Courtesy of Winthrop Athletics
ROCK HILL, SC—Winthrop head softball coach Mark Cooke announced the hiring of former Eagle standout Cari (Wooldridge) Moore as an assistant coach.
Moore takes over after the retirement of assistant coach Danny Parks and Cooke is excited to have a former player on his staff.
“It’s always great when you can bring one of your own back to your team,” said Cooke. “She was a dominating pitcher in her career and she’s really taken the time to learn to be a good pitching coach. She’s worked a lot of camps with us over the last 2-3 years and I’m very impressed with how much she’s learned.”
Since 2011, Moore has been working as a volunteer pitching coach for Winthrop. She also volunteered at Nation Ford High School in Fort Mill, SC in 2013-14.
From 2007-2010 Moore was a standout pitcher for the Eagles, capturing the fourth most wins all-time in the program’s history.
She finished her career ranked in the Top 5 all-time at Winthrop in total appearances, earned run average (ERA), complete games, wins, shutouts and strikeouts. In 2007 and 2008 Moore was named the Big South Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player as she helped guide the Eagles to back-to-back championships and NCAA Regional appearances. Moore is just the second Winthrop player to be named the tournament MVP multiple times and the third player in conference history to earn the honor in consecutive seasons.
In the history of the program she became the fourth player to be named All-Big South and All-Big South Tournament three times.
Moore graduated from Winthrop University in May of 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree.
On June 9, 2013, she married Heath Moore and they currently reside in Rock Hill, SC.
