All-American! Gamecocks forward Aliyah Boston named to AP’s preseason first team
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Aliyah Boston is a preseason Associated Press All-American.
The Gamecocks’ forward received AP first-team All-American team honors Tuesday, ahead of the 2021-22 season.
Boston finished the 2020-21 season a unanimous postseason All-American and The Athletic’s National Player of the Year. She has won two Lisa Leslie Awards and has finished both of her seasons in Columbia as SEC Defensive Player of the Year and with first team All-SEC honors.
The junior has already placed her name in the South Carolina record books. She has the most career triple-doubles (2), second-most blocked shots in career SEC games (93), fifth-most blocked shots (167) and eighth-most double-doubles (30).
The preseason SEC Coaches poll was also released Tuesday and predicted South Carolina to win the conference. Boston and Zia Cooke were both named to the preseason All-SEC first team. Destanni Henderson was selected to the preseason All-SEC second team.
The AP preseason No. 1 Gamecocks begin the year with an exhibition against Benedict at Colonial Life Arena on Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. The season officially gets underway on the road at No. 5 N.C. State in Raleigh on Nov. 9 at 5 p.m. The top-five matchup will be on ESPN.
2022 SEC Preseason Coaches Poll
1. South Carolina
2. Texas A&M
3. Tennessee
4. Georgia
5. Kentucky
6. Ole Miss
7. Arkansas
8. LSU
9. Mississippi State
10. Missouri
11. Florida
12. Alabama
13. Auburn
14. Vanderbilt
Preseason Player of the Year
Rhyne Howard, Kentucky
Coaches Preseason All-SEC First Team
Lavender Briggs, Florida
Rhyne Howard, Kentucky
Khayla Pointer, LSU
Shakira Austin, Ole Miss
Rickea Jackson, Mississippi State
Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
Zia Cooke, South Carolina
Rae Burrell, Tennessee
Coaches Preseason All-SEC Second Team
Amber Ramirez, Arkansas
Kiara Smith, Florida
Que Morrison, Georgia
Jenna Staiti, Georgia
Aijha Blackwell, Missouri
Destanni Henderson, South Carolina
Tamari Key, Tennessee
Jordan Nixon, Texas A&M
Kayla Wells, Texas A&M