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2007 SEC Women's Basketball Awards Announced
 Posted: March 1st, 2007 @ 11:40am


 Freshman of the Year, Ashley Houts (UGA) |
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 DeWanna Bonner, AuburnTasha Humphrey, Georgia*Sylvia Fowles, LSU*Armintie Price, Ole Miss*Alexis Hornbuckle, TennesseeCandace Parker, Tennessee*Dee Davis, VanderbiltCarla Thomas, Vanderbilt*Second Team All-SEC - Lauren Ervin, Arkansas
- Marshae Dotson, Florida
- Cori Chambers, Georgia
- Sarah Elliott, Kentucky
- Samantha Mahoney, Kentucky
- Quianna Chaney, LSU
- Sidney Spencer, Tennessee
- Caroline Williams, Vanderbilt
All-Freshman Team Donica Cosby, Arkansas*Jordan Greenleaf, AuburnAshley Houts, GeorgiaChristy Marshall, GeorgiaAngel Robinson, GeorgiaAllison Hightower, LSUAlliesha Easley, Ole MissAlexis Rack, Mississippi State*
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
*Article content information provided by SECSPORTS dated 02/27/2007 BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
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