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Texas forward Madison Booker was named the preseason SEC Player of the Year for the second consecutive year.
South Carolina's Dawn Staley was selected as the preseason SEC Coach of the Year.
South Carolina and LSU were the only teams to have multiple players selected for the preseason All-SEC teams.
Ta'Niya Latson of South Carolina was chosen as the preseason Newcomer of the Year.
For the second year in a row, USA TODAY Sports Network voters picked Texas forward Madison Booker as preseason SEC Player of the Year.
Booker ended up finishing second to LSU's Aneesah Morrow in USA TODAY's player of the year voting for the 2024-25 season. But Booker was picked as SEC POY by the league's coaches last season, and she's the favorite to win the SEC's highest individual