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Avianna Moses

3 Jenna Laird

  • Position SS
  • Height 5-7
  • Hometown East Meadow, N.Y.
  • High School East Meadow HS

Biography

Opendorse 

2024 SEC All-Tournament Team

2024 All-SEC Second Team

2023 All-SEC Second Team

2022 Rawlings Gold Glove Award (Shortstop)
2022 NFCA Third Team All-Region
2022 SEC All-Tournament Team
2022 All-SEC Second Team
2021 SEC Freshman of the Year 
2021 All-SEC First Team
2021 SEC All-Freshman Team
2021 SEC Freshman of the Week (4x)
2021 NFCA/Schutt Sports Freshman of the Year Top 15
2021 NFCA Southeast First Team All-Region

SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

CAREER

  • Completed her career as the all-time Mizzou consecutive games played leader with 246 games (all starts).
  • Finished her career ranked in Mizzou’s top-10 for batting average (.351, ninth), at bats (794, second), hits (279, third), doubles (50, fifth), runs (200, fourth) and stolen bases (84, fifth).
  • Ranks sixth for runs in a single season (58), ninth for hits (73) and third for at bats (211).

SENIOR (2024)

  • Appeared and started in all 66 games at shortstop.
  • Was second on Mizzou in 2024, hitting .346 with 73 hits, 58 runs, 31 RBI, 14 doubles, a triple and a homer as the Tigers’ leadoff hitter.
  • Slugged .436 with a .432 on-base percentage.
  • Led Mizzou with 24 multi-hit games. Also had five multi-RBI games.
  • Went on a team-high 17 game reached base streak (nine-game hitting streak).
  • Notched a season-best three hits twice including most recently a 3-for-4 effort versus Florida (4/13) with two RBI.
  • Belted a solo home run in the third inning of the 2024 NCAA Columbia Regional win over No. 13/15 Washington (5/18).
  • Led Mizzou over the 2024 NCAA Columbia Regional (5/17-19), batting .412 with her first homer of the season and first since April 29, 2022. She also had a .647 slugging percentage and two RBI.
  • Paced Mizzou at the 2024 SEC Tournament (5/8-11), batting .429 with four runs, two doubles, two stolen bases and a .571 slugging percentage.
  • Named to her third-straight All-SEC Second Team (four-time All-SEC player).
  • Hit .282 during the SEC season, with 22 hits, 14 runs, eight RBI, four doubles and five stolen bases.

JUNIOR (2023)

  • Named to the 2023 All-SEC Second Team.
  • Started in all 61 games at shortstop and as Mizzou’s leadoff hitter.
  • Was second on the team with a .354 batting average to go with a .434 slugging percentage and .439 on-base percentage.
  • Led Missouri with 198 at-bats, 52 runs, and 70 hits.
  • Also knocked 12 doubles (third on the team) and three triples (third on the team) with 30 RBI.
  • Led the team on the basepaths, going 30-for-34 on stolen bases.
  • Registered a .978 fielding percentage with 76 putouts, 104 assists, and 11 double plays.
  • Paced the Tigers in SEC play with a .291 batting average to go with 14 runs, three doubles, five RBI, a .371 on-base percentage, and a .329 slugging percentage.
  • In the SEC, ranked third for total plate appearances (90), fifth for steals (7), and fifth for at-bats (79) during league competitions.
  • Led Mizzou with 24 multi-hit games (two hits 19 times, three hits four times, four hits once).
  • Went on an eight-game hitting streak in 2023.
  • Tallied nine multi-RBI games (two RBI seven times, three RBI two times).
  • Compiled a team-leading 18-game reached base streak and eight-game hitting streak.
  • Paced the Tigers at the 2023 SEC Tournament, batting .500 with four hits, three runs, and a double to go with a .625 slugging percentage (.500 on-base percentage).
  • Matched a career-high at the plate, going 4-for-4 with two runs, an RBI, and two doubles in Mizzou’s 2023 NCAA Norman Regional win over California (5/19).

SOPHOMORE (2022)

  • Honored as a 2022 Rawlings Golden Glove recipient for her play at shortstop.
  • Named to the 2022 SEC All-Tournament Team after helping led the Tigers to the final game batting .500 over the course of the four games.
  • Named to the 2022 All-SEC Second Team after after posting a batting line of .291/.519/.341 in conference play.
  • Offensively led the team in batting average (.338), 2B (11), 3B (3), runs scored (44) and stolen bases (22).
  • Ranked as the 10th-highest Tiger in program history with the most at-bats in a single season (198) and 6th overall in career batter average (.353) for program history. 
  • Went 2-for-3 smashing two home runs in route to the 6-2 victory over then-No. 13 Georgia (4/15/22).
  • Totaled a .975 fielding percentage, turning 10 double plays in total over 163 chances.
  • Racked up 20 multi-hit games, nine of which included extra-base hits.
  • Tallied an inside the park home run in the final push effort win over Mississippi State (4/10/22).

FRESHMAN (2021)

  • Named 2021 SEC Freshman of the Year after recording a batting line of .410/.462/.614 in conference play.
  • First two-home run game vs. Mississippi State (4/17).
  • Named SEC Freshman of the Week on four occasions. 
  • Perfect 12-for-12 on stolen base attempts.
  • Turned eight double plays while fielding at .943 on 175 chances.
  • Went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI in win over then-No. 11 Florida State (Feb. 13). 
  • First four-hit game in 4-for-5 effort at South Carolina while adding a double, three runs, and two RBI.
  • Reached base safely in first 10 collegiate appearances. 

PREP

  • Named PGF All-Northeast Region and PGF All-American in 2020.
  • Was a first team all-state and all-county selection all four years of her high school career.
  • Led East Meadow to a conference title in 2016, state title in 2017 and Long Island championship in 2018 and 2019.
  • Played her club ball with Long Island DeMarini.

PERSONAL

  • Studying Health Science: Rehabilitation Sciences at Missouri.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2021Freshman

    SS
    5'7"
    3
  • 3

    2022Sophomore

    SS
    5'7"
    3
  • 3

    2023Junior

    SS
    5'7"
    3
  • 3

    2024Senior

    SS
    5'7"
    3