Carl Albert senior softball star Ausha Moore keeps up with several hobbies.
She enjoys thrift-shopping, scrapbooking and building legos, even. “I really like to make cars and collect the little figures,” Moore said. “It really started when I got a job. I just had money to spend.”
Moore grew up an only child. Her parents put her in sports. She still plays basketball for the Titans, but her heart beats for softball. “They work hard every day for me to be able to play the sport that I love.” That’s why Moore never takes an at-bat off, nor a practice, and she never lets a moment with her teammates in the locker room slip away.
“For the last 3 seasons, Ausha has always came to the field to get better, and it’s paid off for her. She works hard every single day, and doesn’t take a day for granted,” Carl Albert head softball coach Garrett Wages said. “She’s been a starter for the last 3 seasons and will continue to be the leader of this team for this upcoming season.”
“To me, it is important to take no days for granted, because you never know what can happen,” Moore said. “You never know when the last time you will get to play.” Moore, a University of North Texas commit, is one of the team’s veteran leaders. She’s a talented defensive player with a good bat, but being a teammate has become as crucial as making contact for her through the years.
“The amount of passion she plays with is contagious and ignites others,” Wages said. “My role hasn’t really changed, but I have learned a lot,” Moore said. “I have learned how to become a better teammate and leader. I feel like my mental toughness has improved as well.” She’s always had a mature presence about her, and the Titans will need it from her this year if they hope to have success.
“I just try to tell [my teammates] I believe in them and they deserve to be out there on the field,” Moore said.
Moore chose North Texas over others to realize her dream of playing college softball because it was close to home; “but not too close.” UNT also offers Moore’s preferred major, kinesiology.
“D1 was never the goal. I just wanted to play and get my school done,” Moore said. “They made me feel so at home and I feel like I can be myself unapologetically, on and off the softball field.” Moore wants to be an athletic trainer, but her end goal is to coach and impart her wisdom on the next generation.
“I just want to give back to the game that gave me everything,” she said.