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Wake Forest's Doral Moore Declares For NBA Draft

The Wake Forest center will skip his senior season to start his professional basketball career.
Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
Wake Forest Demon Deacons center Doral Moore (4) dunks the ball around Miami Hurricanes guard Anthony Lawrence II (3) during the second half at Watsco Center.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest junior center Doral Moore announced Tuesday (April 17) that he will forego his senior season and begin his professional career.

“I want to thank Coach Manning, the assistant coaches and Coach Horn for their guidance and preparing me to take this step,” said Moore. “I appreciate how they believed in me, stuck with me and pushed me to reach my potential. I developed so much, both as a player and a person, during my years at Wake Forest. I want to thank all my professors and tutors, especially Miss Jane (Caldwell), for pushing me academically and making me a better person. I will miss my teammates, my brothers, who shared the good times with me and helped me through the bad times. I also want to thank the Demon Deacon fans that supported us every night and made playing at Wake Forest an incredible experience.”

The 7-1 native of Atlanta averaged 11.1 points and 9.4 rebounds in 2017-18, while leading the team with 61 blocks. His 68.9 field goal percentage set a Wake Forest single season record. Moore posted the two longest consecutive field goal streaks in program history, a streak of 16 makes in November and 14 straight makes in ACC play in January. He was one of two ACC players to average a double-double in conference play (11.7 points, 10.9 rebounds) while leading the conference by shooting 63.6 percent from the floor in ACC games.

“We wish Doral the best of luck as he begins the next stage of his career,” said head coach Danny Manning. “We have seen his development over his three years in our program and to average a double-double in ACC games last season shows his potential. While we are disappointed to see him leave, we are proud that our program has been able to help another player achieve his dream of playing professional basketball.”

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