The Southeastern Conference announced its 2007 women's basketball postseason awards Tuesday, February 27, 2007 highlighted by Tennessee's Candace Parker being named Player of the Year and Georgia's Ashley Houts being named Freshman of the Year. First-team and second-team All-SEC honorees, All-Freshman team, along with Player, Coach and Freshman, Defensive Player, 6th Woman and Scholar-Athlete of the Year were chosen by the league's 12 coaches.

Parker, along with Georgia's Tasha Humphrey, LSU's Sylvia Fowles, Ole Miss' Armintie Price and Vanderbilt's Carla Thomas were unanimous first-team members. Rounding out the first-team were DeWanna Bonner of Auburn, Tennessee's Alexis Hornbuckle and Vanderbilt's Dee Davis.

Price was also named Defensive Player of the Year, while Georgia's Christy Marshall and Vanderbilt's Liz Sherwood were both named 6th Woman of the Year. While Arkansas' Sarah Pfeifer was named the SEC Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Tennessee's Pat Summitt, in her 33rd season as head coach of the Lady Vols was named SEC Coach of the Year. This season Tennessee finished the regular season with a 27-2 overall record and the #1 seed of the tournament after going 14-0 in conference play.

The 2007 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament begins Thursday, March 1 and runs through Sunday, March 4 in Duluth, Ga. SEC's regional sports network (FSN South, FSN Southwest and Sun Sports) will televise all games on Thursday, Friday and Saturday while ESPN2 will broadcast the championship game at 6 p.m. ET.

The complete 2007 SEC Women's Basketball Postseason Awards are as follows:

First Team All-SEC

Coach of the Year:  Pat Summitt, Tennessee
Player of the Year:  Candace Parker, Tennessee

Freshman of the Year:  Ashley Houts, Georgia
Defensive Player of the Year:  Armintie Price, Ole Miss
6th Woman of the Year:  Christy Marshall, Georgia & Liz Sherwood, Vanderbilt
Scholar-Athlete of the Year:  Sarah Pfeifer, Arkansas