Clara Strack, Teonni Key named preseason All-SEC by league coaches

by: Zack Geoghegan5 hours agoZGeogheganKSR

Teonni Key (left) and Clara Strack - Eddie Justice, UK Athletics

A couple of Wildcats are considered to be among the best players in the Southeastern Conference.

On Wednesday, the league office announced its preseason All-SEC Teams as voted on by the conference’s 16 coaches. Kentucky women’s basketball forwards Clara Strack and Teonni Key were both tabbed to the All-SEC Second Team. UK was also picked to finish seventh in the standings, with Texas the favorite to win the league.

This marks the second preseason honor for Strack, who was also named to the All-SEC Second Team earlier this month by the media. In that same poll, Kentucky was picked to finish eighth in the standings.

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Below is the full preseason awards/standings breakdown from the SEC coaches. Each All-SEC Team is comprised of eight players for a total of 16. LSU is the only team with three members, while Kentucky joins LSU, South Carolina, Texas, and Oklahoma as schools with two members. Texas star Madison Booker, who was named SEC Player of the Year last season, is the preseason SEC Player of the Year going into 2025-26.

First Team All-SEC

Flau’Jae Johnson, LSU
Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Raegan Beers, Oklahoma
Joyce Edwards, South Carolina
Ta’Niya Latson, South Carolina
Talaysia Cooper, Tennessee
Madison Booker, Texas
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt

Second Team All-SEC

Essence Cody, Alabama
Liv McGill, Florida
Teonni Key, Kentucky
Clara Strack, Kentucky
MiLaysia Fulwiley, LSU
Cotie McMahon, Ole Miss
Payton Verhulst, Oklahoma
Rori Harmon, Texas

Projected order of finish

Texas
South Carolina
LSU
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Ole Miss
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi STate
Texas A&M
Missouri
Auburn
Arkansas

Kentucky, led by second-year head coach Kenny Brooks, will begin the season on Monday, November 3, against Morehead State. Tipoff at Memorial Coliseum is set for 6:30 p.m. ET on the SEC Network+.

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