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The SEC has handed out its individual awards for 2018 following one of the best basketball seasons in recent SEC history. The awards were announced Tuesday, one day before the start of the 2018 SEC Tournament is set to begin in St. Louis.
The winners were decided based on votes from the league’s coaches.
Here is the list of individual winners:
Player of the Year
Grant Williams, Tennessee
co-Defensive Player of the Year
Robert Williams, Texas A&M
Chris Silvia, South Carolina
co-Freshman of the Year
Collin Sexton, Alabama
Kevin Knox, Kentucky
co-6th Man of the Year
Jontay Porter, Missouri
Lamonte’ Turner, Tennessee
Coach of the Year
Rick Barnes, Tennessee
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Juwan Parker, Georgia
The league’s all-conference teams were also announced Tuesday:
First Team All-SEC
Jaylen Barford, Arkansas
Chris Chiozza, Florida
Yante Maten, Georgia
Kevin Knox, Kentucky
Kassius Robertson, Missouri
Chris Silva, South Carolina
Grant Williams, Tennessee
Tyler Davis, Texas A&M
Second Team All-SEC
Collin Sexton, Alabama
Daryl Macon, Arkansas
Bryce Brown, Auburn
Jared Harper, Auburn
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kentucky
Quinndary Weatherspoon, Mississippi State
Admiral Schofield, Tennessee
Jeff Roberson, Vanderbilt
SEC All-Defensive Team
Donta Hall, Alabama
Anfernee McLemore, Auburn
Chris Chiozza, Florida
Chris Silva, South Carolina
Robert Williams, Texas A&M
SEC All-Freshman Team
Collin Sexton, Alabama
Daniel Gafford, Arkansas
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kentucky
Kevin Knox, Kentucky
Tremont Waters, LSU
Nick Weatherspoon, Mississippi State
Jontay Porter, Missouri
TJ Starks, Texas A&M
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
