Alabama G Trevor Releford Earns First Team All-SEC Accolades

Alabama junior guard Trevor Releford was one of eight players named to the Southeastern Conference First Team according to a vote of the league’s 14 head coaches, it was announced on Tuesday. In addition, the Kansas City, Mo., native earned a spot on the league’s All-Defensive team.

Releford, the only Alabama player to be represented as an all-conference performer, is one of two SEC players to earn both first team and all-defensive team accolades, joining Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel.

This year’s selection, marks the third consecutive season that Releford has earned all-conference honors. He was named to the league’s all-freshman team in 2011 and was a second-team honoree in 2012. He becomes the first Alabama player to earn all-league honors in each of his first three seasons since Kennedy Winston achieved the feat during the 1992 (All-Freshman), 1993 (First Team) and 1994 (First Team) seasons.

In addition, he is the fourth Alabama player to earn a spot on the SEC’s All-Defensive team in the eight years of its existence (the all-defensive team was chosen in 1991 and 1992, then discontinued until it was restarted in 2008). Releford joins Gary Waites (1991), Latrell Sprewell (1992) and Robert Horry (1992) as the only Crimson Tide players to be recognized by the league for their defensive prowess.

Releford enters the SEC Tournament ranked second in the league in steals per game (2.1) and is fifth in scoring (15.6 ppg), field goal percentage (.490), free throw percentage (.820) and minutes per game (33.2). Additionally, he leads the team in three-point field goal percentage (.436, 44-of-101) and is second in assists per game (2.7).

The Crimson Tide earned the No. 4 seed in this week’s SEC Tournament and will play on Friday at 2:30 p.m. CT. The game can be heard on the flagship station for Alabama men's basketball 95.3 WFFN-FM.