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SEC Men’s Basketball Awards Announced, Monk Named Freshman of the Year

Birmingham, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference unveiled its men’s basketball coaches’ postseason awards Tuesday.

Florida’s Mike White earned SEC Coach of the Year honors while South Carolina senior Sindarius Thornwell was selected the SEC Player of the Year by the league’s coaches. Vanderbilt’s Luke Kornet earned SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Kentucky’s Malik Monk was tabbed SEC Freshman of the Year, Florida’s Canyon Barry was voted SEC Sixth Man of the Year and Texas A&M’s Robert Williams was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year.

First-team and second-team All-SEC honorees, All-Freshman team, All-Defensive team, along with Player, Coach and Freshman, Defensive, Sixth-Man and Scholar-Athlete of the Year were chosen by the league’s 14 coaches.