2013 SEC Softball Media Guide - Southeastern Conference

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the southeastern conference “The standard of excellence” The Southeastern Conference, with its storied 79-year history of athletic achievements and academic excellence, has built perhaps the greatest tradition of intercollegiate competition of any league in the country since its inception in 1933. The 2011-12 academic year was another season to remember for the SEC as conference teams captured nine national titles and seven national runner-up finishes. The SEC has won consecutive national championships in football, gymnastics, women’s tennis and men’s indoor track & field. Since 1990, the SEC has won 149 national team championships for an average of more than six per year. Alabama won the SEC’s first national title of the year with its win in the BCS National Championship Game in football. It is the SEC’s sixth consecutive football national title. Alabama won its second consecutive gymnastics title and fifth overall while the women’s golf team won its first national championship. The Crimson Tide softball team brought home the SEC’s first national title in the sport of softball. Florida won its third consecutive national title in men’s indoor track & field while the Gators’ women’s tennis team captured its second consecutive national championship. Florida’s men’s and LSU’s women’s outdoor track teams also brought home national championships. Overall, the SEC finished in the top two in 12 of its 20 sponsored sports and in the top five in 14 of the 20 sports. Nine SEC teams participated in football postseason bowls with Alabama and LSU meeting in the BCS National Title Game. Four men’s basketball teams were invited to the NCAA Tournament with Kentucky cutting down the nets and eight women’s basketball teams were also invited to the NCAA Tournament. The SEC had eight teams advance to postseason play in baseball with Arkansas, Florida and South Carolina advancing to the College World Series. With 146 teams advancing to NCAA postseason competition, the SEC continued to solidify its place as the nation’s premier conference. In addition to the nine team championships, 43 SEC student-athletes garnered individual national championships, while 444 individuals were awarded with First- Team All-America Honors. Studentathletes around the league continued to excel in the classroom as well with more than 2,500 earning recognition on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. On the national all-sport level, nine SEC schools placed in the top 40 of the NACDA Director’s Cup rankings. Florida led the league with a second-place finish. LSU placed 13th while Georgia was 18th; Arkansas finished 20th, Alabama 23rd, Auburn 28th, Kentucky 29th, Tennessee 33rd and South Carolina 36th to round out the league’s top-40 finishes. A brief sport-by-sport summary of the 2011-12 year follows: Baseball Arkansas, Florida and South Carolina advanced to the College World Series in Omaha with the Gamecocks finishing as the runner-up. NCAA Tournament Participants: South Carolina CWS - 2nd Arkansas CWS - t3rd Florida CWS - t7th LSU Super Regionals Kentucky Regionals Ole Miss Regionals Mississippi State Regionals Vanderbilt Regionals SEC Champion: LSU (19-11) SEC Tournament Champion: Mississippi State Coach of the Year: Gary Henderson, UK Player of the Year: Raph Rhymes, LS Pitcher of the Year: Chris Stratton, MS Freshman of the Year: Austin Cousino, UK Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Michael Roth, SC Men’s Basketball The SEC sent eight teams into postseason play with four receiving NCAA Tournament bids, including NCAA champion Kentucky. NCAA Tournament Participants: Kentucky National Champion Florida Elite Eight Vanderbilt 3rd Round Alabama 2nd Round SEC Champion: Kentucky (16-0) SEC Tournament Champion: Vanderbilt Coach of the Year: John Calipari, UK Player of the Year: Anthony Davis, UK Freshman of the Year: Anthony Davis, UK Defensive Player of the Year: Anthony Davis, UK Sixth Man of the Year: Darius Miller, UK Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Patric Young, UF Women’s Basketball The SEC had eight teams earn bids to the 2012 NCAA Tournament. NCAA Tournament Participants: Kentucky Elite Eight Tennessee Elite Eight South Carolina Sweet 16 Arkansas 2nd Round Florida 2nd Round LSU 2nd Round Vanderbilt 2nd Round Georgia 1st Round SEC Champion: Kentucky (13-3) SEC Tournament Champion: Tennessee Coach of the Year: Tom Collen, AR Player of the Year: A’dia Mathies, UK Freshman of the Year: Bria Goss, UK Defensive Player of the Year: Glory Johnson, UT Sixth Woman of the Year: Deana Allen, UF Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Blanche Alverson, AU Men’s Cross Country The SEC sent two teams to compete in the NCAA Championships with Georgia leading the way with a 29th-place finish. NCAA Championships Participants: Georgia 770 29th Florida 780 30th Auburn South Regional - 4th Ole Miss South Regional - 8th Mississippi State South Regional - 11th Cullen Doody - LSU Brad Davis Male Community Service Leader Leigh Gilmore - Alabama Brad Davis Female Community Service Leader Michael Roth - South Carolina Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year Wendy Trott - Georgia Boyd McWhorter Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Anthony Davis - Kentucky Roy F. Kramer SEC Male Athlete of the Year Brooke Pancake - Alabama Roy F. Kramer SEC Female Athlete of the Year 4 Southeastern Conference • Sec • Southeastern Conference • Sec
Tennessee South Regional - 12th Alabama South Regional - 18th Vanderbilt South Regional - 20th Arkansas So. Central Regional - 3rd LSU So. Central Regional - 13th Kentucky Southeast Regional - 16th SEC Champion: Arkansas Coach of the Year: Chris Bucknam, AR Athlete of the Year: Eric Fernandez, AR Freshman of the Year: Jimmy Clark, UF Women’s Cross Country Vanderbilt finished sixth at the NCAA Championships to lead the SEC. NCAA Championships Participants: Vanderbilt 282 6th Arkansas 375 14th Kentucky Southeast Regional - 12th South Carolina Southeast Regional - 24th Florida South Regional - 3rd Ole Miss South Regional - 4th Georgia South Regional - 5th Alabama South Regional - 6th Mississippi State South Regional - 8th Tennessee South Regional - 13th Auburn South Regional - 15th LSU So. Central Regional - 19th SEC Champion: Vanderbilt Coach of the Year: Steve Keith, VU Athlete of the Year: Kristen Gillespie, AR Freshman of the Year: Kaitlin Flattmann, AR Football Alabama won the SEC’s sixth National title in as many years and the league’s 22nd overall with a 21-0 victory over LSU in the BCS National Championship Game. Bowl Participants: (Bowl - Final AP/USA Ranking) Alabama National Champ - 1st/1st LSU National Champ - 2nd/2nd Arkansas Cotton - 5th/5th Florida Gator - x/rv Georgia Outback - 19th/20th South Carolina Capital One - 9th/8th Auburn Chick-fil-A - rv/rv Vanderbilt Liberty Mississippi State Music City - x/rv SEC Champion: LSU (8-0) SEC Coach of the Year: Les Miles, LS Offensive Player of the Year: Trent Richardson, UA Defensive Player of the Year: Morris Claiborne, LS Special Teams Player of the Year: Joe Adams, AR Freshman of the Year: Jadeveon Clowney, SC Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Barrett Jones, UA Jacobs Blocking Trophy: Barrett Jones, UA Men’s Golf Eight SEC Men’s Golf teams advanced to postseason play with four making the NCAA Championships. NCAA Championships Participants: Alabama 2nd Florida t-12th Auburn t-15th Georgia 17th Arkansas Bowling Green Regional LSU Palo Alto Regional Tennessee Palo Alto Regional South Carolina Norman Regional SEC Champion: Alabama Coach of the Year: Jay Seawell, UA Golfer of the Year: Justin Thomas, UA Freshman of the Year: Justin Thomas, UA Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Austin Cook, AR Women’s Golf Eleven SEC Women’s Golf teams advanced to the postseason with seven making the NCAA Championships. Alabama sank a putt on the final hole of the tournament to win its first national championship. NCAA Championships Participants: Alabama National Champion LSU 3rd South Carolina 5th Vanderbilt 11th Florida 12th Tennessee 19th Arkansas 23rd Georgia Central Regional Auburn Central Regional Ole Miss Central Regional Kentucky Central Regional SEC Champion: Auburn co-Coach of the Year: Mic Potter, UA and Kim Evans, AU Golfer of the Year: Marina Alex, VU Freshman of the Year: Camilla Hedberg, UF Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Brooke Pancake, UA Gymnastics The SEC has placed at least two teams in the final top five 27 of the last 28 years and placed three in the top 10 20 consecutive years. NCAA Championships Participants: Alabama 197.850 National Champion Florida 197.775 2nd Arkansas 196.300 6th LSU 196.550 9th Georgia 196.500 11th Auburn 196.100 Auburn Regional - 4th Kentucky 194.750 Champaign Regional - 5th SEC Champion: Florida Co-Coach of the Year: Rhonda Faehn, UF and Jeff Graba, AU Gymnast of the Year: Jamie Pisani, AR Freshman of the Year: Kytra Hunter, UF co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Kim Jacob, UA and Laura Lane, AU Soccer Eight teams appeared in the 2010 NCAA Tournament, marking the 69th appearance by SEC teams in the event. NCAA Tournament Participants: Auburn 2nd Round Florida 2nd Round Georgia 2nd Round South Carolina 2nd Round Alabama 1st Round Kentucky 1st Round LSU 1st Round Tennessee 1st Round SEC Champion: South Carolina (9-2-0) SEC Tournament Champion: Auburn Coach of the Year: Shelley Smith, SC Offensive Player of the Year: Kayla Grimsley, SC co-Defensive Players of the Year: Julie King, AU; Allysha Chapman, LS; Sabrina D’Angelo, SC Freshman of the Year: Sabrina D’Angelo, SC Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Katy Frierson, AU Softball Nine teams represented the league in the NCAA Tournament with Alabama winning the league’s first national championship in the sport. NCAA Championships Participants: Alabama WCWS - National Champ LSU WCWS Tennessee WCWS Georgia Super Regionals Arkansas Regionals Auburn Regionals Florida Regionals Kentucky Regionals Mississippi State Regionals SEC Champion: Alabama (23-5) SEC Tournament Champion: Alabama Coach of the Year: Pat Murphy, UA Player of the Year: Michelle Moultrie, UF Pitcher of the Year: Jackie Traina, UA Freshman of the Year: Devon Wallace, AR co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Jennifer Fenton, UA and Brittany Mack, LS Men’s Swimming & Diving Six SEC teams finished among the top 25 at the NCAA Championships and Auburn won its 16th straight SEC Championship and 18th in 19 years. NCAA Championships Participants: Auburn 254.5 6th Florida 157 8th Georgia 106.5 11th Kentucky 35 21st Tennessee 34 22nd Alabama 22 25th SEC Champion: Auburn Swimming Coach of the Year: Brett Hawke, AU Diving Coach of the Year: Dave Parrington, UT Swimmer of the Year: Marcin Cieslak, UF Diver of the Year: Ryan Helms, UT Freshman Swimmer of the Year: Nic Fink, UG Freshman Diver of the Year: Mauricio Robles, UT Co-Scholar-Athletes of the Year: Ryan Helms, UT and Kyle Owens, AU Women’s Swimming & Diving Four SEC teams finished among the top 10 nationally with Georgia finishing as the national runner-up. NCAA Championships Participants: Georgia 366 2nd Auburn 249 t-7th Tennessee 249 t-7th Florida 160 10th South Carolina 18 29th Arkansas 7 41st Alabama 6 42nd LSU 2 47th SEC Champion: Georgia Swimming Coach of the Year: Matt Kredich, UT Diving Coach of the Year: Dave Parrington, UT Swimmer of the Year: Elizabeth Beisel, UF Diver of the Year: Tori Lamp, UT Freshman Swimmer of the Year: Amber McDermott, UG Freshman Diver of the Year: Alex Bettridge, LS Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Wendy Trott, UG Men’s Tennis Ten teams represented the SEC in the NCAA Championships with Georgia advancing to the quarterfinals. NCAA Championships Participants: Georgia Quarterfinals Florida Round of 16 Kentucky Round of 16 Ole Miss Round of 16 Auburn Second Round LSU Second Round Mississippi State Second Round Tennessee Second Round South Carolina First Round Vanderbilt First Round SEC Champion: Kentucky SEC Tournament Champion: Georgia Coach of the Year: Dennis Emery, UK Player of the Year: Eric Quigley, UK Southeastern Conference • Sec • Southeastern Conference • Sec 5
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