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Maria Fassi named SEC player of the year

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas senior Maria Fassi, who earned medalist honors at the SEC Championships on April 19, won her second SEC player of the year award on Thursday as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches.

Fassi, who has nine career tournament titles, will lead the No. 8 Razorbacks at the NCAA Championships starting on May 17 at The Blessings in Fayetteville.

Fassi was joined on the eight-member All-SEC first team by fellow Arkansas seniors Kaylee Benton and Dylan Kim, as well as Alabama’s Jiwon Jeon, Auburn’s Julie McCarthy, Vanderbilt’s Abbey Carlson and Auston Kim, and South Carolina’s Lois Kaye Go.