Bama Softball Places 5 On SEC Postseason Teams
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Five University of Alabama softball players won seven spots on the various All-SEC teams as well as various postseason awards being handed out.
Crimson Tide senior Haylie McCleney has been named First Team All-SEC outfielder for the third consecutive season. She also was named to the SEC All-Defensive Team at center field for the fourth consecutive season.
Alabama's second team honorees include junior pitcher Sydney Littlejohn and senior infielder Leona Lafaele. Lafaele also has received SEC All-Defensive honors at first base. Tide freshman Reagan Dykes was named to the Freshman All-SEC team while senior Kallie Case was named to the All-Defensive team in left field.
Florida and Georgia were tied at leading the league with the most players at seven apiece. Alabama and Tennessee were tied for second with five apiece.
The Crimson Tide softball team will open play tonight at the 2016 SEC Tournament in Starkville, Mississippi. First pitch pitting the Tide against the Mississippi State Bulldogs is at 6:30 pm CT on the SEC Network (see accompanying story).
Here are the complete lists of SEC teams with players, positions and their schools listed:
First Team
- P – Delanie Gourley, Florida
- P – Aleshia Ocasio, Florida
- P – Kelsey Nunley, Kentucky
- IF – Kasey Cooper, Auburn
- IF – Alyssa DiCarlo, Georgia
- IF – Bianka Bell, LSU
- IF – Meghan Gregg, Tennessee
- IF – Tori Vidales, Texas A&M
- OF – Haylie McCleney, Alabama
- OF – Amanda Lorenz, Florida
- OF – Sydni Emanuel, Georgia
- OF – Emily Crane, Missouri
- C – Ashley Walters, Texas A&M
- DP/U – Kayli Kvistad, Florida
Second Team
- P – Sydney Littlejohn, Alabama
- P – Chelsea Wilkinson, Georgia
- P – Carley Hoover, LSU
- IF – Leona Lafaele, Alabama
- IF – Jade Rhodes, Auburn
- IF – Alex Hugo, Georgia
- IF – Tina Iosefa, Georgia
- IF – Sami Fagan, Missouri
- OF – Kristi Merritt, Florida
- OF – Cortni Emanuel, Georgia
- OF – Taylor Gadbois, Missouri
- OF – Keeli Milligan, Texas A&M
- C – Aubree Munro, Florida
- DP/U – Rainey Gaffin, Tennessee
Freshman All-SEC
- P – Kelly Barnhill, Florida
- P – Matty Moss, Tennessee
- P – Samantha Show, Texas A&M
- IF – Alyssa DiCarlo, Georgia
- IF – Lacey Summerlin, Georgia
- IF – Hailey Lunderman, Ole Miss
- IF – Aubrey Leach, Tennessee
- IF – Kaitlyn Alderink, Texas A&M
- OF – Amanda Lorenz, Florida
- OF – Reagan Nash, Missouri
- OF – Brooke Vines, Tennessee
- OF – Keeli Milligan, Texas A&M
- C – Reagan Dykes, Alabama
- DP/U – Abbey Cheek, Kentucky
All-Defensive
- P – Rainey Gaffin, Tennessee
- C – Aubree Munro, Florida
- 1B – Leona Lafaele, Alabama
- 1B – Jade Rhodes, Auburn
- 1B – Maisie Steed, Kentucky
- 1B – Tori Vidales, Texas A&M
- 2B – Emily Carosone, Auburn
- SS – Christian Stokes, Kentucky
- 3B – Kasey Cooper, Auburn
- LF – Kallie Case, Alabama
- CF – Haylie McCleney, Alabama
- RF – Emily Crane, Missouri
Individual Honors:
Player of the Year: Kasey Cooper, Auburn
Pitcher of the Year: Kelsey Nunley, Kentucky
Freshman of the Year: Amanda Lorenz, Florida
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Kasey Cooper, Auburn
Coach of the Year: Rachel Lawson, Kentucky
Pitcher of the Year: Kelsey Nunley, Kentucky
Freshman of the Year: Amanda Lorenz, Florida
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Kasey Cooper, Auburn
Coach of the Year: Rachel Lawson, Kentucky
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2016 SEC Softball Tournament Opens Tonight
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The Alabama Crimson Tide softball team will open play tonight in the 2016 SEC Tournament at Nunz Park in Starkville, Mississippi at 6:30 pm CT. Bama will face host team Mississippi State, and can be seen live on the SEC Network.
Bama enters the tournament as the No. 5 see, with Mississippi State coming in as the No. 12 seed.
The Crimson Tide swept the Bulldogs earlier this season in Tuscaloosa,
outscoring them 23-2 over three-game series. Alabama owns a 35-22 all-time
record at the SEC Tournament, including tournament titles in 1998, 2003,
2005, 2010, 2012.
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Alabama Women's Basketball Welcomes Brian Johnson
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Brian Johnson, formerly with the Tennessee women's basketball team, has been named the Coordinator of Player Development, Recruiting and Video Operations for the Alabama women's basketball team, according to head coach Kristy Curry. The announcement came yesterday.
Curry stated, "Brian will bring a tremendous work ethic and skill set in the areas of
player development, social media and technology to our program. Having spent the past four years as a part of the Lady Vol
program at the University of Tennessee, he understands what it takes to
compete at the highest level, and we are excited to have him join our
staff."
"I'm extremely excited about this opportunity to work with Coach Curry and her staff," Johnson commented. "Having been at Tennessee the last four years, I've seen the strides the program has made from afar, and I look forward to being part of the future of Alabama women's basketball."
Johnson completed his Bachelor of Science in education with a concentration in recreation & sport management and a minor in business administration from the University of Tennessee.
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UA Hosts SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
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It's tournament time.
The University of Alabama track and field team will host the
Southeastern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships this coming weekend at the Sam Bailey Track & Field Complex. Competition will begin tomorrow and run through Saturday,
May 14th featurning all 14 men’s teams and 13 women’s teams in the SEC.
The Crimson Tide will field a compliment of 52 athletes, consisting of 28 women and 24 men in the
championship Bama has entered competitors in 31 individual events. The
Tide will also have four relays, including the men’s and women’s
4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay.
Alabama track and field head coach Dan Waters said, "The SEC Championships are always a key event for us but this year is
even more important with the meet being here in Tuscaloosa. We have a
lot of momentum coming out of our last two meets at Auburn and LSU and I
feel like we are peaking at the right time. This is always a tough
meet, but great competition tends to bring out fantastic performances.
Competing at home gives us a little more motiviation so I expect this to
be a good weekend."
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Bama Men 9th, Women 28th In USTFCCCA Rankings
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The Alabama men's track and field team dropped one spot while the women remained the same this week in the U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA)
National Team Rankings released Monday, May 9. The men’s team posted
147.87 points falling to No. 9 while the women scored 61.72 points to remain 28th
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In this week’s South Region Index, the men and women are both
second behind Florida in their respective rankings. The SEC continues its domination by earning the No. 1 spots
on the men’s and women’s conference Index Top 10 list totaling 1,919.89
points for the men and 2,052.01 points for the women.
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The Crimson Tide will host the SEC Track and Field Championships this weekend at the Sam Bailey Track and Field Complex, May 12-14.
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Alabama Basketball Shows Interest In 5-Star PG Brown
Alabama basketball target Troy Brown
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2017 five-star basketball recruit Troy Brown out of Centennial High School in Las Vegas, Nevada is currently being wooed by the University of Alabama. Coach Bob Simon is currently handling the recruiting of the exceptional Point Guard.
According to Future150.com the young man's national ranking is currently at No. 5, and holds the No. 1 spot in his state ranking as well as his position ranking.
Is he interested in the Crimson Tide? Well, he's talking. Brown says his recruiting is still wide open but the Tide is doing a good job in the recruitment process.
Brown is said to be excellent in his passing the ball around the court and getting it to the open man, as well as excellent intangibles. His dribbling and rebounding are rated as good, with his shooting said to average. He is said to need work on both his mid-range and 3-point shooting.
He holds offers from over a dozen different programs, including those listed as the basketball creme-de-la-creme. Arizona, Kansas, Louisville, UCLA, Duke and Arizona State are but a few extending offers to the 6' 5", 185-pounder.
