Vanderbilt Guard Named to All-SEC Third Team

Vanderbilt guard named to All-SEC Third Team.

Vanderbilt junior Jason Edwards was the only player from the Commodores to earn recognition in the SEC’s season awards, which were voted on by the conference’s 16 head coaches. These awards were announced two days before the SEC tournament.

Edwards earned a spot on the All-SEC Third Team, after averaging 16.9 points per game and scoring in double digits in all but two SEC games. The junior guard registered 20 or more points in six SEC matchups, including a season-high 30 points against TCU in the Coast-to-Coast Challenge. With 524 points on the season, Edwards ranks sixth in the SEC, and his 137 made free throws are third in the league, with an impressive 84% shooting rate from the free-throw line. Edwards becomes the first Commodore to be selected to an All-SEC team since Liam Robbins in 2023.

Vanderbilt will begin its SEC Tournament campaign on Wednesday against Texas at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, with the game set to tip off 25 minutes after the conclusion of the South Carolina-Arkansas matchup.

Here’s the full list of SEC awards announced Monday:

2024-25 SEC Men’s Basketball Awards:

• Coach of the Year: Bruce Pearl, Auburn
• Player of the Year: Johni Broome, Auburn
• Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk, South Carolina
• Newcomer of the Year: Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
• Freshman of the Year: Tre Johnson, Texas
• Sixth-Man of the Year: Caleb Grill, Missouri
• Defensive Player of the Year: Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee

All-SEC First Team:

• Johni Broome, Auburn
• Walter Clayton Jr., Florida
• Mark Sears, Alabama
• Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M
• Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee

All-SEC Second Team:

• Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State
• Tre Johnson, Texas
• Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
• Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina
• Otega Oweh, Kentucky

All-SEC Third Team:

• Chad Baker-Mazara, Auburn
• Alex Condon, Florida
• Jason Edwards, Vanderbilt
• Mark Mitchell, Missouri
• Sean Pedulla, Ole Miss

SEC All-Defensive Team:

• Denver Jones, Auburn
• Jahmai Mashack, Tennessee
• Cameron Matthews, Mississippi State
• Anthony Robinson II, Missouri
• Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee

SEC All-Freshman Team:

• Jeremiah Fears, Oklahoma
• Tre Johnson, Texas
• Asa Newell, Georgia
• Tahaad Pettiford, Auburn
• Labaron Philon, Alabama