The University of Mississippi Athletics
Armintie Price Named SEC Freshman Of The Year
3/3/2004 | Women's Basketball
March 3, 2004
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Southeastern Conference announced its 2004 women's basketball postseason awards Wednesday, highlighted by Ole Miss' Armintie Price being named Freshman of the Year and Arkansas' Shameka Christon being named Player of the Year. First-team and second-team All-SEC honorees, All-Freshman team, along with Player, Coach and Freshman, Defensive Player, 6th Woman and Scholar-Athlete of the Year were chosen by the league's 12 coaches.
"We are extremely proud of Armintie," said Ole Miss head coach Carol Ross. "She has more than proven herself on the court. She has had an outstanding season and she very deserving of all the awards that are coming her way."
"It is a great, great honor," said Price, of Blue Mountain, Miss. "I have to give my teammates credit for showing me the ropes. Without them I would have just been lost out there, but they gave me great leadership and guidance and together we have made some good things happen."
Price, Janese Hardrick and Carla Thomas were unanimous all-freshman members. Joining them on the team are Kate Mastin, Kristin Peoples, Cori Chambers, Lauren Simms and Sidney Spencer.
Christon, along with Le'Coe Willingham, Seimone Augustus, Temeka Johnson, Tan White and Shyra Ely were unanimous first-team members. LSU was the only team to have multiple first-team members.
In addition to earning Freshman of the Year honors and being a unanimous member of the all-freshman team, Price also earned second-team All-SEC honors.
Florida's Vanessa Hayden was named Defensive Player of the Year, while her Gator teammate Bernice Mosby was named 6th Woman of the Year.
Vanderbilt's Hillary Hager was named the inaugural SEC Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Tennessee's Pat Summitt was named SEC Coach of the Year for the sixth time in her career. This season the Lady Vols finished the regular season with a 25-2 overall record and a perfect 14-0 conference record.
The 2004 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament begins Thursday, March 4 and runs through Sunday, March 7 in Nashville Tennessee. FOX Sports Net South will televise all games on Thursday, Friday and Saturday while ESPN2 will broadcast the championship game at 3 p.m. CT.
The complete 2004 SEC Women's Basketball Postseason Awards follow.
First Team All-SEC
*Shameka Christon, Arkansas
*Le'Coe Willingham, Auburn
Vanessa Hayden, Florida
Christi Thomas, Georgia
*Seimone Augustus, LSU
*Temeka Johnson, LSU
*Tan White, Mississippi State
*Shyra Ely, Tennessee
Second Team All-SEC
Monique Bivins, Alabama
Natasha Brackett, Auburn
Janese Hardrick, Georgia
Sara Potts, Kentucky
Doneeka Hodges, LSU
Armintie Price, Ole Miss
Shanna Zolman, Tennessee
Tasha Butts, Tennessee
Jenni Benningfield, Vanderbilt
All-Freshman Team
Kate Mastin, Alabama
Kristin Peoples, Arkansas
*Janese Hardrick, Georgia
Cori Chambers, Georgia
*Armintie Price, Ole Miss
Lauren Simms, South Carolina
Sidney Spencer, Tennessee
*Carla Thomas, Vanderbilt
Coach of the Year
Pat Summitt, Tennessee
Player of the Year
Shameka Christon, Arkansas
Freshman of the Year
Armintie Price, Ole Miss
Defensive Player of the Year
Vanessa Hayden, Florida
6th Woman of the Year
Bernice Mosby, Florida
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Hillary Hager, Vanderbilt
*-unanimous choice
