In our final story on what inductees to the 2024 Winthrop Athletics Hall of Fame have been doing since leaving school we catch up with Cari Wooldridge Moore, a standout performer who was a two-time Big South Conference Tournament MVP for the softball team from 2007-10. The ceremony will be held TONIGHT in the Richardson Ballroom, DiGiorgio Campus Center.

Since graduating from Winthrop in 2010 Cari Wooldridge Moore's career has gone to the dogs. And she wouldn't have it any other way. 

Cari, a member of the Big South Conference All-Decade Softball Team (2000-09), has owned and operated Get Moore Training for the last 10 years with her husband Heath.  The 14-acre facility, near McConnells specializes in training a variety of dogs in obedience and retrieving.  

The four-year pitching standout for the Eagles also passes on her knowledge to young girls.  

"I have around 40 girls I work with," she said. "And we put two or three a year into college." 

Cari, a three-time All-Big South selection, played a key role in helpingthe3 Eagles capture back-to-back Big South Conference titles in 2007 and 2008. In 2007, the Eagles made their first-ever NCAA Regionals appearance, advancing to the regional final against No. 1-seeded Tennessee on the Volunteers' home field. 

"That first year is my best memory of my time at Winthrop," Cari, who pitched her way to Big South Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player honors, said. "We were 50-18 that year and that got the ball rolling for us."  

The Eagles returned to the NCAA Regionals in 2008 and Cari captured another BSC tournament MVP award.  

Cari ranks in the Eagles all-time top-five list in wins (59), shutouts (18), complete games (56) and strikeouts (492).  

As her for her selection to the 2024 Hall of Fame class, Cari said: "It means the world to me. It proves all the hard work paid off. I just wish Coach Cooke was here to see it."  

Cari was referring to Coach Mark Cooke, a member of both the Winthrop and Big South Conference halls of fame, who passed away earlier this year.  

"Coach Cooke was a father figure to me. He taught me so much about softball and life," said Cari, who served as Winthrop's pitching coach under Cooke 2015 to 2018. "My last year I was actually on maternity leave (with MacKenzie). "I tried to come in when I could, but he kept sending me home.  

"But I know he'll be looking down and laughing because he knows how much I hate public speaking."