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SEC MVP Sees Action With 2024 Mercury
Mercury forward Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (21) shoots against Dream forward Laeticia Amihere (7) during the home opener at the Footprint Center on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Patrick Breen/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK
The SEC Tournament is an event that began in 1980, and since then, some of the conference's top teams have won it. The first championship game was a match between Tennessee and Ole Miss, and Tennessee came out victorious. Jill Rankin was the first player to win the tournament's Most Valuable Player award, and more players added their names to the history books. The last player to win the award was Chloe Kitts, and in the near future, another player will carry on the tradition. Before Kitts won the award, there were other stars who received the honor. Some of them are doing great things in the WNBA, as A'ja Wilson, Aliyah Boston and Rhyne Howard were all named the MVP. Over the years, there have also been a few winners with ties to the Phoenix Mercury . The most recent winner with Mercury ties is Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, and she won in 2020. South Carolina beat Mississippi State 76-62 in the championship game, and Herbert Harrigan had 15 points, four rebounds, three blocks and an assist. She was the team's le

This article first appeared on Phoenix Mercury On SI  and was syndicated with permission.

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