Tan White Tabbed First Team All-SEC

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Southeastern Conference announced its 2005 women's basketball postseason awards Wednesday, naming Mississippi State senior guard Tan White a unanimous selection to the all-SEC first team. LSU's Seimone Augustus was named Player of the Year, Georgia's Tasha Humphrey was named Freshman of the Year and LSU's Pokey Chatman was named Coach of the Year.

White became MSU's 10th selection in history to the all-SEC first team. This is White's third first team selection and fourth overall in her career to be named an all-SEC player. She was named to the first team in 2004, second team in 2003, first team and all-SEC freshman team in 2002.

Six-seed Mississippi State faces 11-seed Arkansas in the first round of the 2005 SEC Tournament on Thursday, March 3 at 9:15 p.m. ET in Greenville, S.C. The game will be televised by FSN South.

The complete 2005 SEC Women's Basketball Postseason Awards follow.

First Team All-SEC
Natasha Brackett, Auburn
*Tasha Humphrey, Georgia
*Seimone Augustus, LSU
Temeka Johnson, LSU
Armintie Price, Ole Miss
*Tan White, Mississippi State
Shyra Ely, Tennessee
*Ashley Earley, Vanderbilt

Second Team All-SEC
Monique Bivins, Alabama
Bernice Mosby, Florida
Sara Potts, Kentucky
Sylvia Fowles, LSU
Amber Watts, Ole Miss
Shanna Zolman, Tennessee
Carla Thomas, Vanderbilt
Dee Davis, Vanderbilt

All-Freshman Team
Alexis Ogubie, Auburn
Megan Darrah, Georgia
*Tasha Humphrey, Georgia
Sarah Elliott, Kentucky
Samantha Mahoney, Kentucky
Quianna Chaney, LSU
*Sylvia Fowles, LSU
*Alexis Hornbuckle, Tennessee
*Nikki Anosike, Tennessee

Coach of the Year: Pokey Chatman, LSU

Player of the Year: Seimone Augustus, LSU

Freshman of the Year: Tasha Humphrey, Georgia

Defensive Player of the Year: Armintie Price, Ole Miss

6th Woman of the Year: Sylvia Fowles, LSU

Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Sarah Pfeifer, Arkansas

Mississippi State University Athletics

Tan White Tabbed First Team All-SEC