Chennedy Carter, N’dea Jones Named to All-SEC First Team

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Juniors Chennedy Carter and N'dea Jones were named to the All-Southeastern Conference First Team the league announced Tuesday afternoon.
 
Carter and Jones are the first pair of Aggies to be named to the All-SEC First Team in the same season. The duo becomes the 18^th and 19^th All-Conference first team selections in A&M history. The Maroon and White have now had an All-SEC first team player in seven of the first eight years of being in the SEC.
 
For All-American Carter this is the third All-SEC first team selection. The Mansfield, Texas, native now joins Courtney Walker (2013-16) as the only players in program history to garner three first team all-conference selections, and is the first to do it in the first three years of a career. The SEC's active leading scorer is second in the league in points per game (21.3), despite missing seven games due to injury. Carter needs just 30 points to become A&M's all-time scoring champ, and 40 points to become the first player to reach 2,000 career points in Aggie history.
 
Carter won Co-SEC Player of the Week after dropping a season-high 37 points on Tennessee, and 18 points off the bench in just 22 minutes of action versus Vanderbilt. The three-time first team honoree continues to build on her program record 61 consecutive double-digit scoring games.
 
This is Jones's first time being named to the All-SEC First Team. She currently leads the SEC in rebounds (340), rebounds per game (11.7) and defensive rebounds per game (8.0). The Lawrenceville, Ga., native is second in the league in double-doubles with 15, and has grabbed double-digit rebounds in 17 consecutive games. Jones had a career-best stretch (12/29-2/16) of 12 games straight where she recorded a double-double. In SEC play the junior is pulling down a staggering 13.1 boards per game.
 
During Jones's dominance in SEC play, the junior posted 13 points and 20 rebounds at Georgia. She also scored 22 and grabbed 14 boards in a victory at Arkansas. Jones needs just 60 rebounds this year to become the second player in program history to pull down 400 rebounds in a season.
 
First Team All-SEC
Alexis Tolefree                              Arkansas                         
Unique Thompson                        Auburn                            
Rhyne Howard                              Kentucky                         
Aliyah Boston                                South Carolina                
Tyasha Harris                                South Carolina                
Rennia Davis                                 Tennessee                       
Chennedy Carter                          Texas A&M                     
N'dea Jones                                   Texas A&M       
 
Second Team All-SEC
Jasmine Walker                            Alabama                          
Chelsea Dungee                            Arkansas                         
Ayana Mitchell                              LSU                                  
Khayla Pointer                              LSU                                  
Jessika Carter                                Mississippi State             
Jordan Danberry                           Mississippi State             
Rickea Jackson                              Mississippi State             
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan             South Carolina                
 
All-Freshman Team
Lavender Briggs                            Florida 
Rickea Jackson                              Mississippi State
Aijha Blackwell                             Missouri            
Hayley Frank                                 Missouri
Aliyah Boston                               South Carolina  
Zia Cooke                                      South Carolina  
Jordan Horston                             Tennessee         
Koi Love                                        Vanderbilt         
 
All-Defensive Team
Que Morrison                               Georgia
Rhyne Howard                              Kentucky
Faustine Aifuwa                            LSU      
Jordan Danberry                           Mississippi State             
Aliyah Boston                               South Carolina  
Jordyn Cambridge                         Vanderbilt         
             
 
Player of the Year – Rhyne Howard, Kentucky
Freshman of the Year – Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
Defensive Player of the Year – Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
6^th Woman of the Year – Chasity Patterson, Kentucky
Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Jordan Lewis, Alabama
Coach of the Year – Dawn Staley, South Carolina
 
 
Up Next
The two All-SEC First Team selections and the Aggies return to action on Friday, March 6 as they travel to Greenville, S.C., for the quarterfinal game of the SEC Tournament. The game will be on the SEC Network and will tip-off at approximately 2:15 p.m. ET.

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