Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year

SEC Women's Basketball Player of the Year
SEC Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the top women's basketball defensive player in the Southeastern Conference
Country	United States
First award	2004
Currently held by	Raven Johnson, South Carolina

Awarded forthe top women's basketball defensive player in the Southeastern Conference

CountryUnited States

First award2004

Currently held byRaven Johnson, South Carolina

The Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year is an annual college basketball award presented to the top women's basketball defensive player in the Southeastern Conference.

Five players have won the award more than once. Armintie Herrington of Mississippi, Jordan Jones of Texas A&M, and A'ja Wilson of South Carolina, and Teaira McCowan of Mississippi Stte have won twice, and Aliyah Boston of South Carolina won four times. The award was shared three times. It was given to Martha Alwal and Jordan Jones in 2014, A'ja Wilson and Teaira McCowan in 2018, and Aliyah Boston and Que Morrison in 2021.

South Carolina has the most winners with six.

†	Co-Player of the Year
C	Coaches selection
M	Media selection

Season	Player	School	Source(s)
2003–04	Vanessa Hayden	Florida	^[1]
2004–05	Armintie Herrington	Mississippi
2005–06	Sherill Baker	Georgia	^[2]
2006–07	Armintie Herrington (2)	Mississippi	^[3]
2007–08	Sylvia Fowles	LSU	^[4]
2008–09	Jennifer Risper	Vanderbilt	^[5]
2009–10	Armelie Lumanu	Mississippi State	^[6]
2010–11	Victoria Dunlap	Kentucky	^[7]
2011–12	Glory Johnson	Tennessee	^[8]
2012–13	Ieasia Walker	South Carolina	^[9]
2013–14^†	Martha Alwal	Mississippi State	^[10]
2013–14^†	Jordan Jones	Texas A&M	^[10]
2014–15	Jordan Jones (2)	Texas A&M	^[11]
2015–16	A'ja Wilson	South Carolina	^[12]
2016–17	Raigyne Louis	LSU	^[13]
2017–18^†	A'ja Wilson (2)	South Carolina	^[14]
2017–18^†	Teaira McCowan	Mississippi State	^[14]
2018–19	Teaira McCowan (2)	Mississippi State	^[15]
2019–20	Aliyah Boston	South Carolina	^[16]
2020–21^†	Aliyah Boston (2)	South Carolina	^[17]
2020–21^†	Que Morrison	Georgia	^[18]
2021–22	Aliyah Boston (3)	South Carolina	^[19]
2022–23	Aliyah Boston (4)	South Carolina	^[20]
2023–24	Kamilla Cardoso	South Carolina	^[21]
2024–25	Clara Strack	Kentucky	^[22]
2025–26	Raven Johnson	South Carolina	^[23]

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
South Carolina (1991)	9	2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026
Mississippi State (1932)	4	2010, 2014, 2018, 2019
Georgia (1932)	2	2006, 2021
Kentucky (1932)	2	2011, 2025
LSU (1932)	2	2008, 2017
Ole Miss (1932)	2	2005, 2007
Texas A&M (2012)	2	2014, 2015
Florida (1932)	1	2004
Tennessee (1932)	1	2012
Vanderbilt (1932)	1	2009
Arkansas (1991)	0	—
Auburn (1932)	0	—
Missouri (2012)	0	—
Alabama (1932)	0	—
Texas (2024)	0	—
Oklahoma (2024)	0	—

v t e Southeastern Conference women's basketball
Teams	Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers Florida Gators Georgia Lady Bulldogs Kentucky Wildcats LSU Tigers Mississippi State Bulldogs Missouri Tigers Oklahoma Sooners Ole Miss Rebels South Carolina Gamecocks Tennessee Lady Volunteers Texas Longhorns Texas A&M Aggies Vanderbilt Commodores
Championships & awards	SEC women's basketball tournament Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Defensive Player of the Year
Conference challenges	Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge (2013–2023) ACC–SEC Challenge (2023–present) Coast-to-Coast Challenge (2024–present)
Seasons	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year

Winners

Winners by school

References

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