With the conclusion of the 2024-25 SEC women's basketball regular season, the conference accolades have officially been handed out.
This included Talaysia Cooper of the Lady Vols.
The Tennessee redshirt-sophomore earned All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Defensive Team honors.
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Cooper is the only Lady Vol to earn a spot on the list of accolades.
She averaged 16.7 points per game this season on 44.6% shooting from the field and 25.9% from range. She also made 1.5 free throws per outing.
Her points per game led Tennessee and was the 11th most in the conference.
On the glass, Cooper contributed 5.6 rebounds per contest. She passed for 3.2 assists per game, as well.
Defensively, Cooper came up with three steals per game and 0.7 blocks. Her steals number tied for the most in the SEC.
She is has also been named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List and Meyers Drysdale Award Midseason Watch List this season.
This is her first year playing with the Lady Vols and second year on the roster. She played at South Carolina as a true freshman before transferring to Tennessee. Due to entering the portal outside the allocated window, she was forced to sit out a season.
In 24 games as a freshman with the Gamecocks, Cooper averaged 2.9 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.
Out of high school, she was a five-star in the 2022 class according to ESPN. She ranked as the No. 18 overall player and No. 4 point guard. This earned her a spot as a McDonald's All-American.
Tennessee is now the 9-seed in the SEC Tournament and will kick-off the event vs. 16-seed Texas A&M on Wednesday. Winner gets 8-seed Vanderbilt on Thursday. Winner of that gets 1-seed South Carolina on Friday for a spot in the semifinals.
FULL SEC ACCOLADES
First Team
Sarah Ashlee Barker - Alabama
Georgia Amoore - Kentucky
Flau'Jae Johnson - LSU
Aneesah Morrow - LSU
Mikaylah Williams - LSU
Raegan Beers - Oklahoma
Joyce Edwards - South Carolina
Madison Booker - Texas
Mikayla Blakes - Vanderbilt
Second Team
DeYona Gaston - Auburn
Clara Strack - Kentucky
Madison Scott - Ole Miss
Jerkaila Jordan - Mississippi State
Payton Verhulst – Oklahoma
MiLaysia Fulwiley - South Carolina
Te-Hina Paopao - South Carolina
Talaysia Cooper - Tennessee
All-Defensive
Clara Strack - Kentucky
Aneesah Morrow – LSU
Sania Feagin - South Carolina
Raven Johnson - South Carolina
Talaysia Cooper - Tennessee
Rori Harmon - Texas
All-Freshman
Yuting Deng - Auburn
Liv McGill - Florida
Trinity Turner - Georgia
Mia Woolfolk – Georgia
Sira Thienou - Ole Miss
Joyce Edwards - South Carolina
Jordan Lee - Texas
Mikayla Blakes - Vanderbilt
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
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