After closing out her intercollegiate playing career at the University of Indiana last season, Jennifer Moore joins the University of West Alabama softball program as a graduate assistant.

The Jackson, Tenn.-native will work with the Tiger pitching staff after posting 56 victories and registering 683 career strikeouts in the circle in her four years of collegiate softball. Moore started her collegiate pitching career at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tenn. On the junior college level, Moore earned Second Team All America honors at nationally ranked VSCC in 2006. As a sophomore, she ranked third in the nation in strikeouts (284) and led Region XII in strikeouts. Moore amassed a 23-7 record in the circle with a 0.97 earned run average. The right hander was a Tennessee Junior College Athletic Association Region XII selection after her final season at VSCC. As a freshman at VSCC, Moore turned in a 27-6 mark in the circle while fanning 354. She led the nation in strikeouts as a freshman and was tabbed the TJCAA Pitcher of the Year.

Following her stellar junior college career, Moore signed with the University of Indiana in Bloomington, Ind. She made 43 appearances in the circle in her two seasons as a Hoosier. As a junior, Moore saw action in 24 games, earning the starting nod in 17 games. She turned in four complete games in her first season in an IU uniform. Moore had the distinction of starting on opening day in 2007, tossing 5 2/3 innings and allowing just one hit in IU’s win over Centenary.

She is the daughter of Robert and Carol Moore. She has three sisters, Jody and Sarah Moore and Jessica Arwood, and one brother, John.