Kent Matthes Named SEC Player of the Year

By Dan Harralson

Alabama Right Fielder Kent Matthes has been named the 2009 SEC Player of the Year. Matthes belted his 28th home run last night against South Carolina in the first round of the SEC Baseball Tournament. Matthes set the single-season home run mark at The University of Alabama. He passed Doug Duke's 1986 single-season record. Here are the rest of the 2009 All-SEC Honors:

SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR - *Kent Matthes, Alabama
SEC PITCHER OF THE YEAR - *Louis Coleman, LSU
SEC CO-FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR - Preston Tucker, Florida; Matty Ott, LSU
SEC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR - Ben Jones, Auburn
SEC COACH OF THE YEAR - Paul Mainieri, LSU

FIRST TEAM
1B - Rich Poythress, Georgia
2B - Ross Wilson, Alabama; Josh Adams, Florida
3B - Jake Smith, Alabama
SS - Josh Rutledge, Alabama; Brian Harris, Vanderbilt
C - Blake Forsythe, Tennessee
OF - *Kent Matthes, Alabama
OF - Avery Barnes, Florida
OF - Jordan Henry, Ole Miss
DH - Blake Dean, LSU
P - *Louis Coleman, LSU
P - Austin Hyatt, Alabama
RP - Matty Ott, LSU

SECOND TEAM
1B - Nick Ebert, South Carolina
2B - Chris Bisson, Kentucky
3B - Joseph Sanders, Auburn
SS - Chris Wade, Kentucky; Bobby Haney, South Carolina
C - Justin Dalles, South Carolina
OF - Steven Liddle, Vanderbilt
OF - DeAngelo Mack, South Carolina
OF - Ryan Schimpf, LSU
DH - Bryce Massanari, Georgia
P - Scott Bittle, Ole Miss
P - Anthony Ranaudo, LSU; Drew Pomeranz, Ole Miss
RP - Billy Bullock, Florida

ALL FRESHMAN TEAM
1B - *Preston Tucker, Florida
2B - Riley Reynolds, Vanderbilt
3B - Colby May, Georgia
SS - Zach Osborne, Tennessee
OF - Taylor Dugas, Alabama
OF - Mikie Mahtook, LSU
OF - Jackie Bradley, Jr., South Carolina
DH - Aaron Westlake, Vanderbilt
P - Nick Routt, Mississippi State
P - Nolan Belcher, South Carolina
RP - *Matty Ott, LSU

ALL DEFENSIVE TEAM
P - Trevor Holder, Georgia
1B - Rich Poythress, Georgia
2B - Ross Wilson, Alabama
SS - Bobby Haney, SC; Brian Harris, Vanderbilt
3B - Jake Smith, Alabama
C - Micah Gibbs, LSU
OF - Matt den Dekker, Florida
OF - Whit Merrifield, South Carolina
OF - Trent Mummey, Auburn

* unanimous selection