BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — No. 1 Florida nearly swept the coaches’ Southeastern Conference individual awards.
The league announced Tuesday that Florida's Billy Donovan is coach of the year and Gators point guard Scottie Wilbekin is player of the year.
Coaches also selected Florida's Patric Young as the top defensive player and scholar-athlete. He's won the academic award for the past three years.
Kentucky's Julius Randle is the pick as the top SEC freshman and Florida's Dorian Finney-Smith is sixth man of the year.
It's the second straight coach of the year honor for Donovan, who led the Gators to an 18-0 regular-season SEC mark.
Wilbekin averages 12.9 points, 3.9 assists and 1.5 steals for the Gators.
Randle is averaging 15.4 points and 10.5 rebounds. Finney-Smith is averaging 9.4 points and a team-high 6.9 rebounds.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A list of the coaches All-Southeastern Conference teams, individual awards:
First Team
Trevor Releford, g, Alabama
Casey Prather, f, Florida
Scottie Wilbekin, g, Florida
Julius Randle, f, Kentucky
Johnny O'Bryant III, f, LSU
Jabari Brown, g, Missouri
Jordan McRae, g, Tennessee
Jarnell Stokes, f, Tennessee
Second Team
Bobby Portis, f, Arkansas
Chris Denson, g, Auburn
Patric Young, c, Florida
Charles Mann, g, Georgia
James Young, g, Kentucky
Jordan Mickey, f, LSU
Marshall Henderson, g, Mississippi
Jarvis Summers, g, Mississippi
Jordan Clarkson, g, Missouri
Rod Odom, f, Vanderbilt
SEC All-Freshman Team
Shannon Hale, f, Alabama
Bobby Portis, f, Arkansas
Julius Randle, f, Kentucky
James Young, g, Kentucky
Jarell Martin, f, LSU
Jordan Mickey, f, LSU
Sindarius Thornwell, g, South Carolina
Damian Jones, c, Vanderbilt
SEC All-Defensive Team
Patric Young, c, Florida
Scottie Wilbekin, g, Florida
Willie Cauley-Stein, f, Kentucky
Jordan Mickey, f, LSU
Josh Richardson, g, Tennessee
SEC Coach of the Year: Billy Donovan, Florida
SEC Player of the Year: Scottie Wilbekin, Florida
SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Patric Young, Florida
SEC Freshman of the Year: Julius Randle, Kentucky
SEC Sixth-Man of the Year: Dorian Finney-Smith, Florida
SEC Defensive Player of the Year: Patric Young, Florida