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With the SEC softball regular season complete, it’s time for the conference to recognize the league’s top performers.
On Friday, ahead of semifinals at the conference tournament, the SEC announced its 2025 season awards, including players of the year, the All-SEC team and All-Defensive Team.
Arkansas’s Bri Ellis was named the Player of the Year. Pitcher of the Year goes to Karlyn Pickens of Tennessee. Two top honors went to the Oklahoma Sooners in their first year of SEC play. OU’s Sam Landry is Newcomer of the Year and the legendary Patty Gasso is Coach of the Year. Tori Edwards of LSU is the SEC’s Freshman of the Year.
Here are the other players recognized:
All-SEC First Team
| Audrey Vandagriff | Alabama |
| Bri Ellis | Arkansas |
| AnnaLea Adams | Auburn |
| Kendra Falby | Florida |
| Taylor Shumaker | Florida |
| Reagan Walsh | Florida |
| Tori Edwards | LSU |
| Jaden Pone | Ole Miss |
| Sierra Sacco | Mississippi State |
| Julia Crenshaw | Missouri |
| Sam Landry | Oklahoma |
| Nelly McEnroe-Marinas | Oklahoma |
| Kasidi Pickering | Oklahoma |
| Taylor Pannell | Tennessee |
| Karlyn Pickens | Tennessee |
| Reese Atwood | Texas |
| Teagan Kavan | Texas |
| Mia Scott | Texas |
| Joley Mitchell | Texas |
| Emiley Kennedy | Texas A&M |
| Mya Perez | Texas A&M |
All-SEC Second Team
| Kali Heivilin | Alabama |
| Robyn Herron | Arkansas |
| Reagan Johnson | Arkansas |
| Ella McDowell | Arkansas |
| Mia Williams | Florida |
| Dallis Goodnight | Georgia |
| Hallie Mitchell | Kentucky |
| Maci Bergeron | LSU |
| Sydney Berzon | LSU |
| Danieca Coffey | LSU |
| Lexie Brady | Ole Miss |
| Persy Llamas | Ole Miss |
| Nadia Barbary | Mississippi State |
| Raelin Chaffin | Mississippi State |
| Gabbie Garcia | Oklahoma |
| Sam Gress | South Carolina |
| Kayden Henry | Texas |
| Ashton Maloney | Texas |
| Katie Stewart | Texas |
| Mac Barbara | Texas A&M |
| Amari Harper | Texas A&M |
| Koko Wooley | Texas A&M |
SEC All-Defensive Team
| Pitcher | Sam Landry | Oklahoma |
| Sam Gress | South Carolina | |
| Catcher | Reese Atwood | Texas |
| First Base | Bri Ellis | Arkansas |
| Second Base | Ailana Agbayani | Oklahoma |
| Shortstop | Gabbie Garcia | Oklahoma |
| Third Base | Nadia Barbary | Mississippi State |
| Left Field | Jaden Pone | Ole Miss |
| Center Field | Kendra Falby | Florida |
| Right Field | Ashton Maloney | Texas |
Oklahoma won the SEC regular-season title and is one of the 4 semifinalists in the conference tournament. The Sooners face No. 5 seed Arkansas at 4 p.m. ET (ESPN2). No. 3 seed Texas and No. 2 Texas A&M are scheduled to face off at 6:40 p.m. ET. The winners will play in Saturday’s championship game at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday.
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