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Three Tennessee men's basketball players received All-SEC honors from the league's coaches when postseason awards were announced Monday.
Guard Ja'KobiGillespie, forward Nate Ament and forward Felix Okpara received all-conference recognition.
Gillespie, a senior and Maryland transfer, was named All-SEC First team. Ament received second-team honors and was selected to the SEC's All Freshman Team, while Okpara was named to the SEC's All-Defensive Team.
The Vols join Florida as the only schools to have a first-team and second-team selection. Thomas Haugh was a first-team selection for the Gators, while Rueben Chinyelu received second-team honors for the Gators, who won the SEC regular-season championship.
2026 is the fifth consecutive year the Vols have a First-Team All-SEC performer as Gillespie joins Santiago Vescovi (2022-23), Dalton Knecht (2024), and Zakai Zeigler (2024-25) to earn first-team honors. 2026 is also the fifth straight season Tennessee has multiple selections on the All-SEC Team.
Ament is the seventh Tennessee player to be named to the SEC All-Freshman Team in Rick Barnes' tenure as head coach. He is the first Vol to be named to the team since Julian Phillips in 2023. Okpara's selection marks the seventh consecutive season the Vols have an all-defensive standout.
Gillespie finished the regular season averaging 18.0 points, 5.6 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game, while playing 34.3 minutes per contest. He is second in the SEC in assists, steals and minutes played and was a lone Tennessee player to start every game of the season.
Ament averaged 17.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.0 steals per game during the regular season, while Okpara averaged 1.4 blocks per game. He has recorded 105 blocked shots in two years with the Vols after transferring from Ohio State.
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Guard Ja'KobiGillespie, forward Nate Ament and forward Felix Okpara received all-conference recognition.
Gillespie, a senior and Maryland transfer, was named All-SEC First team. Ament received second-team honors and was selected to the SEC's All Freshman Team, while Okpara was named to the SEC's All-Defensive Team.
The Vols join Florida as the only schools to have a first-team and second-team selection. Thomas Haugh was a first-team selection for the Gators, while Rueben Chinyelu received second-team honors for the Gators, who won the SEC regular-season championship.
2026 is the fifth consecutive year the Vols have a First-Team All-SEC performer as Gillespie joins Santiago Vescovi (2022-23), Dalton Knecht (2024), and Zakai Zeigler (2024-25) to earn first-team honors. 2026 is also the fifth straight season Tennessee has multiple selections on the All-SEC Team.
Ament is the seventh Tennessee player to be named to the SEC All-Freshman Team in Rick Barnes' tenure as head coach. He is the first Vol to be named to the team since Julian Phillips in 2023. Okpara's selection marks the seventh consecutive season the Vols have an all-defensive standout.
Gillespie finished the regular season averaging 18.0 points, 5.6 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game, while playing 34.3 minutes per contest. He is second in the SEC in assists, steals and minutes played and was a lone Tennessee player to start every game of the season.
Ament averaged 17.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.0 steals per game during the regular season, while Okpara averaged 1.4 blocks per game. He has recorded 105 blocked shots in two years with the Vols after transferring from Ohio State.
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