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. Although the SEC began its women's postseason tournament in 1980, and began official regular-season conference play in the 1982–83 season, a Player of the Year award was not created until the 1986–87 season. Currently, two bodies vote for Players of the Year. The league's coaches have selected a Player of the Year since the 1986–87 season, and the

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began presenting its version of the award in the 1996–97 season. The two voting bodies have split their honors three times, most recently in 2012–13 when the AP honored

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and the coaches honored Meighan Simmons of

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. The school with the most SEC Player of the Year award winners is Tennessee, with 9 total awards. Four SEC members have yet to have a winner—charter SEC members

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and Ole Miss, and 2012 arrivals

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and

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. While ten players have won at least a share of the award twice, only one,

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, has won three times.

Key

Winners

Winners by school

Footnotes

*If no special demarcation indicates which award the player won that season, then she had earned all of the awards available for that year.

References

;General * List of winners through 2011–12 season: * Winners of major national awards: ;Specific {{Women's college basketball award navbox Awards established in 1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball conference players of the year

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