Florida women's basketball sophomore Liv McGill named First Team All-SEC

Liv McGill’s rise to the top continues.

The Florida women’s basketball star was named First Team All-SEC Tuesday morning by the conference. The Minneapolis native was named Second Team All-SEC by USA Today Network reporters.

A leap was expected from the McDonald’s All-American in her second year. She was named second team preseason All-SEC, and McGill has exceeded those expectations. She averaged 22.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 2.59 steals in the regular season. Her PPG ranks second in the SEC behind the Player of the Year – Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes.

She ranks eighth in the country in scoring and is one of three players to average 20 points, six rebounds and six assists along with Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo and TCU’s Olivia Miles.

McGill is the first Gator to be named First Team since Kiki Smith in 2022. She was also named to the midseason Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award top 10 list.

The Gators open the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament as the No. 12 seed vs. 13th seed Mississippi State Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. ET on the SEC Network from the Bud Secours Arena in Greenville, South Carolina.

Noah Ram covers Florida Gators athletics and Gainesville-area high school sports for The Gainesville Sun, GatorSports.com and the USA TODAY Network. Contact him at [email protected]. Follow him on X @Noah_ram1 and on Instagram @Ramreporter. Read his coverage of the Gators’ national championship basketball season in “CHOMP-IONS!” — a hardcover coffee-table collector’s book from The Sun. Details at Florida.ChampsBook.com

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