Rhyne Howard will be gunning for her third consecutive SEC Player of the Year trophy in 2021-22. The 6-foot-2 senior guard is set to defend her two-time title after she was named by the league media as the Southeastern Conference preseason Player of the Year on Tuesday afternoon.
Howard was also the 2020-21 preseason SEC Player of the Year before ultimately earning the honor. Only one former player from the conference has ever won the award three times: South Carolina’s A’ja Wilson, who did so from 2015-18 and later won the 2020 WNBA MVP award.