2018-19 SEC Basketball Preseason Awards: First and Second Team honors announced

The SEC released its preseason media awards on Wednesday morning, with Tennessee forward Grant Williams earning player of the year honors.

Williams, who won the award last season, is one of Tennessee’s top six scorers that return from a co-regular season champion team a year ago.

Joining Williams on the first team is Arkansas center Daniel Gafford, Kentucky forward Reid Travis, LSU guard Tremont Waters, and South Carolina forward Chris Silva.

Here’s the full list of players on both the first and second teams:

First Team All-SEC

  • Daniel Gafford – Arkansas
  • Reid Travis – Kentucky
  • Tremont Waters- LSU
  • Chris Silva – South Carolina
  • Grant Williams – Tennessee

Second Team All-SEC

  • Bryce Brown – Auburn
  • Jared Harper – Auburn
  • Jalen Hudson – Florida
  • PJ Washington – Kentucky
  • Quinndary Weatherspoon – Mississippi State
  • Jontay Porter – Missouri
  • Admiral Schofield – Tennessee

Kentucky was picked as the regular season champion, with Tennessee and Auburn rounding out the top three.