SEC Announces Season Awards, Bama Transfer Wins Player of the Year

The Southeastern Conference announced its annual season awards for softball on Friday with four from the Crimson Tide being listed to All-SEC teams. Seniors Montana Fouts and Ashley Prange were both select to the conference’s first team while sophomore Bailey Dowling and senior Ally Shipman appear on the second team.

It was also released, however, that former Alabama outfielder KB Sides won the 2022 SEC Player of the Year with Arkansas after spending four years with the Tide in Tuscaloosa. Sides made 143 starts in an Alabama uniform before using her last year of eligibility to transfer to Fayetteville.

All-SEC First Team:

Montana Fouts, Alabama

Ashley Prange, Alabama

Chenise Delce, Arkansas

Hannah Gammill, Arkansas

Danielle Gibson, Arkansas

Mary Haff, Arkansas

Linnie Malkin, Arkansas

KB Sides, Arkansas

Maddie Penta, Auburn

Skylar Wallace, Florida

Lacey Fincher, Georgia

Jayda Kearney, Georgia

Sara Mosley, Georgia

Erin Coffel, Kentucky

Kayla Kowalik, Kentucky

Lauren Johnson, Kentucky

Ali Kilponen, LSU

Mia Davidson, Mississippi State

Kimberly Wert, Missouri

Brooke Wilmes, Missouri

Haley Lee, Texas A&M

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All-SEC Second Team:

Bailey Dowling, Alabama

Ally Shipman, Alabama

Hannah McEwen, Arkansas

Bri Ellis, Auburn

Cheyenne Lindsey, Florida

Sydney Kuma, Georgia

Renee Abernathy, Kentucky

Tatum Spangler, Kentucky

Clara Briggs, LSU

Georgia Clark, LSU

Danieca Coffey, LSU

Taylor Pleasants, LSU

Chloe Malau’ulu, Mississippi State

Jenna Laird, Missouri

Ivy Davis, Tennessee

Erin Edmoundson, Tennessee

Kelcy Leach, Tennessee

Kiki Milloy, Tennessee

Zaida Puni, Tennessee

Katie Dack, Texas A&M

Makinzy Herzog, Texas A&M

 

All-SEC Defensive Team:

P – Tatum Spangler, Kentucky

C – Kayla Kowalik, Kentucky

1B – Danielle Gibson, Arkansas

2B – Hannah Adams, Florida

SS – Ivy Davis, Tennessee

3B – Hannah Gammill, Arkansas

LF – Casidy Chaumont, Missouri

CF – Ciara Briggs, LSU

RF – Rylea Smith, Kentucky

Pitcher of the Year: Chenise Delce, RHP – Arkansas – Redshirt junior

Freshman of the Year: Bri Ellis, Infielder – Auburn

Coach of the Year: Courtney Deifel – Arkansas

Arkansas is the No. 5 ranked team in the country at the moment and ended its regular season with an SEC championship.

Sides’ honor is the first SEC Player of the Year award given to the Arkansas softball program since its inception in 1997.

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