Georgia basketball: Anthony Edwards earns multiple honors from SEC
Georgia basketball freshman and future NBA lottery pick Anthony Edwards earned a lot of hardware from the Southeastern Conference.
Despite being a one-and-done for Georgia basketball, Anthony Edwards is now one of the more decorated players in program history.
The SEC coaches recently voted on the four all-conference teams and post season awards. The name Anthony Edwards came up a lot. Edwards was the only Bulldog to earn any accolades from the SEC coaches.
The biggest honor Edwards received was SEC Freshman of the Year, which is no surprise as he’s a finalist for the Jerry West Award (best shooting guard in the nation) and a likely pick for national freshman of the year awards. Edwards was certainly the best freshman in the SEC scoring 604 total points in the regular season and averaging 19.5 points per game. Edwards has also been a steady rebounder for the Bulldogs, pulling down 5.3 boards per game.
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Anthony Edwards also made Second Team All-SEC and the SEC All-Freshman Team. On the Second Team All-SEC, Edwards joins:
John Petty Jr. – Alabama
Isaac Okoro – Auburn
Kerry Blackshear Jr. – Florida
Tyrese Maxey – Kentucky
Maik Kotsar – South Carolina
John Fulkerson – Tennessee
Saben Lee – Vanderbilt
Edwards joined the following players on the All-Freshman team:
Jaden Shackelford – Alabama
Isaac Okoro – Auburn
Scottie Lewis – Florida
Tyrese Maxey – Kentucky
Trendon Watford – LSU
Jermaine Couisnard – South Carolina
Scotty Pippen Jr. – Vanderbilt
Kentucky’s John Calipari earned SEC Coach of the Year for fourth time of his career. Throw in his days at Massachusetts (Atlantic 10) and Memphis (Conference USA), Calipari is a 10-time conference coach of the year winner. Fellow Wildcat Immanuel Quickley won SEC Player of the Year. Quickley averaged 16.1 points per game this season. Other awards winners were:
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Skylar Mays – LSU
Sixth-Man of the Year: Tyson Carter – Mississippi State
Defensive Player of the Year: Yves Pons – Tennessee