Jay Moreno

Born and raised in North Whittier, Ca. His father William, and his mother Linda, were also born and raised in Southern California. Spent the majority of his early life participating is sports. He garnered many athletic achievements including lettering 9 times in high school in 4 different sports - Football, Baseball, Track (placed 9th in State Masters meet in the high jump at 1.98 meters- 6'6") & Basketball, all in his junior year. For this he was named Cal-Hi Sports State Athlete of the Month (April 1983). Under the tutelage of Lakers'2-time NBA champion Norman Nixon he was named to the 1983 Los Angeles Times Top 100 All-State team alongside John Williams-Crenshaw (City section) & Tom Tolbert-Artesia in the South East section. While majoring in Drama/Theater Arts he then went on to play 1 1/2 yrs basketball for coach Danny Nee at the Univ. of Nebraska at Lincoln - Cornhuskers (Div. 1 - Big 8 Conference) and was a part of their 1986-87 N.I.T. Final Four team. Soon thereafter, he return