Beers, Vann Named to Preseason All-SEC Teams, Sooners Picked Fourth

NORMAN – Powered by two preseason All-SEC selections, Oklahoma women's basketball was picked to finish fourth in the Southeastern Conference's preseason media and coaches polls, the league announced this week.

The SEC provides a media poll and All-SEC team as voted on by a panel of national and local media, as well as a preseason coaches poll and team as voted on by the league's coaches.

All-American center Raegan Beers was named to the preseason All-SEC First Team, while reigning Big 12 Player of the Year Skylar Vann earned a spot on the second team. Oklahoma's fourth-place spot in the poll puts them behind only defending national champion South Carolina, Texas and LSU. Ole Miss trailed OU in the media poll, while Alabama was picked fifth in the coaches poll to round out the top five.

Led by fourth-year head coach Jennie Baranczyk, the Sooners are poised to make an immediate impact in their first season as members of the SEC. Ranked 12^th in ESPN's Way-Too-Early Top 25, Oklahoma returns 98% of the scoring production from last year's Big 12 championship team, including Vann and 2024 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Payton Verhulst. All five starters and nearly the entire bench return, with graduate Kennady Tucker marking the only departure. With over 700 combined career games played on the roster, the Sooners bring one of the most experienced rosters in the country into their inaugural SEC season.

Beers, a two-time All-Pac-12 selection at Oregon State, is the only center named to the SEC's preseason first team. A product of Littleton, Colo., Beers transferred to Oklahoma as the nation's top addition according to The Athletic and 247 Sports, after averaging 17.5 points and 10.3 rebounds per game last season.

Vann was named to the All-SEC Second Team after earning Co-Big 12 Player of the Year honors in 2024. The senior posted career highs in points (15.1), rebounds (7.0), and assists (2.4) last season, and was an AP All-America honorable mention. Vann will aim to lead Oklahoma to its fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 2025.

The Sooners open their season on Oct. 29 with an exhibition game featuring free admission against Oklahoma Christian at Lloyd Noble Center, tipping off at 6 p.m. on SEC Network+. The regular season opener follows on Nov. 4 at 5 p.m. against Southern in Norman.

Season tickets for the 2024-25 campaign are on sale now, priced at $75 for seniors and youth, and $99 for the general public. Flex- and mini-plans are also available online.

MEDIA POLL AND TEAMS

1. South Carolina
2. Texas
3. LSU
4. Oklahoma
5. Ole Miss
6. Alabama
7. Tennessee
8. Kentucky
9. Florida
10. Vanderbilt
11. Mississippi State
12. Auburn
13. Texas A&M
14. Georgia
15. Missouri
16. Arkansas

All-SEC Teams

First Team All-SEC

Sarah Ashlee Barker, Alabama
Georgia Amoore, Kentucky
Aneesah Morrow, LSU*
Flau'Jae Johnson, LSU*
Raegan Beers, Oklahoma
Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina
Madison Booker, Texas*

Second Team All-SEC

Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Madison Scott, Ole Miss
Skylar Vann, Oklahoma
Raven Johnson, South Carolina
MiLaysia Fulwiley, South Carolina
Rori Harmon, Texas

* SEC Preseason Players of the Year

COACHES POLL AND TEAMS

1. South Carolina
2. Texas
3. LSU
4. Oklahoma
5. Alabama
6. Ole Miss
7. Tennessee
8. Kentucky
9. Auburn
10. Mississippi State
11. Texas A&M
12. Vanderbilt
13. Georgia
14. Florida
15. Missouri
16. Arkansas

All-SEC Teams

First Team All-SEC

Sarah Ashlee Barker, Alabama
Georgia Amoore, Kentucky
Flau'Jae Johnson, LSU
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
Madison Scott, Ole Miss
Raegan Beers, Oklahoma
Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina
Madison Booker, Texas*

Second Team All-SEC

Aaliyah Nye, Alabama
Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Jerkaila Jordan, Mississippi State
Skylar Vann, Oklahoma
MiLaysia Fulwiley, South Carolina
Raven Johnson, South Carolina
Rori Harmon, Texas
Aicha Coulibaly, Texas A&M

* SEC Preseason Player of the Year

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