All-SEC Teams

Overall Kentucky has named 14 players to the All-SEC team, four players to the SEC All-Tournament team, three players to the All-SEC Freshman Team and have charted six Players of the Week.

The Tennessean SEC All-Freshman Team

(The SEC did not honor a freshman team in 1999)

Kristi Cushenberry – (First Team -1989)
Jocelyn Mills – (Honorable Mention -1990)
Laura Meadows – (1998)

SEC Good Works Team

Former Wildcat Tiffany Wait was named to the inaugural women’s basketball Southeastern Conference Good Works Team which highlights a member of each school who gives back to their community.

Junior LaTonya McDole is this season’s representative for the SEC Good Works Team.

McDole is a frequent speaker at various schools and organizations in Lexington and enjoys visiting children and youth camps.

Kentucky Players of the Week

Jan. 27, 1987Sandy HardingFeb. 13, 1989Jodie WhitakerJan. 24, 1994Stacey ReedMar. 1, 1993Jocelyn MillsDec. 15, 1998Jaye BarnesFeb. 8, 1999Tiffany WaitJan. 3, 2000LaTonya McDole

UK’s Valerie Still shares the record for most points by an individual in the SEC Tournament with Tennessee’s Shelia Collins. Both players scored 90 points in three games in 1982 and 1985, respectively. Still solely owns the most rebounds grabbed by an individual in the SEC Tournament with 44 rebounds in three games. She also garnered SEC Tournament MVP honors in 1982 after being named to the All-Tournament team the two previous seasons.

Twenty-one years ago, during the 1979-80 academic year, the SEC began to recognize league championships for women in basketball.

Kentucky in the SEC Tournament

(21 years)

vs. Alabama:4-0vs. Arkansas:1-1vs. Auburn:1-3vs. Florida:1-2vs. Georgia:0-3vs. LSU:2-3vs. Ole Miss:1-1vs. Miss. State:2-2vs. USC:1-0vs. Tennessee:1-3vs. Vanderbilt:1-2

SEC Tournament Record: 15-20 (42.9)
Quarterfinal Games: 3-1 (.750)
Semifinal Games: 1-3 (.250)
Championship Games: 1-0 (1.000)
SEC Championship Titles: 1, 1982 (UK 80, UT 74)

Last season the Cats advanced to the quarterfinal round of the SEC Tournament for the second straight season. The Cats hit seven of eight free throws in the final two minutes to defeat Alabama in the first round before falling to nationally-ranked Georgia. The Tide was eliminated from its opening game for only the sixth time in the event’s 21-year history.

Four Kentucky players have been named to the SEC All-Tournament team:
Valerie Still(1980, 1981, 1982)
*Tournament MVP(1982)
Patty Jo Hedges(1982)
Jodie Walker(1988)
Stacy McIntyre(1992)

UK’s last SEC All-Tournament Team selection was Stacy McIntyre in 1992.

That year, the Cats defeated Arkansas and Auburn in the first and second rounds before falling to Tennessee in the semifinal game, 94-80. UK’s semifinal appearance in Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1999 marks the highest SEC Tournament finish for the Cats since winning the tournament in 1982.

Coaches All-SEC Teams

First TeamValerie Still(1982, 83)Patty Jo Hedges(1983)Leslie Nichols(1984, 85, 86)Sandy Harding(1987)Belitta Croley(1988)Vanessa Foster-Sutton(1990)Jocelyn Mills(1993)Stacey Reed(1994)Second TeamJodie Whitaker(1988, 89)Tracye Davis(1990)Stacey Reed(1993, 95)Tedra Eberhart(1994)Kim Denkins(1996)Jaye Barnes(1998)Laura Meadows(1999)Tiffany Wait(1999)Honorable MentionStacy McIntyre(1991, 92)

All Southeastern ConferenceStacey Reed             Guard   1994Jocelyn Mills           Forward 1993Vanessa Foster-Sutton   Forward 1989Belitta Croley          Forward 1988Sandy Harding           Guard   1987Leslie Nichols          Forward 1986Leslie Nichols          Forward 1985Leslie Nichols          Forward 1984Patty Jo Hedges         Guard   1983Valerie Still           Center  1983Valerie Still           Center  1982Lea Wise                Guard   1982 Academic All Southeastern Conference1996    Julie Swarens-Beickman1995    Karri Koach, Center        Julie Swarens-Beickman, Guard1994    Jennifer Gray, Center        Karri Koach, Center        Julie Swarens, Guard        Stacey Reed, Guard1993    Jennifer Gray, Center        Karri Koach, Center        Cathy Proctor, Forward1992    Kristi Cushenberry, Guard        Stacy McIntyre, Forward        Jennifer Gray, Center        Rebekah Reasor, Forward1991    Mia Daniel, Forward        Cathy Proctor,  Forward/Center1990    Vanessa Foster-Sutton, Forward1986    Laurie Hudgens, Forward        Shelly Miller, Forward1985    Shelly Miller, Forward        Diane Stephens, Guard1984    Donna Martin, Guard        Jody Runge, CenterAll-SEC Freshman TeamKristi Cushenberry  Guard   1989