Mar’Shay Moore, the Northwest Athletic Conference player of the year for 2015, signed a letter of intent to play for the Oregon women’s basketball program next year, head coach Kelly Graves announced Thursday.

The 5-foot-8 guard played for Blue Mountain Community College while averaging a league-high 24.1 points per game last season and averaged 8.4 rebounds a game, picking up 12 double-doubles.

“Mar’Shay’s story is an incredible journey of persistence and hard work,” Graves said in a release by the Oregon athletic department. “She’s the kind of player who will find a way to get it done, whatever it might be. She has the ability to create her own shot, she can get to the rim and knock down a three-point shot. She’s a gym rat and she’ll give us defensive quickness on the perimeter. She has an infectious, fun-spirited personality and I can’t wait to coach her.”

She tallied 123 points in the team’s four NWCA tournament games, setting the league record.

“There’s not really a word to describe how I’m feeling right now,” Moore said. “There’s all different kinds of feelings… It feels really good. Now I can focus on my academics and get my grades up to par and finish the term out strong.”

Moore will be eligible to play for the Ducks next season and does not have to sit out a year.

“She’s hungry. She didn’t get recruited out of high school. She went to Blue Mountain. She’s got something to prove,” Graves told the Emerald. “She’s going to play, I think, with a chip on her shoulder.”

In her final game at BMCC, she racked up 34 points and led the Timberwolves to a 19-10 finish despite having only seven players on the roster. By signing with the Ducks, Moore became the first female athlete from BMCC in any sport to play in the Pac-12.

“She put in a ton of work during the offseason, came back, and really worked on her perimeter shooting,” BMCC coach Adam Driver said Wednesday. “That was a game-changer for her. It made defenders have to come out to defend her.”

Moore joins the incoming class of Oti Gildon, Maite Cazorla, Lauren Yearwood and Megan Trinder, who signed Wednesday.

“She’s one of those kids who wants to be successful and is really, really willing to put in the work to get there,” Driver said. “She wants to be great. And it’s easy to say that as a kid, but from where she’s come from, she’s willing to put in the work… She’s one of the most positive people I know.”

Moore is a native of Vancouver, Washington and graduated from Fort Vancouver High School. She averaged 18.4 points per game her freshman year at BMCC. Graves says she’s an “incredible” three-point shooter and likes her ability to defend.

“This shows that if you work hard and do your best, anything is possible,” Moore said of her journey to Eugene. “You just have to believe in yourself.”

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