South Carolina basketball's Dawn Staley wins SEC Coach of the Year. Here are all of the awards.
South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley was named the SEC's Coach of Year for the third consecutive season on Tuesday.
Staley guided the Gamecocks to their third consecutive regular season conference championship and second consecutive undefeated regular season.
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Staley, in her 16th season in Columbia, led South Carolina to a 29-0 regular season record and No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament. Staley and the Gamecocks have lost only nine games in the last five seasons.
Senior center Kamila Cardosa also earned high honors, being selected to the All-SEC first team and also being named the league's defensive player of the year. Cardoso's defensive player of the year nod marks the fifth straight season a South Carolina player was granted the award.
Raven Johnson, Te-Hina Paopao and Ashley Watkins were named to the All-SEC second team, while MiLaysia Fulwiley was named to the SEC's All-Freshman Team.
LSU forward Angel Reese was named the SEC Player of the Year.
2024 SEC Women’s Basketball Postseason Awards
Coach of the Year
Dawn Staley, South Carolina
Player of the Year
Angel Reese, LSU
Freshman of the Year
Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Defensive Player of the Year
Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina
6th Woman of the Year
Leilani Correa, Florida
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Mama Dembele, Missouri
First Team All-SEC
Sarah Ashlee Barker, Alabama
Honesty Scott-Grayson, Auburn
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
Angel Reese, LSU
Marquesha Davis, Ole Miss
Madison Scott, Ole Miss
Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina
Rickea Jackson, Tennessee
Second Team All-SEC
Aaliyah Nye, Alabama
Leilani Correa, Florida
Javyn Nicholson, Georgia
Flau'jae Johnson, LSU
Jessika Carter, Mississippi State
Jerkaila Jordan, Mississippi State
Raven Johnson, South Carolina
Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina
Ashlyn Watkins, South Carolina
Iyana Moore, Vanderbilt
All-Freshman Team
Essence Cody, Alabama
Taliah Scott, Arkansas
Laila Reynolds, Florida
Aalyah Del Rosario, LSU
Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Grace Slaughter, Missouri
MiLaysia Fulwiley, South Carolina
Khamil Pierre, Vanderbilt
All-Defensive Team
Angel Reese, LSU
Madison Scott, Ole Miss
Mama Dembele, Missouri
Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina
Jordyn Cambridge, Vanderbilt
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: South Carolina's Dawn Staley is SEC Coach of the Year women's basketball
