GoHorns1 Posted March 4 Posted March 4 AUSTIN, Texas — Texas women's basketball head coach Vic Schaefer was named the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year and Madison Booker earned SEC Player of the Year honors as the league announced their awards today. All 16 SEC head coaches voted on the awards, with each coach not being allowed to vote for their own players. Rori Harmon was named to the SEC All-Defensive Team and Jordan Lee was named to the All-Freshman Team. Booker also earned a spot on the All-SEC First Team. For Schaefer it was his fourth SEC Coach of the Year honor in the first year in the SEC for Texas. Schaefer won SEC Coach of the Year honors as the head coach at Mississippi State in 2015, 2018 and 2019. Schaefer led Texas to an SEC regular season championship in their first year in the conference. The Longhorns are ranked No. 1 in the country in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Poll. Texas is 29-2 on the season and finished the regular season 15-1, beating every team in the conference as they played South Carolina twice and split those games. On Monday, Schaefer was named the USA Today Sports SEC Coach of the Year. After becoming the first freshman in the history of Big 12 women's basketball to earn Player of the Year honors in the 2023-24 season Madison Booker takes home SEC Player of the Year in the Longhorns first year in the SEC. The 2024 First Team All-American and Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year honoree as a freshman, Booker has not disappointed in her sophomore season. Booker has scored in double figures in 24 games and 20 or more points in 11 games this season. Booker ranks second on the team in rebounding and has six double-doubles on the season. As an incredibly efficient player, Booker is shooting 46.4 percent from the field on the season, 41.7 percent from 3-point range and 84.6 percent from the free-throw line. In the Longhorns last six games against ranked opponents, including four wins against top-10 teams, Booker is averaging 21.5 points per game. Rori Harmon sets the tone for Texas on defense and was the 2023 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. Harmon is constantly called on to guard the opponents best player and she picks up her opponent at 94 feet from the basket. Harmon moved into the top-10 in program history in career steals this season. Harmon also became the first player in program history to reach 1,200 points and 600 assists. Harmon is not afraid to sacrifice her body and has drawn 40 offensive fouls on opponents and is second on the team in total fouls drawn at 109 for the season. For her career Harmon averages 4.6 rebounds per game. Jordan Lee has played a key role for the Longhorns in her freshman season at Texas. In her first SEC game, on the road at No. 9 Oklahoma the Longhorns trailed by 12 points in the second quarter and it was Lee's four 3-pointers and 17 points that helped Texas come back and win that game. Lee was the USBWA National Freshman of the Week on Jan. 7. Lee leads Texas with 32 made 3-pointers on the season and made six on the road at James Madison. Coach Schaefer and other SEC coaches have been impressed by Lee's commitment to defense and her ability to learn the Texas system. The Longhorns are back in action in Greenville, S.C., in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament on Friday, March 7 at 5:00 p.m. CT on SEC Network. First Team Georgia Amoore - Kentucky Madison Booker - Texas Aneesah Morrow - LSU Raegan Beers - Oklahoma Sarah Ashlee Barker - Alabama Flau'Jae Johnson - LSU Mikayla Blakes - Vanderbilt Mikaylah Williams - LSU Joyce Edwards - South Carolina Second Team Talaysia Cooper - Tennessee Clara Strack - Kentucky Madison Scott - Ole Miss MiLaysia Fulwiley - South Carolina Jerkaila Jordan - Mississippi State DeYona Gaston - Auburn Te-Hina Paopao - South Carolina Payton Verhulst – Oklahoma All-Defensive Rori Harmon - Texas Clara Strack - Kentucky Talaysia Cooper - Tennessee Sania Feagin - South Carolina Raven Johnson - South Carolina Aneesah Morrow – LSU All-Freshmen Mikayla Blakes - Vanderbilt Joyce Edwards - South Carolina Liv McGill - Florida Sira Thienou - Ole Miss Yuting Deng - Auburn Jordan Lee - Texas Trinity Turner - Georgia Mia Woolfolk – Georgia Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Grace Slaughter – Missouri Player of the Year – Madison Booker – Texas Freshman of the Year – Mikayla Blakes – Vanderbilt Newcomer of the Year – Georgia Amoore – Kentucky Defensive Player of the Year – Clara Strack – Kentucky Sixth-Woman of the Year – MiLaysia Fulwiley – South Carolina Coach of the Year – Vic Schaefer - Texas 2 Quote
GoHorns1 Posted March 4 Author Posted March 4 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Texas women's basketball point guard Rori Harmon has been named 1 of 5 finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced today. Now in its 26th year, the Nancy Lieberman Award recognizes the top point guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. To be considered for this prestigious award, candidates must exhibit the floor leadership, playmaking, and ball-handling skills of Class of 1996 Hall-of-Famer Nancy Lieberman. After playing 12 games in the 2023-24 season due to a season-ending knee injury, Harmon is showing why is one of the best players in the country. Harmon ranks sixth in the country in assist to turnover ratio (3.15), fourth in total assists (189) and 9th in assists per game (6.1). This season Harmon became the first player in program history to reach 1,200 points and 600 assists. Harmon ranks second in program history in career assists with 690. Harmon is on the watch list for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award as well. In 2023 Harmon was Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting in both of the remaining rounds starting on Friday, March 7, on hoophallawards.com. The Fan Vote will count as one committee vote during the finalist selection process. 2025 Nancy Liberman Award Finalists Olivia Miles Notre Dame Georgia Amoore Kentucky Paige Bueckers UConn Rori Harmon Texas Kiki Rice UCLA 1 Quote
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