Karen Weekly named 2023 SEC Coach of the Year

Tennessee softball head coach Karen Weekly named 2023 SEC Coach of the Year.

Tennessee won the 2023 Southeastern Conference regular-season championship.

Tennessee head coach Karen Weekly was named SEC Coach of the Year on Friday.

It is her third time earning coach of the year honors, previously winning the award alongside co-head coach Ralph Weekly in 2004 and 2007.

Tennessee also had four players receive SEC first-team honors, including McKenna Gibson, Kiki Milloy, Ashley Rogers and Zaida Puni.

Pitcher Karlyn Pickens was named SEC Freshman of the Year and also received second-team all-conference honors.

Pickens is the fifth Lady Vol to earn the league’s freshman of the year award, joining Monica Abbott (2005), Ellen Renfroe (2011) and Caylan Arnold (2017). Outfielder Kat Dotson earned the honor in 2010.

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