UF center Colin Castleton has been named to the coaches’ Second Team All-SEC, the conference announced on Tuesday.
The senior from Deland, Florida, was also named Second Team All-SEC after last season, which makes him the first Gator since Dorian Finney-Smith in 2015 and 2016 to be selected to the all-conference team in consecutive seasons.
Castleton is averaging 16.4 points and 9.1 rebounds per game (third in the SEC) and has blocked 61 shots (second-most). He averaged 17.9 points per game during conference play this season, including three 20-point efforts.
He posted eight double-doubles, including two 20-point, 10-rebound games against top-10 opponents. He scored a career-high 29 points in a loss to Arkansas and dished a career-best five assists in a comeback win at Vanderbilt.
He accomplished all of this despite missing six games with a shoulder injury and playing through pain in several others.
The Gators will next take the court on Thursday at noon against Texas A&M at the SEC Tournament in Tampa. Some bracketologists believe that they need to win two or three games in Tampa to have a chance at securing an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Here is the complete coaches’ All-SEC team and the postseason award winners:
First Team
JD Notae, Arkansas
Jaylin Williams, Arkansas
Walker Kessler, Auburn
Jabari Smith, Auburn
Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
Tari Eason, LSU
Iverson Molinar, Mississippi State
Santiago Vescovi, Tennessee
Scotty Pippen Jr., Vanderbilt
Second Team
Jaden Shackelford, Alabama
Colin Castleton, Florida
TyTy Washington Jr., Kentucky
Sahvir Wheeler, Kentucky
Darius Days, LSU
Kobe Brown, Missouri
Kennedy Chandler, Tennessee
Quenton Jackson, Texas A&M
All-Freshman Team
Charles Bediako, Alabama
JD Davison, Alabama
Jabari Smith, Auburn
TyTy Washington Jr., Kentucky
Brandon Murray, LSU
Devin Carter, South Carolina
Kennedy Chandler, Tennessee
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
All-Defensive Team
Keon Ellis, Alabama
Jaylin Williams, Arkansas
Walker Kessler, Auburn
Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
Coach of the Year: Bruce Pearl, Auburn
Player of the Year: Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Jordan Wright, Vanderbilt
Freshman of the Year: Jabari Smith, Auburn
Sixth-Man of the Year: Tari Eason, LSU
Defensive Player of the Year: Walker Kessler, Auburn