 tackles and 10 interceptions on the season.

Moore lettered again during his senior year playing as Hart High School's starting quarterback. Moore led his team to a 13–0 record, culminating in a 42–13 win over Valencia in the CIF-Southern Section Division III title game. In the sectional, division title game, Moore completed 14 of 18 passes for 277 yards and four touchdowns and ran 15 times for 95 yards and one score. On the year, he completed 234 of 353 (66.3%) passes for 3,334 yards and 33 touchdowns and ran for 415 yards and seven scores. Moore was named the CIF-SS Division III Offensive Player of the Year. He was named First-team All-State and First-team All-CIF SS. He was selected to play in the 2002 North-South Shrine All-Star game.

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Matt Moore (basketball)

Matthew Moore is a former National Basketball League basketballer from Townsville Queensland, who won a NBL Championship with South East Melbourne Magic in 1996 and played in the 1997 NBL Final Series. He also played for Brisbane Bullets and Newcastle Falcons.

Moore attended St Joseph's College, Nudgee and played First V GPS basketball in 1988 whilst in only in year 10, achieving Most Valuable Player. As a senior in 1990 he captained Nudgee to their first ever GPS Basketball premiership whilst averaging a GPS record 38ppg as well as representing Queensland in U16, U18 And U20 national tournaments.

An athletic guard Moore joined the Brisbane Bullets in for the 1991 and 1992 seasons. In 1991 the rookie was a finalist in the NBL Sega Slam Dunk Contest. During the 1992 NBL season he accepted Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby, Illinois. After leading NJCAA Div II in steals, third in assists Moore accepted a Scholarship to the University of Maine, at the NCAA Division I level he was a two-year starter before returning to Australia to play in the National Basketball League for the Newcastle Falcons and South East Melbourne Magic.

Matt Moore (politician)

Donald Matthew "Matt" Moore (born April 22, 1982) is an American politician who has served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party since 2013. From June 8, 2013 until April 11, 2015, he was the youngest state chairman in America's two major political parties.

Moore is a regular commentator for Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. On June 12, 2014, Moore earned the The New York Times "Quotation of the Day" for describing the power of grassroots activists in the social media era.

On May 2, 2015, Moore was re-elected to a second term. He won 83% of the vote.

Early life, education, and early career

Moore was born and raised in Tifton, Georgia. Moore attended Georgia Tech, where he majored in industrial engineering. At Georgia Tech, Moore was a Presidential Scholar, the highest academic scholarship awarded to undergraduate students. He graduated with honors in 2005. After working for Republican political organizations in Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, D.C., Moore moved to South Carolina in 2007.