Mobile Native Named SEC Freshman Of The Year

DeMarcus Cousins, who played at LeFlore High School, has helped lead the Kentucky Wildcats to a 29-2 overall record and the #2 ranking.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG
Published: March 09, 2010

Former LeFlore High School star DeMarcus Cousins is the SEC Freshman of the Year. Along with fellow freshman John Wall, the 6' 7", 270 lbs Forward has helped lead the Kentucky Wildcats to a 29-2 overall record and the #2 ranking.

Cousins, who was also named First Team All-SEC, has averaged 15.6 points and 10.1 rebounds per game in what is expected to be his only season of college basketball.

Alabama's Mikhail Torrance, who played at Mary G Montgomery High School in Semmes, was named Second Team All-SEC

All SEC First Team
Trey Thompkins, F, Georgia
DeMarcus Cousins, F, Kentucky
Patrick Patterson, F, Kentucky
John Wall, G, Kentucky
Jarvis Varnado, F, Mississippi St.
Devan Downey, G, South Carolina
Wayne Chism, C, Tennessee
Jermaine Beal, G, Vanderbilt

All SEC Second Team
Mikhail Torrance, G, Alabama
Courtney Fortson, G, Arkansas
Erving Walker, G, Florida
Tasmin Mitchell, F, LSU
Chris Warren, G, Ole Miss
Dee Bost, G, Mississippi St.
A.J. Ogilvy, C, Vanderbilt
Jeffery Taylor, F, Vanderbilt

SEC All-Freshman Team
Tony Mitchell, F, Alabama
Marshawn Powell, F, Arkansas
Kenny Boynton, G, Florida
Eric Bledsoe, G, Kentucky
DeMarcus Cousins, F, Kentucky
John Wall, G, Kentucky
Reginald Buckner, F, Ole Miss
John Jenkins, G, Vanderbilt

SEC All-Defensive Team
Patrick Patterson, F, Kentucky
Jarvis Varnado, F, Mississippi St.
Devan Downey, G, South Carolina
Sam Muldrow, F, South Carolina
Jeffery Taylor, F, Vanderbilt

SEC Coach of the Year: Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt