Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year

SEC Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding first-year male basketball player in the Southeastern Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1998
Currently held by	Ben Simmons, LSU

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year is an umbrella name for two awards given to the most outstanding basketball player in his first year at a Southeastern Conference school. One award, voted on and presented by SEC coaches, is currently called Freshman of the Year, and is open only to freshmen (i.e., those who are in their first season of college play, which is usually but not always their first year of college). The other award, presented by the Associated Press, is called Newcomer of the Year, and is open to any player in his first season at an SEC school, including those who transferred to SEC schools. (The coaches' award was not always restricted to freshmen, but now is.)

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a Player of the Year award: the SEC Player of the Year
Italics	Player was not a freshman that season
A	Associated Press selection
C	SEC coaches selection

Winners

Anthony Davis won the award in 2012 as well as Naismith National Player of the Year

Mo Williams playing for the Los Angeles Clippers while on the road in a red uniform.

Mo Williams won the award for the Crimson Tide in 2002

DeMarcus Cousins competing in a charity event in the Summer of 2011

DeMarcus Cousins won the award 2010 while freshman teammate John Wall won Player of the Year

Season	Player^[a]	School	Position
1997–98^†	Jones, JumaineJumaine Jones	Georgia	Power forward
1997–98^†	Harris, TonyTony Harris	Tennessee	Point Guard
1998–99	Porter, ChrisChris Porter	Auburn	Small forward
1999–2000	Johnson, JoeJoe Johnson	Arkansas	Small forward
2000–01	Reed, JustinJustin Reed	Ole Miss	Power forward
2001–02^†	Hayes, JarvisJarvis Hayes^C	Georgia	Power forward
2001–02^†	Williams, Maurice "Mo"Maurice "Mo" Williams^A	Alabama	Point guard
2002–03	Roberson, AnthonyAnthony Roberson	Florida	Point guard
2003–04^†	Bass, BrandonBrandon Bass^C	LSU	Power forward
2003–04^†	Roberts, LawrenceLawrence Roberts^A	Mississippi State	Power forward
2004–05	Davis, GlenGlen Davis	LSU	Center
2005–06	Thomas, TyrusTyrus Thomas	LSU	Power forward
2006–07	Beverley, PatrickPatrick Beverley	Arkansas	Point guard
2007–08^†	Calathes, NickNick Calathes^A	Florida	Point guard
2007–08^†	Patterson, PatrickPatrick Patterson^C	Kentucky	Power forward
2008–09	White, TerricoTerrico White	Ole Miss	Point guard
2009–10	Cousins, DeMarcusDeMarcus Cousins	Kentucky	Center
2010–11	Jones, TerrenceTerrence Jones	Kentucky	Power forward
2011–12^*	Davis, AnthonyAnthony Davis	Kentucky	Center
2012–13^†	Noel, NerlensNerlens Noel^C	Kentucky	Center
2012–13^†	Henderson, MarshallMarshall Henderson^A	Ole Miss	Shooting guard
2013–14	Randle, JuliusJulius Randle	Kentucky	Power forward
2014–15	Towns, Karl-AnthonyKarl-Anthony Towns	Kentucky	Center
2015–16	Simmons, BenBen Simmons	LSU	Forward

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Kentucky	7	2008^†, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013^†, 2014, 2015
LSU	4	2004^†, 2005, 2006, 2016
Ole Miss	3	2001, 2009, 2013^†
Arkansas	2	2000, 2007
Florida	2	2003, 2008^†
Georgia	2	1998, 2002^†
Tennessee	1	1998^†
Alabama	1	2002^†
Auburn	1	1999
Mississippi State	1	2004^†
Missouri	0	—
South Carolina	0	—
Texas A&M	0	—
Vanderbilt	0

Footnotes

^a Award is given to either a freshman or player in first season within the league.

SEC Media guide provides the entire list on page 128

References

Southeastern Conference men's basketball

Teams	Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers Florida Gators Georgia Bulldogs Kentucky Wildcats LSU Tigers Mississippi State Bulldogs Missouri Tigers Ole Miss Rebels South Carolina Gamecocks Tennessee Volunteers Texas A&M Aggies Vanderbilt Commodores

Championships & awards	List of champions SEC Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Big 12/SEC Challenge SEC–Big East Challenge

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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