The South Carolina Gamecocks fresh off beating Alabama to obtain the 2011 SEC Baseball Championship, got some additonal good news as postseason awards were given today and quite a few Gamecocks litter the award roster. Even Coach Ray Tanner makes the list with him being awarded, and rightfully so, the Coach of the Year award.
Here is a complete list of the All-SEC honors –
SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Mike Zunino, Florida
SEC PITCHER OF THE YEAR – Grayson Garvin, Vanderbilt
SEC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR – Tony Kemp, Vanderbilt
SEC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR – James McCann, Arkansas
SEC COACH OF THE YEAR – Ray Tanner, South Carolina
FIRST TEAM
1B – Aaron Westlake, Vanderbilt
2B – Scott Wingo, South Carolina
3B – Thomas McCarthy, Kentucky
SS – Casey McElroy, Auburn
C – Mike Zunino, Florida
OF – Mikie Mahtook, LSU
OF - Preston Tucker, Florida
OF – Tony Kemp, Vanderbilt
DH – Brian Johnson, Florida
P – Grayson Garvin, Vanderbilt
P – Michael Roth, South Carolina
RP – Matt Price, South Carolina
SECOND TEAM
1B – Christian Walker, South Carolina
2B – Josh Adams, Florida
2B – Alex Yarbrough, Ole Miss
3B – Jason Esposito, Vanderbilt
SS – Nolan Fontana, Florida
C – Tony Caldwell, Auburn
OF – Taylor Dugas, Alabama
OF – Mason Katz, LSU
OF – Chad Wright, Kentucky
DH – Conrad Gregor, Vanderbilt
P – DJ Baxendale, Arkansas; Hudson Randall, Florida
P – Sonny Gray, Vanderbilt; Alex Meyer, Kentucky
RP – Caleb Reed, Mississippi State
ALL FRESHMAN TEAM
1B – Dominic Ficociello, Arkansas
2B – JaCoby Jones, LSU
3B – Zack Powers, Florida
SS – Adam Frazier, Mississippi State
C – Ty Ross, LSU
OF – Tony Kemp, Vanderbilt
OF - C.T. Bradford, Mississippi State
OF – Andrew Toles, Tennessee
DH – Conrad Gregor, Vanderbilt
P – Karsten Whitson, Florida
P – Forrest Koumas, South Carolina
RP – Kevin Ziomek, Vanderbilt
ALL DEFENSIVE TEAM
P – Sonny Gray, Vanderbilt
1B – Dominic Ficociello, Arkansas
1B – Christian Walker, South Carolina
2B – Scott Wingo, South Carolina
SS – Nolan Fontana, Florida
3B – Jason Esposito, Vanderbilt
C – Mike Zunino, Florida
OF – Taylor Dugas, Alabama
OF – Mikie Mahtook, LSU
OF - Zach Cone, Georgia
OF – Jackie Bradley Jr., South Carolina
**Coaches are not permitted to vote for their own players
