The Youngstown State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is pleased to announce the Gail and Terry Moore Scholarship to enhance the YSU Athletics Scholarship Endowment Fund.
Terry Moore, who is a 1992 inductee into the YSU Athletics Hall of Fame, was the starting point guard for the men’s basketball program throughout his collegiate career (1973-77). He served as the co-captain for the Penguins during his junior and senior seasons. Moore helped lead YSU to an overall record of 68-39 throughout his career and is the all-time assist leader in program history with 619.
Adding to a long list of accolades, Moore participated in two NCAA Division II postseason tournaments while earning Academic honors in his junior and senior seasons.
Moore set the program record for career assists finishing with 619 in his four campaigns. To put it in perspective, only two other players in school history have eclipsed the 500-assist mark. He had at least 176 assists in each campaign, highlighted by a 230-assist effort in 1974-75. That total ranked second in school history for most in a season while his average of 8.2 per game tied for the school mark. He also had 200 assists in 1973-74.
He had the second-most assists in a single game in school history when he dished out 20 vs. Georgia State on Dec. 28, 1973.
After a star-studded collegiate career, Moore graduated from YSU with a degree in Political Science with minors in Economics and Accounting, with a 3.45 cumulative grade-point average. He obtained a law degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1980, before returning to his hometown in Canton, Ohio, to enter private practice.
He is married to the former Gale Watterson who is also a graduate of Youngstown State University and they had three children - Erin, Abigail and Christopher. Moore is a partner and shareholder with Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths and Dougherty Co., L.P.A., a small firm comprised of approximately 32 lawyers.
The Gail and Terry Moore Scholarship was established to help assist and further the education of student-athletes at Youngstown State University.
Paul McFadden said it is always special to have former student-athletes endow Athletic Scholarships.
“Many Penguins fans remember Terry from the success he had on the basketball court,” McFadden said. “He has always had the drive to be successful and that continued following his YSU career. We are honored that he and his wife, Gail, have endowed a scholarship at their alma mater.”
For more information, or to endow an athletic scholarship at Youngstown State University, contact Dan Kopp at the YSU Foundation at (330) 941-3211 or dkopp@ysufoundation.org.
