SPRINGFIELD, Mass. --- Tusculum College's Kyle
Moore has been named to the 2008-09 Division II
Bulletin Men's Basketball All-America Team announced officials
Tuesday. Moore was named to the All-America Fourth Team and was one
of only seven juniors to be named to the senior-dominated
squad.
Moore, a 6-3 junior guard from Gainesville, Fla., becomes the
first NCAA Division Il All-American in the program's history and
only the second national honoree in the last 29 years. Lenzy
Houston garnered All-America accolades in back-to-back seasons
(1978-79 & 1979-80).
Moore was named the South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year,
leading the league in scoring, averaging 21.1 points per game. He
becomes the first player in school history to be named SAC Player
of the Year as he led the Pioneers to a 20-11 record and berth to
the NCAA Tournament.
Moore established a pair of SAC single-season records with 101
three-point field goals and 203 made free throws. His free throw
tally is also a new TC single-season mark and his 101 treys are the
second most ever by a Pioneer, one shy of the record held by former
All-Region forward Shane Banks (102, 1998-99).
The two-time All-Conference honoree scored his 1,000th point in a
Pioneer uniform this past season, becoming only the 21st player in
recorded school history to join the exclusive group. In just 59
games, Moore has scored 1,120 points, which are 15th all-time on
the Tusculum all-time scoring list.
This past year, Moore scored 20 or more points 16 times, including
14 occasions against Southeast Region opponents. Moore was named
the SAC Player of the Week five times this year, while leading the
league in three-point field goals per game (3.26). He also excelled
at the free throw line, shooting 84.2 percent, which was third in
the conference and 42nd in the nation.
Against Columbus State earlier this season, Moore poured in a
career-best 42 markers, which are the second most by a South
Atlantic Conference player and sixth most by a Pioneer.
Moore finished the season with 654 points, which are tied for the
fifth most ever by a Pioneer and fourth in SAC history. He was also
named to the Daktronics and NABC All-Southeast Region Teams.
Tusculum finished second in the South Atlantic Conference, while
advancing to the championship game of the Food Lion South Atlantic
Conference Tournament. The Pioneers recorded their first 20-win
campaign in 16 years and advanced to the NCAA postseason for the
second time in school history.
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2008-09 Division II Bulletin Men's Basketball
All-America Team
First Team
Josh Bostic, Findlay
Chris Commons, USC Aiken
Matt Rogers, Southwest Baptist
Larry Gordon. Cal Poly Pomona
Kevin Rarzsch, Northern State
Second Team
Laurence Ekperigan, LeMoyne
Ted Scott, West Virginia St.
Anthony Hilliard, Elizabeth City State
Aaron Hill, Rockhurst
Jesse Wagstaff, Metro State
Third Team
Jonathan Schmidt, C.W. Post
Kendrick Easley, Mt. Olive
Lucas Alves, BYU-Hawaii
Nick Kohs, Christian Brothers
Nolan Richardson. Midwestern State
Fourth Team
Garrett Siler, Augusta St.
Ira Graham, Western Washington
Dave Ben, Kutztown
Kyle Moore, Tusculum
Jason Westrol, Bentley