Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year

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SEC Women's Basketball Player of the Year
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Awarded for the most outstanding women's basketball player in the Southeastern Conference
Country United States
First awarded 1987
Currently held by A'ja Wilson, South Carolina

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) Women's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the most outstanding player in the Southeastern Conference.

Although the SEC began its women's postseason tournament in 1980, and began official regular-season conference play in the 1982–83 season,[1] a Player of the Year award was not created until the 1986–87 season.

Currently, two bodies vote for Players of the Year. The league's coaches have selected a Player of the Year since the 1986–87 season, and the Associated Press began presenting its version of the award in the 1996–97 season.[2]

The school with the most SEC Player of the Year award winners is Tennessee, with 9 total awards. Four SEC members have yet to have a winner—charter SEC members Alabama and Ole Miss, and 2012 arrivals Missouri and Texas A&M.

Nine players have won at least a share of the award twice, but no player has received the honor three times.

Key

† Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national Player of the Year award:
the Naismith College Player of the Year, the John R. Wooden Award, or the Wade Trophy
A Associated Press selection
C SEC coaches selection
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player received the Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season Player[a] School Position Class Reference(s)
1986–87 Katrina McClain Georgia
1987–88 Vickie Orr Auburn Center[3] Senior[3]
1988–89 Bridgette Gordon Tennessee Forward[4] Senior[4]
1989–90 Carolyn Jones Auburn Guard[5] Junior[5]
1990–91 Carolyn Jones (2) Auburn Guard[5] Senior[5]
1991–92 Dena Head Tennessee Forward[4] Senior[4]
1992–93 Lauretta Freeman Auburn Forward[6] Senior[6]
1993–94 Nikki McCray Tennessee Forward[4] Junior[4]
1994–95 Nikki McCray (2) Tennessee Forward[4] Senior[4]
1995–96 Saudia Roundtree* Georgia
1996–97 DeLisha Milton* Florida
1997–98 Chamique Holdsclaw* Tennessee Forward[4] Junior[4]
1998–99 Chamique Holdsclaw* (2) Tennessee Forward[4] Senior[4]
1999–2000 Kelly Miller Georgia
2000–01 Kelly Miller (2) Georgia
2001–02† Chantelle AndersonC Vanderbilt
2001–02† LaToya ThomasA Mississippi State
2002–03 LaToya Thomas (2) Mississippi State
2003–04 Shameka Christon Arkansas
2004–05 Seimone Augustus* LSU Forward[7] Junior[7]
2005–06 Seimone Augustus* (2) LSU Forward[7] Senior[7]
2006–07 Candace Parker* Tennessee Forward[4] Sophomore[8]
2007–08 Sylvia Fowles LSU Center[7] Senior[7]
2008–09 DeWanna Bonner Auburn Guard[9] Senior[9]
2009–10 Victoria Dunlap Kentucky Forward[10] Junior[11]
2010–11† Victoria DunlapA (2) Kentucky Forward[10] Senior[11]
2010–11† Shekinna StricklenC Tennessee Guard/forward[4] Junior[4]
2011–12 A'dia Mathies Kentucky Guard[12] Junior[11]
2012–13† A'dia MathiesA (2) Kentucky Guard[12] Senior[11] [13][14]
2012–13† Meighan SimmonsC Tennessee Guard[4] Junior[4] [13]
2013–14 Tiffany Mitchell South Carolina Guard Sophomore [15]
2014–15 Tiffany Mitchell (2) South Carolina Guard Junior [16][17]
2015–16 A'ja Wilson South Carolina Forward Sophomore [18]

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
Tennessee (1932) 9 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2011†, 2013†
Auburn (1932) 5 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2009
Georgia (1932) 4 1987, 1996, 2000, 2001
Kentucky (1932) 4 2010, 2011†, 2012, 2013†
LSU (1932) 3 2005, 2006, 2008
South Carolina (1991) 3 2014, 2015, 2016
Mississippi State (1932) 2 2002†, 2003
Arkansas (1991) 1 2004
Florida (1932) 1 1997
Vanderbilt (1932) 1 2002†
Alabama (1932) 0 —
Ole Miss (1932) 0 —
Missouri (2012) 0 —
Texas A&M (2012) 0 —

Footnotes

  • a If no special demarcation indicates which award the player won that season, then she had earned all of the awards available for that year.

References

General
  • List of winners through 2011–12 season: [2]
  • Winners of major national awards: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Specific
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  8. ↑ Although Parker arrived at Tennessee in 2004, and is listed as having been a team member from 2005–2008 (the Tennessee basketball media guide consistently classifies seasons by the calendar years in which they end), she took a medical redshirt year in 2004–05 due to injury. She was named SEC Freshman of the Year in the 2005–06 season, the year before she was named Player of the Year. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. In official publications, Kentucky women's basketball does not distinguish between power forward and small forward.
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  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. In official publications, Kentucky women's basketball lists "guard" and "point guard" as separate positions.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ [1]
  16. ↑ 2015 SEC Women’s Basketball Awards Announced
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