Summitt earns coaching honor for sixth time

Arkansas' Shameka Christon has been named the SEC Player of the Year, the league announced Wednesday as it unveiled its annual postseason awards, as voted on by the conference's 12 coaches.

Tennessee's Pat Summitt was named coach of the year, while Ole Miss' Armintie Price was tabbed freshman of the year.

Christon, along with Auburn's Le'Coe Willingham, LSU's Seimone Augustus and Temeka Johnson, Mississippi State's Tan White and Tennessee's Shyra Ely were unanimous first-team members.

LSU was the only team to have multiple first-team members.

Price, Janese Hardrick and Carla Thomas were unanimous all-freshman members.

Florida's Vanessa Hayden was named Defensive Player of the Year, while her Gator teammate Bernice Mosby was named 6th Woman of the Year.

Vanderbilt's Hillary Hager was named the inaugural SEC Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Summitt was named SEC Coach of the Year for the sixth time in her career. The Lady Vols finished the regular season with a 25-2 overall record and a perfect 14-0 conference record.

A complete look at the awards:

First Team All-SEC
*Shameka Christon, Arkansas
*Le'Coe Willingham, Auburn
Vanessa Hayden, Florida
Christi Thomas, Georgia
*Seimone Augustus, LSU
*Temeka Johnson, LSU
*Tan White, Mississippi State
*Shyra Ely, Tennessee

Second Team All-SEC
Monique Bivins, Alabama
Natasha Brackett, Auburn
Janese Hardrick, Georgia
Sara Potts, Kentucky
Doneeka Hodges, LSU
Armintie Price, Ole Miss
Shanna Zolman, Tennessee
Tasha Butts, Tennessee
Jenni Benningfield, Vanderbilt

All-Freshman Team
Kate Mastin, Alabama
Kristin Peoples, Arkansas
*Janese Hardrick, Georgia
Cori Chambers, Georgia
*Armintie Price, Ole Miss
Lauren Simms, South Carolina
Sidney Spencer, Tennessee
*Carla Thomas, Vanderbilt

Coach of the Year: Pat Summitt, Tennessee

Player of the Year: Shameka Christon, Arkansas

Freshman of the Year: Armintie Price, Ole Miss

Defensive Player of the Year: Vanessa Hayden, Florida

6th Woman of the Year: Bernice Mosby, Florida

Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Hillary Hager, Vanderbilt