Princeton University Athletics
Moore and Nightingale Awarded Roper Trophy
May 30, 2008 | General, Men's Cross Country, Men's Ice Hockey, Men's Track and Field
Mike Moore and David Nightingale share the 2008 William Winston Roper Trophy, the highest male student-athlete award at Princeton.
The award was originally given by Mrs. William Winston Roper and the Class of 1902 in honor of Princeton's famed football coach. It goes annually to “a Princeton senior male of high scholastic rank and outstanding qualities of sportsmanship and general proficiency in athletics.” It has been awarded annually since 1936.
Mike Moore was the leader on and off the ice of the 2008 Princeton men's hockey team, which won the ECAC and Ivy League championships and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the second time ever. His hard work and dedication were rewarded prior to the season when his teammates selected him to be their captain, and he went on to become one of college hockey's top defensemen.
During his senior year, he received several awards. He was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy and first-team All-ECAC selection and was chosen the ECAC Defensive Defenseman of the Year in a vote of the league's coaches. He, along with teammate Lee Jubinville, were also was named first-team All-Americas, becoming just the third and fourth Princeton hockey players to ever receive the honor.
Moore received the Blackwell Trophy as the team's Most Valuable Player and Class of '41 Trophy for inspiration and leadership. Upon completion of the season, Moore signed as a free agent with San Jose Sharks and finished the season playing for their American Hockey League affiliate in Worcester, Mass.
In addition to his role as a player and student at Princeton, Mike also found time to be a youth hockey coach and a volunteer fireman.
Mike Moore is a mechanical and aerospace engineering major from Calgary, Alberta.
David Nightingale is one of the top distance runners in the storied history of cross country and track & field at Princeton. During his career, he earned All-America honors in every season?-cross country, indoors and outdoors.
He qualified for three NCAA cross country championships individually, earning All-America honors in 2006 with an impressive 39th-place finish. In 2007, he was an All-America in the indoor mile and the outdoor 5,000 meters after finishing eighth at the NCAA championships in those events.
On the conference level, he won four individual Ivy League Heptagonal championships on the track and earned first-team All-Ivy honors in cross country three times, finishing no lower than sixth at the Heptagonal cross country meet in each of the last three seasons.
A team captain in 2007-08, he also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District and Academic All-Ivy honors during his career. He is the school record holder in the 5,000 meters indoors and has the second-fastest time in program history outdoors in the 5,000.
David is a history major from West Hartford, Conn.
The award was originally given by Mrs. William Winston Roper and the Class of 1902 in honor of Princeton's famed football coach. It goes annually to “a Princeton senior male of high scholastic rank and outstanding qualities of sportsmanship and general proficiency in athletics.” It has been awarded annually since 1936.
Mike Moore was the leader on and off the ice of the 2008 Princeton men's hockey team, which won the ECAC and Ivy League championships and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the second time ever. His hard work and dedication were rewarded prior to the season when his teammates selected him to be their captain, and he went on to become one of college hockey's top defensemen.
During his senior year, he received several awards. He was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy and first-team All-ECAC selection and was chosen the ECAC Defensive Defenseman of the Year in a vote of the league's coaches. He, along with teammate Lee Jubinville, were also was named first-team All-Americas, becoming just the third and fourth Princeton hockey players to ever receive the honor.
Moore received the Blackwell Trophy as the team's Most Valuable Player and Class of '41 Trophy for inspiration and leadership. Upon completion of the season, Moore signed as a free agent with San Jose Sharks and finished the season playing for their American Hockey League affiliate in Worcester, Mass.
In addition to his role as a player and student at Princeton, Mike also found time to be a youth hockey coach and a volunteer fireman.
Mike Moore is a mechanical and aerospace engineering major from Calgary, Alberta.
David Nightingale is one of the top distance runners in the storied history of cross country and track & field at Princeton. During his career, he earned All-America honors in every season?-cross country, indoors and outdoors.
He qualified for three NCAA cross country championships individually, earning All-America honors in 2006 with an impressive 39th-place finish. In 2007, he was an All-America in the indoor mile and the outdoor 5,000 meters after finishing eighth at the NCAA championships in those events.
On the conference level, he won four individual Ivy League Heptagonal championships on the track and earned first-team All-Ivy honors in cross country three times, finishing no lower than sixth at the Heptagonal cross country meet in each of the last three seasons.
A team captain in 2007-08, he also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District and Academic All-Ivy honors during his career. He is the school record holder in the 5,000 meters indoors and has the second-fastest time in program history outdoors in the 5,000.
David is a history major from West Hartford, Conn.
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