Kentucky’s Julius Randle was named SEC Freshman of the Year on Tuesday. (Photo by James Pennington)
Kentucky’s Julius Randle was named SEC Freshman of the Year on Tuesday, leading a handful of Wildcats honored by the league’s coaches.
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Randle was also one of eight players named First-Team All-SEC, the only Wildcat on that list. He averaged 15.4 points and 10.5 rebounds per game, hauling down the fourth-most rebounds for a freshman in school history.
A Kentucky freshman has now won the coaches’ Freshman of the Year in each of John Calipari’s five seasons in charge of the Wildcats. Previous honorees were DeMarcus Cousins, Terrence Jones, Anthony Davis and Nerlens Noel.
Young was named Second-Team All-SEC, and both he and Randle were on the SEC All-Freshman Team. Cauley-Stein was one of five players on the SEC All-Defensive Team.
No. 1 Florida, which finished league play 18-0, swept the two big individual awards. Point guard Scottie Wilbekin was named SEC Player of the Year, and Billy Donovan was named SEC Coach of the Year.
The First-Team All-SEC is as follows:
Trevor Releford, Alabama
Casey Prather, Florida
Scottie Wilbekin, Florida
Julius Randle, Kentucky
Johnny O’Bryant, LSU
Jabari Brown, Missouri
Jordan McRae, Tennessee
Jarnell Stokes, Tennessee
