BIRMINGHAM – Navonda Moore, a senior guard for the University of Alabama women’s basketball team, has been named to the 2006-07 preseason second team All-SEC team, the league office announced today. The teams were compiled as a result of a vote by the conference’s 12 head coaches.

“Any time that you are nominating and voting on players in the preaseason, you are reflecting back to a season ago,” head coach Stephany Smith said. “Navonda had a very strong finish last year in SEC play and I think that earned her this honor. We need for her to bring that kind of performance to the team this year, which is something I think she is certainly capable of doing.”

Moore, a native of Jackson, Miss., is the Tide’s returning scorer from last year’s team that finished 9-19 in head coach Stephany Smith’s first season at Alabama. Moore scored 12.5 points per game and averaged 4.8 rebounds as a junior. She scored 19.2 points per game over her final nine games to help her earn second team All-SEC honors a year ago.

The Crimson Tide opens its season with a pair of exhibition contests in Coleman Coliseum. West Alabama is the first opponent on Oct. 31, with the final exhibition contest slated for Nov. 5 against Delta State. Regular-season action begins on Nov. 10 when the Tide welcomes instate rival Samford to Tuscaloosa for a 5 p.m. game.

Preseason All-SEC Teams
FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC Pos Ht Cl Hometown
DeWanna Bonner, Auburn G 6-4 So. Fairfield, Ala.
Sha Brooks, Florida G 5-7 So. Jackson, Tenn.
Cori Chambers, Georgia G 5-9 Sr. Elmsford, N.Y.
Tasha Humphrey, Georgia# F 6-3 Jr. Gainesville, Ga.
Sylvia Fowles, LSU# C 6-6 Jr. Miami, Fla.
Armintie Price, Ole Miss# G 5-9 Sr. Myrtle, Miss.
Candace Parker, Tennessee# F/C/G 6-4 So. Naperville, Ill.
Dee Davis, Vanderbilt G 5-7 Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio
 
SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC Pos Ht Cl Hometown
Navonda Moore, Alabama G/F 5-10 Sr. Jackson, Miss.
Sarah Pfeifer, Arkansas F 6-0 Sr. Ozark, Ark.
Samantha Mahoney, Kentucky G 5-10 Jr. Detroit, Mich.
Erica White, LSU G 5-3 Jr. Jacksonville, Fla.
Melanie Johnson, South Carolina F 6-1 Sr. Barnwell, S.C.
Alexis Hornbuckle, Tennessee G 5-11 Jr. Charleston, W.V.
Nicky Anosike, Tennessee F/C 6-4 Jr. Staten Island, N.Y.
Carla Thomas, Vanderbilt F/C 6-3 Sr. Mechanicsburg, Pa.
 
#-Unanimous Selection; Ties are not broken