STATESBORO– Senior
Imani Moore was named Sun Belt Outdoor Field Performer of the Year and All-SBC First Team while six of her other teammates were named All-Sun Belt, the league announced Thursday.
Shatalya Dorsett,
Emani George, Moore,
Devine Parker and
NaJ Watson were all named to the First Team, while
Kennedy Hood and
Leonaya Knox earned Second Team.
Moore, who has been on All-Sun Belt lists in both indoor and outdoor three years in a row, earns her first yearly honor after a tremendous senior season that featured gold-medal performances in the long jump and triple jump at the championship meet, also earning First Team honors.
Moore is ranked in the top ten in the south region in the long jump and top 25 overall in NCAA Division I, breaking the Georgia Southern school and facility record at the Georgia Showdown. Her triple jump performance also places her second in school history.
Dorsett set new personal bests in both the 100m (11.41) and 200m (23.24) at the championship meet, leading off the SBC record-setting 4x100m team. Her times in the sprints are both the third fastest times in school history, and she has qualified for the NCAA East Regional in all three events she competed in at the championship.
George earns her first postseason honors as a sophomore after being the second leg of the 4x100 team at the conference championships. She will run in the 4x100 at the NCAA East Regional as a part of the team that has twice broken the school record this season.
Parker, who was Second Team All-Indoor in 2022-23, set the school record in the 200m (23.07) while finishing fourth in the 100m and running as another leg of the 4x100m team. She is also set to compete in multiple events at the NCAA East Regional.
Watson, who was First Team, Outdoor Performer of the Year and the High Points Scorer last season, is on the First Team for the second consecutive season. She narrowly took gold in the 100m (11.30) while finishing second in the 200m and running as the final leg of the 4x100 record squad. She is qualified for three different events at the East Regional and is top 25 in the East in the 100m and 200m.
Hood's 6.14m long jump earned her second place in the event behind gold winner Moore. Her fifth jump of 6.11m placed her fourth in school history, and she is part of the no. 21 ranked long jump team by USTFCCCA.
Knox had a tremendous freshman season for the Eagles and, at 13.37, furthered her hold on the second-place mark in school history in the 100m hurdles at the SBC Championships. She will also run at the NCAA East Regional.
The Eagles have one last tune up on Sunday in Boone before the NCAA East Regional.
