AJ Reed is SEC Male Athlete of the Year ('13-14)

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A native of Terre Haute, Ind., Reed was named national player of the year by Collegiate Baseball and the ABCA, the College Player of the Year by Baseball America, and won the 2014 Dick Howser Trophy, presented by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association at the College World Series. He also won the John Olerud Award, given to the top two-way player in the nation.

The consensus first-team All‐America and SEC Player of the Year had one of the top seasons in the history of college baseball as a two-way star. He led the nation in homers (23), slugging percentage (.735) and OPS (1.211), while also leading the SEC in pitching wins (12), RBI (73), walks (49), total bases (164) and on-base percentage (.476). He is the first player in league history to lead the conference in homers and pitching wins.

A five-time National Player of the Week honoree, also winning SEC Player of the Week twice and SEC Pitcher of the Week once, he hit more homers by himself than 185 schools in college baseball, including six SEC schools.

Hannah Rogers led Florida softball to its first national championship in 2014 and was named the Women's College World Series (WCWS) Most Outstanding Player...


Past recipients of the SEC Athlete of the Year Award include:

2013 - Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M (football) and Allison Schmitt, Georgia (swimming);
2012 - Anthony Davis, Kentucy (basketball) and Brooke Pancake, Alabama (golf);
2011 - John-Patrick Smith, Tennessee (tennis) and Kayla Hoffman, Alabama (gymnastics);
2010 - Mark Ingram, Alabama (football) and Susan Jackson, LSU (gymnastics);
2009 - Tim Tebow, Florida (football) and Courtney Kupets, Georgia (gymnastics);
2008 - Tim Tebow, Florida (football) and Candace Parker, Tennessee (basketball);
2007 - David Price, Vanderbilt (baseball) and Monica Abbott, Tennessee (softball); 2006 - Xavier Carter, LSU (track & field) and Seimone Augustus, LSU (basketball);
2005 - Ryan Lochte, Florida (swimming) and Kirsty Coventry, Auburn (swimming);
2004 - Alistair Cragg, Arkansas (cross country/track) and Jeana Rice, Alabama (gymnastics);
2003 - Alistair Cragg, Arkansas (cross country/track) and LaToya Thomas, Mississippi State (basketball);
2002 - Walter Davis, LSU (track & field) and Andree' Pickens, Alabama (gymnastics);
2001 - Matias Boeker, Georgia (tennis) and Amy Yoder Begley, Arkansas (cross country/track);
2000 - Kip Bouknight , South Carolina (baseball) and Kristy Kowal, Georgia (swimming);
1999 - Tim Couch, Kentucky (football) and Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee (basketball);
1998 - Peyton Manning, Tennessee (football) and Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee (basketball);
1997 - Danny Wuerffel, Florida (football) and Trinity Johnson, South Carolina (softball);
1996 - Danny Wuerffel, Florida (football) and Saudia Roundtree, Georgia (basketball);
1995 - Todd Helton, Tennessee (baseball) and Jenny Hansen, Kentucky (gymnastics);
1994 - Corliss Williamson, Arkansas (basketball) and Nicole Haislett, Florida (swimming);
1993 - Jamal Mashburn, Kentucky (basketball) and Nicole Haislett, Florida (swimming);
1992 - Shaquille O'Neal, LSU (basketball) and Vicki Goetze, Georgia (golf);
1991 - Shaquille O'Neal, LSU (basketball) and Daedra Charles, Tennessee (basketball);
1990 - Alec Kessler, Georgia (basketball) and Dee Foster, Alabama (gymnastics);
1989 - Derrick Thomas, Alabama (football) and Bridgette Gordon, Tennessee (basketball);
1988 - Will Perdue, Vanderbilt (basketball) and Dara Torres, Florida (swimming);
1987 - Cornelius Bennett, Alabama (football) and Lillie Leatherwood-King, Alabama (track and field);
1986 - Bo Jackson, Auburn (football) and Jennifer Gillom, Ole Miss (basketball);
1985 - Will Clark, Mississippi State (baseball) and Penney Hauschild, Alabama (gymnastics);
1984 - Terry Hoage, Georgia (football) and Tracy Caulkins, Florida (swimming);
1983 - Herschel Walker, Georgia (football/track and field);
1982 - Buck Belue, Georgia (football/baseball);
1981 - Rowdy Gaines, Auburn (swimming);
1980 - Kyle Macy, Kentucky (basketball);
1979 - Reggie King, Alabama (basketball);
1978 - Jack Givens, Kentucky (basketball);
1977 - Larry Seivers, Tennessee (football); and
1976 - Harvey Glance, Auburn (track and field).