Hall of Fame
A Centerville, Tenn., native, Kindra Moore Smith was a two-year standout on women’s basketball teams at UNA from 1992 to 1994 and helped lead the Lions to the Final Four as a senior, marking the most successful finish by a women’s basketball team in school history.
That group of Lions finished with a 22-10 record and finished third nationally in the Women’s Elite Eight in Fargo, N.D.
Moore earned a spot on the 1993-94 All-South Region Tournament team after helping lead the Lions to three straight wins and the first regional championship in the program’s history.
Moore started all 58 games that she played in at UNA and averaged 11.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.3 steals per game for her career.
She scored 408 points in 32 games in 1993-94 for a 12.7 scoring average and scored 283 points in 26 games in 1992-93 for a 10.9 average.
In 1992-93, Moore led the team in free throw percentage, hitting 69 of 97 for a 71.1 percentage. She also led the Lions in assists as a senior in 1993-94 with 145 for a 4.5 average per game.
Her career numbers were 691 points, 36-of-116 on three-point attempts, 249-of-591 on field goals, 163-of-234 on free throws, 307 rebounds, 218 assists and 78 steals.
While at North Alabama, Moore was also voted by the student body as the 1994 UNA Homecoming Queen and was the school's Female Athlete of the Year for 1993-94.
After graduating from UNA with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1995, she went on to earn a master’s degree from Kennesaw State University and a specialist degree in educational leadership from the University of West Georgia.
After teaching at the elementary level for seven years, she served as an assistant principal for eight years at Northwestern Middle School in Milton, Ga.
In 2010, she was named principal at Roswell North Elementary, leading one of the largest elementary schools in the district. While leading Roswell North Elementary in 2014, she was named the district’s Principal of the Year for “her unwavering commitment to seeking success for all students through innovative practices and creative programming.”
She previously worked as principal of Elkins Pointe Middle School before she began a new role as Principal of Riverwood International Charter School in Fulton County, Ga., on July 22, 2019.
She currently resides in Canton, Ga., with her husband Michael and two children, Tori and Trey.
