Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year

SEC 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-present
Currently held by	Reed Sheppard, Kentucky (Freshman); Dalton Knecht, Tennessee (Newcomer)

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-Rookies 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 won the award for the Crimson Tide in 2002

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

Ben Simmons won the award in 2016 as a freshman at LSU

Season	Player^[a]	School	Position
1997–98^†	Jumaine Jones	Georgia	Power forward
1997–98^†	Tony Harris	Tennessee	Point guard
1998–99	Chris Porter	Auburn	Small forward
1999–2000	Joe Johnson	Arkansas	Small forward
2000–01	Justin Reed	Ole Miss	Power forward
2001–02^†	Jarvis Hayes^C	Georgia	Power forward
2001–02^†	Maurice "Mo" Williams^A	Alabama	Point guard
2002–03	Anthony Roberson	Florida	Point guard
2003–04^†	Brandon Bass^C	LSU	Power forward
2003–04^†	Lawrence Roberts^A	Mississippi State	Power forward
2004–05	Glen Davis	LSU	Center
2005–06	Tyrus Thomas	LSU	Power forward
2006–07	Patrick Beverley	Arkansas	Point guard
2007–08^†	Nick Calathes^A	Florida	Point guard
2007–08^†	Patrick Patterson^C	Kentucky	Power forward
2008–09	Terrico White	Ole Miss	Point guard
2009–10	DeMarcus Cousins	Kentucky	Center
2010–11	Terrence Jones	Kentucky	Power forward
2011–12^*	Anthony Davis	Kentucky	Center
2012–13^†	Nerlens Noel^C	Kentucky	Center
2012–13^†	Marshall Henderson^A	Ole Miss	Shooting guard
2013–14	Julius Randle	Kentucky	Power forward
2014–15	Karl-Anthony Towns	Kentucky	Center
2015–16	Ben Simmons	LSU	Forward^[1]
2016–17	Malik Monk	Kentucky	Shooting guard
2017–18^†	Kevin Knox II^C	Kentucky	Guard
2017–18^†	Collin Sexton^{A, C}	Alabama	Guard
2018–19^†	Keldon Johnson^C	Kentucky	Forward
2018–19^†	Tyler Herro^A	Kentucky	Guard
2019–20	Anthony Edwards^A	Georgia	Guard
2020–21	Moses Moody	Arkansas	Guard
2021–22	Jabari Smith Jr.	Auburn	Forward
2022–23^*	Brandon Miller	Alabama	Forward
2023–24^†	Reed Sheppard^C	Kentucky	Guard
2023–24^†	Dalton Knecht^A	Tennessee	Guard

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Kentucky	12	2008^†, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013^†, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018^†, 2019^†, 2024^†
LSU	4	2004^†, 2005, 2006, 2016
Alabama	3	2002^†, 2018^†, 2023
Georgia	3	1998, 2002, 2020
Ole Miss	3	2001, 2009, 2013^†
Arkansas	3	2000, 2007, 2021
Auburn	2	1999, 2022
Florida	2	2003, 2008^†
Tennessee	2	1998^†, 2024^†
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

^ "2016 SEC Men's Basketball awards announced". secsports.com. Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 10, 2016.

[1] "2016 SEC Men's Basketball awards announced". secsports.com. Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 10, 2016.

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