Moody Adds More SEC Honors by Media

March 9, 2021

FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas guard Moses Moody added to his honors list as he was named the Associated Press SEC Newcomer of the Year and first team All-SEC, as voted by the league’s media.

Moody is the third Razorback to be tabbed AP SEC Newcomer of the Year, joining Patrick Beverley (2007) and Joe Johnson (2000).
Moody is the ninth Razorback (11 total honors) to be a consensus first team All-SEC pick. (Scotty Thurman and Corliss Williamson were two-time, consensus first team All-SEC. This is the third straight year Arkansas has produced a consensus first team All-SEC selection.)
Moody is the first Razorback freshman to be named AP first team All-SEC.
Moody earns the 13th AP first-team All-SEC honor by a Razorback.

Moses Moody Season Highlights

Ranks third in the SEC in scoring and third among NCAA freshmen in scoring (17.5 ppg)
1 of 3 freshmen in the NCAA to average at least 15.0 points and 5.0 rebounds
1 of 2 SEC players – the only freshman – to average 16.0 points and 5.5 rebounds
1 of 3 SEC players – the only freshman – to rank among the league’s top 20 in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage, free throw percentage and 3-point percentage
1 of 4 SEC players – the only freshman – to shot at least 42 percent from the field, 35 percent from 3-point range and 80 percent from the free throw line
Ranks eighth in the NCAA in free throws made while setting an Arkansas freshman record for free throws made despite a pandemic-shortened season

2021 SEC HONORS (Media)

First Team All-SEC
Herb Jones, Alabama
Moses Moody, Arkansas
Scotty Pippen Jr., Vanderbilt
Cameron Thomas, LSU
Trendon Watford, LSU

Second Team All-SEC
Tre Mann, Florida
Sahvir Wheeler, Georgia
John Petty, Alabama
Jeremiah Tilmon, Missouri
Dru Smith, Missouri

Coach of the Year: Nate Oats, Alabama
Player of the Year: Herbert Jones, Alabama
Newcomer of the Year: Moses Moody, Arkansas

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