Published Mar 4, 2025
Talaysia Cooper named All-SEC, All-Defensive team member for Lady Vols
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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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