Summers Picks Up Preseason Honors

Preseason SEC Player of the Year by CBSSports.com

Ole Miss Basketball vs Mississippi Valley State on November 22nd, 2013 at the C.M. "Tad" Smith Coliseum in Oxford, MS.

Ole Miss Basketball vs Mississippi Valley State on November 22nd, 2013 at the C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum in Oxford, MS.

CHARLOTTE – Ole Miss senior guard Jarvis Summers picked up a preseason honor Wednesday, as he was named first team All-SEC by the league’s media.

A Jackson, Mississippi native, Summers is the SEC active career leader in points, assists and minutes played, and earned second team all-conference honors both the Associated Press and the coaches last season.

The senior was joined on the first team by Michael Frazier, of Florida, Aaron Harrison, of Kentucky, Jordan Mickey, of LSU, and Bobby Portis, of Arkansas. The media picked Ole Miss to finished sixth overall in the league standing and tabbed Kentucky as the conference champion.

Summers was also named the preseason SEC Player of the Year by CBSSports.com, who also honored Summers on its preseason first team.

Summers and the Rebels open the 2014-15 season at home Nov. 14 against Charleston Southern. Ole Miss will face Delta State in an exhibition game Nov. 7 at Tad Smith Coliseum. For ticket information go to OleMissTix.com or call the Ole Miss Ticket Office at 1-888-REB-TKTS (732-8587).