Tag: Janae Moore

Moore set a standard for DSU athletes

Dickinson State forward Janae Moore dribbles past a Jamestown defender in a women’s basketball game on Nov. 23 at Scott Gymnasium. Moore, who would have been a junior at DSU in the fall, died Wednesday in a one-vehicle accident near her hometown of Sidney, Mont.

Janae Moore set an enviable standard for Dickinson State student-athletes. She was strong in the classroom, and fearless and physical on the basketball court. When it came to Blue Hawks, she was about as good as it got.

On Wednesday, DSU lost one of its shining examples of a student-athlete when Moore died in a car accident near her hometown of Sidney, Mont.

She was only 20 years old, would have been a junior for the Blue Hawks next season, and was well on her way to establishing an excellent career as she played a key role in trying to build the women’s basketball team into a perennial success.

Moore’s death is the second time in four years that DSU has had to deal with the untimely death of a standout athlete.

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FUTURE IS NOW: Sophomore Janae Moore shining bright setting the standard for young Hawks

Janae Moore, shown on Nov. 26, 2011, drives to the basket.

Janae Moore is trying to set a standard.

The Dickinson State sophomore has the attitude and demeanor of an upperclassman — of which there aren’t many on the Blue Hawks’ roster — and all season she has played like one too.

“That’s what makes me most excited is if she just stayed where she is right now, she’s a great player,” DSU first-year head coach Caleb Harrison said. “We’ll get to the end of the season and her numbers are going to go up and she’s going to be playing at an even higher level.”

Moore, a 5-foot-11 forward from Sidney, Mont., leads the Blue Hawks in just about every major category coaches expect a frontcourt starter to lead — and even some they wouldn’t.

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