SEC names Gamecocks’ Wilson player of the year, Tigers’ Pingeton coach of the year
South Carolina’s A’ja Wilson repeated as SEC Player of the Year to headline the SEC’s postseason awards.
Photo by South Carolina Athletics.
The SEC released its postseason awards on Tuesday. Most notably, South Carolina junior A’ja Wilson was named Player of the Year for the second consecutive year and Missouri’s Robin Pingeton was named Coach of the Year after leading the Tigers (21-9, 11-5 SEC) to a third-place conference finish.
Wilson was third in the conference with 17.4 points per game. She had double-digit scoring outings in all but two games this season and had eight double-doubles. Wilson averaged 7.6 rebounds per game and had two or more blocks in 20 of the Gamecocks’ games this season.
Pingeton’s Coach of the Year award marks the first time since 1990 the award has gone to Missouri’s head coach. Pingeton has maintained or increased Missouri’s overall record every year since her first season in 2010. Missouri led the conference in 3-point field goals en route to an 11-5 conference record that included wins over then-ranked teams Texas A&M, Kentucky and South Carolina after being picked to finish seventh in the SEC preseason poll.
LSU’s Raigyne Moncrief was named Defensive Player of the Year after leading the conference with 3.5 steals per game, becoming just the second Lady Tigers player to win the award. Mississippi State’s Teaira McCowan was voted as the 6th Woman of the Year.
All awards
Player of the Year: A’ja Wilson, South Carolina
Coach of the Year: Robin Pingeton, Missouri
Defensive Player of the Year: Raigyne Moncrief, LSU
6th Woman of the Year: Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State
Co-Freshmen of the Year: Delicia Washington, Florida; Amber Smith, Missouri
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Katie Frerking, Auburn
First Team All-SEC
Ronni Williams, Florida
Evelyn Akhator, Kentucky
Makayla Epps, Kentucky
Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State
Sophie Cunningham, Missouri
Alaina Coates, South Carolina
A’ja Wilson, South Carolina
Diamond DeShields, Tennessee
Second Team All-SEC
Katie Frerking, Auburn
Pachis Roberts, Georgia
Raigyne Moncrief, LSU
Morgan William, Mississippi State
Jaime Nared, Tennessee
Mercedes Russell, Tennessee
Khaalia Hillsman, Texas A&M
Curtyce Knox, Texas A&M
Danni Williams, Texas A&M
All-Freshman SEC Team
Ashley Knight, Alabama
Jordan Lewis, Alabama
Jailyn Mason, Arkansas
Delicia Washington, Florida
Amber Smith, Missouri
Tyasha Harris, South Carolina
Kayla Overbeck, Vanderbilt
Erin Whalen, Vanderbilt
All-Defensive SEC Team
Katie Frerking, Auburn
Caliya Robinson, Georgia
Raigyne Moncrief, LSU
Dominique Dillingham, Mississippi State
Alaina Coates, South Carolina
A’ja Wilson, South Carolina
Edited by Quinn Pilkey
Featured image by South Carolina Athletics
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