South Carolina women's basketball: Gamecocks dominate SEC Awards
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South Carolina was rewarded for its second consecutive undefeated regular season by dominating the SEC awards. Four Gamecocks were named first- or second-team All-SEC, tying a program record setin 2015.
Dawn Staley won her third straight Coach of the Year award. She has won the honor seven times, one behind the legendary Pat Summitt.
Kamilla Cardoso, last season’s Sixth Woman of the Year and second-team all-SEC, was named first-team All-SEC. She was also named Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the fourth Gamecock to win the award, following Aliyah Boston (the last four years), A’ja Wilson, and Ieasia Walker. Cardoso was also named to the All-Defensive team.
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Raven Johnson, Te-Hina Paopao, and Ashlyn Watkins were named second-team All-SEC. Johnson was named to the all-freshman team last season. Paopao was a three-time All-Pac 12 selection at Oregon (first-team twice, honorable mention). Watkins hoped to win Sixth Woman of the Year, but the award went to Florida’s Leilani Correa.
MiLaysia Fulwiley was named to the All-Freshman team.
Awards were voted on by the league’s coaches. Ties were not broken.
2024 SEC Awards
Player of the Year: Angel Reese, LSU
Coach of the Year: Dawn Staley, South Carolina
Defensive Player of the Year: Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina
Freshman of the Year: Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Sixth Woman of the Year: Leilani Correa, Florida
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Mama Dembele, Missouri
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All-SEC First Team
Sarah Ashlee Barker, Alabama
Honesty Scott-Grayson, Auburn
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
Angel Reese, LSU
Marquesha Davis, Ole Miss
Madison Scott, Ole Miss
Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina
Rickea Jackson, Tennessee
All-SEC Second Team
Aaliyah Nye, Alabama
Leilani Correa, Florida
Javyn Nicholson, Georgia
Flau’jae Johnson, LSU
Jessika Carter, Mississippi State
Jerkaila Jordan, Mississippi State
Raven Johnson, South Carolina
Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina
Ashlyn Watkins, South Carolina
Iyana Moore. Vanderbilt
All-Freshman Team
Essence Cody, Alabama
Taliah Scott, Arkansas
Laila Reynolds, Florida
Aalyah Del Rosario, LSU
Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Grace Slaughter, Missouri
MiLaysia Fulwiley, South Carolina
Khamil Pierre, Vanderbilt
All-Defensive Team
Angel Reese, LSU
Madison Scott, Ole Miss
Mama Dembele, Missouri
Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina
Jordyn Cambridge, Vanderbilt
