One of Ball State University's former bodybuilding champions died last week at age 33 from unknown causes.
Close friend Jason Althouse said family and friends are still waiting on the autopsy of 2001 Mr. Ball State Jeffrey Moore.
Mr. Ball State is the annual fitness and bodybuilding competition for Ball State students. It began in 1965 but did not gain popularity until the late 1970s.
Moore's mother, Doris Moore, said he began lifting weights in high school. It was always something he was really into and loved doing, she said.
Althouse, said Jeffrey Moore attended Oak Hill High School in Converse, Ind., where he was on the football and wrestling teams.
Doris Moore said that while at Ball State her son spent a lot of time in the recreation areas, where he frequently used the weight room.
Jeffrey Moore left Ball State after his junior year to serve in the Marines, Althouse said. After four years in the Marines, he came back to Muncie and won Mr. Ball State in 2001.
Althouse described Moore as always being in shape. He said Moore was bigger and stronger when he returned from the Marines.
"It was pretty amazing," Althouse said. "He was incredibly strong."
Moore was confident in his lifting abilities and was well prepared for the competition, Althouse said.
He returned to Ball State in following years to see the annual competition. He continued to lift weights until his death, said Althouse.
Moore was a driven man that was constantly pushing himself, Althouse said, and he always gave 110 percent with everything he did.
Doris Moore described her son as being kind to a fault, with a huge heart.
"He would do anything for anybody," she said.
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