Auburn women's basketball senior Katie Frerking was honored with three awards from the Southeastern Conference as the league announced its annual women’s basketball awards Tuesday.
The senior from Johns Creek, Georgia, was named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in addition to being named to the All-SEC Second Team and the SEC All-Defensive Team.
After the regular season, Frerking leads Auburn in scoring (16.0 points/game), rebounding (6.4/game), steals (2.5/game) and is tied for the team lead in blocks (0.9/game). In SEC games, she finished the conference regular season 10th in scoring (16.3), 12th in blocks (0.9/game), 14th in assists (3.0/game), 12th in field goal percentage (.404) and fourth in steals (2.0/game).
Frerking has six double-doubles this season and two games where she topped the 30-point mark. The double-doubles came against Louisiana Tech on Dec. 14 and at Texas A&M on Feb. 5. She scored her 1,000th career point at Florida on Jan. 1 and is one of two players in Auburn history with 1,000 career points, 500 rebounds, 250 assists and 200 steals.
Frerking has also shined in the classroom, earning back-to-back nods on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team and three straight selections to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. She is also a member of the SEC Community Service Team.
First-team and second-team All-SEC honorees, All-Freshman team, All-Defensive team, along with Player, Coach and Freshman, Defensive Player, 6th Player and Scholar-Athlete of the Year were chosen by the league’s 14 coaches.
Frerking and Auburn begin SEC Tournament play at 11 a.m. Thursday as they face Georgia in Greenville, South Carolina. The game can be seen on SEC Network.
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