Georgia’s Anthony Edwards was named the SEC Freshman of the Year and was chosen to the All-Freshman team and second-team All-SEC, the conference announced Tuesday.
Edwards is the first Georgia player to named Freshman of the Year since 2001.
Those awards were from a vote of SEC coaches. Later in the day, Edwards was voted SEC Newcomer of the Year by the Associated Press. The AP also voted Edwards second-team All-SEC.
The 6-foot-5 Edwards is the nation’s leading freshman scorer, at 19.5 points per game.
Georgia opens play in the SEC Tournament against Ole Miss on Wednesday in Nashville.
A complete list of the SEC coaches’ men’s basketball postseason awards follows:
First-team All-SEC
Kira Lewis, Alabama
Mason Jones, Arkansas
Samir Doughty, Auburn
Keyontae Johnson, Florida
Immanuel Quickley, Kentucky
Nick Richards, Kentucky
Skylar Mays, LSU
Breein Tyree, Ole Miss
Reggie Perry, Mississippi State
Second-team All-SEC
John Petty, Alabama
Isaac Okoro, Auburn
Kerry Blackshear, Florida
Anthony Edwards, Georgia
Tyrese Maxey, Kentucky
Maik Kotsar, South Carolina
John Fulkerson, Tennessee
Saben Lee, Vanderbilt
All-Freshman team
Jaden Shackelford, Alabama
Isaac Okoro, Auburn
Scottie Lewis, Florida
Anthony Edwards, Georgia
Tyrese Maxey, Kentucky
Trendon Watford, LSU
Jermaine Couisnard, South Carolina
Scotty Pippen, Vanderbilt
All-Defensive team
Herbert Jones, Alabama
Isaac Okoro, Auburn
Ashton Hagans, Kentucky
Nick Richards, Kentucky
Yves Pons, Tennessee
Coach of the Year: John Calipari, Kentucky
Player of the Year: Immanuel Quickley, Kentucky
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Skylar Mays, LSU
Freshman of the Year: Anthony Edwards, Georgia
Sixth-Man of the Year: Tyson Carter, Mississippi State
Defensive Player of the Year: Yves Pons, Tennessee
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