Florida was well-represented among the Southeastern Conference's annual coaches' awards and all-conference teams announced Tuesday by the league office.
Sophomore center Patric Young (Jacksonville, Fla.) earned SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors, while junior guard Kenny Boynton (Pompano Beach, Fla.) and freshman guard Bradley Beal (St. Louis, Mo.) were named first-team All-SEC and senior guard Erving Walker (Brooklyn, N.Y.) received second-team All-SEC recognition. Beal was also named to the SEC All-Freshman team. That group joins sophomore forward Will Yeguete (Bourdeaux, France), who was named to the SEC Community Service Team on Monday.
Boynton and Beal are the first Florida teammates to receive first-team honors in the same season since Al Horford, Corey Brewer and Joakim Noah all did in 2007. Udonis Haslem and Brett Nelson also accomplished the feat in 2001, as did Dan Cross and Andrew DeClerq in 1995. Beal is the first player in Florida history to be named first-team All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman in the same season.
Walker earned second-team accolades for the third straight year, becoming the first Gator since Haslem to be named all-conference in at least three consecutive seasons.
Young is the third Gator to earn SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors, joining two-time winner Lee Humphrey (2006 and 2007) and Ray Shipman (2010). He holds a 3.37 GPA in telecommunications.
The Gators open SEC Tournament action in New Orleans on Friday at 3:30 p.m. Eastern against the winner of the opening-round matchup between Alabama and South Carolina.
SEC Coach of the Year: John Calipari, Kentucky
SEC Player of the Year: Anthony Davis, Kentucky
SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Patric Young, Florida
SEC Freshman of the Year: Anthony Davis, Kentucky
SEC Sixth-Man of the Year: Darius Miller, Kentucky
SEC Defensive Player of the Year: Anthony Davis, Kentucky
First-Team All-SEC
Bradley Beal, Florida – G, 6-3, 207, Fr., St. Louis, Mo.
Kenny Boynton, Florida – G, 6-2, 189, Jr., Pompano Beach, Fla.
Anthony Davis, Kentucky – F, 6-10, 220, Fr., Chicago, Ill.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky – F, 6-7, 232, Fr., Somerdale, N.J.
Dee Bost, Mississippi State – G, 6-2, 176, Sr., Concord, N.C.
Arnett Moultrie, Mississippi State – F, 6-11, 249, Jr., Memphis, Tenn.
John Jenkins, Vanderbilt – G, 6-4, 215, Jr., Hendersonville, Tenn.
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt – F, 6-7, 225, Sr., Norkopping, Sweden
Second-Team All-SEC
JaMychal Green, Alabama – F, 6-8, 228, Sr., Montgomery, Ala.
^Trevor Releford, Alabama – G, 6-1, 180, So., Kansas City, Mo.
BJ Young, Arkansas – G, 6-3, 175, Fr., St. Louis, Mo.
Erving Walker, Florida – G, 5-8, 177, Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Terrence Jones, Kentucky – F, 6-9, 252, So., Portland, Ore.
Doron Lamb, Kentucky – G, 6-4, 210, So., Queens, N.Y.
Justin Hamilton, LSU – C, 7-0, 260, Jr., Alpine, Utah
^Terrance Henry, Ole Miss – F, 6-9, 210, Sr., Monroe, La.
Jeronne Maymon, Tennessee – F, 6-7, 265, Jr., Madison, Wis.
^-Ties are not broken
SEC All-Freshman Team
BJ Young, Arkansas – G, 6-3, 175, Fr., St. Louis, Mo.
Bradley Beal, Florida – G, 6-3, 207, Fr., St. Louis, Mo.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia – G, 6-5, 200, Fr., Greenville, Ga.
Anthony Davis, Kentucky – F, 6-10, 220, Fr., Chicago, Ill.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky – F, 6-7, 232, Fr., Somerdale, N.J.
Anthony Hickey, LSU – G, 5-11, 182, Fr., Hopkinsville, Ky.
Rodney Hood, Mississippi State – G, 6-8, 204, Fr., Meridian, Miss.
Jarnell Stokes, Tennessee – F, 6-8, 250, Fr., Memphis, Tenn.
SEC All-Defensive Team
Anthony Davis, Kentucky – F, 6-10, 220, Fr., Chicago, Ill.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky – F, 6-7, 232, Fr., Somerdale, N.J.
Reginald Buckner, Ole Miss – F, 6-9, 225, Jr., Memphis, Tenn.
Damontre Harris, South Carolina – F, 6-9, 214, So., Fayetteville, N.C.
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt – F, 6-7, Sr., 225, Norrkoping, Sweden
2012 SEC Community Service Team
Trevor Releford, Alabama
Michael Sanchez, Arkansas
Kenny Gabriel, Auburn
Will Yeguete, Florida
Matt Bucklin, Georgia
Darius Miller, Kentucky
Justin Hamilton, LSU
Nick Williams, Ole Miss
Charles Parker, Mississippi State
Malik Cooke, South Carolina
Cameron Tatum, Tennessee
Steve Tchiengang, Vanderbilt
