Alabama Basketball G19 vs Tennessee

Alabama guard Retin Obasohan (32) celebrates a wild comeback win in the student section during Alabama's basketball game with Tennessee, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com

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Retin Obasohan was on Alabama's practice court Tuesday morning, using his phone to Snapchat himself taking shots when he got the call from coach Avery Johnson.

Johnson led in with "Retin, I've got something to tell you" before sharing that Obasohan had received three prominent honors -- SEC Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year in addition to being named first-team All-SEC and to the SEC All-Defensive Team.

"I had no idea it was coming out today," Obasohan, Alabama's senior point guard, said. "When he told me, I almost dropped the phone."

This is the latest recognition for Obasohan, the unquestioned leader of a Tide team that finished the regular season 17-13 after being picked to finish second-to-last in the SEC during the preseason.

After averaging just 6.2 points as a junior last season, Obasohan is fifth in the SEC in scoring with an average of 17.7 points per game.

He is also averaging 3.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.4 steals.

He has posted 20 points or more in 12 of Alabama's last 19 games, including a career-high 35 during an upset of LSU in February and 32 during the Tide's loss to Arkansas last week.

"I'm so proud of Retin," Johnson said. "I got word (Monday) and was just really excited for him. I couldn't wait to tell him. I wanted to be the first one to tell him. Obviously he couldn't get All-Defensive [Team] and been on the first-team without his teammates. His teammates do a lot to help him on the floor, but it's well-deserved, well-earned. ... It's pretty amazing stuff. I'm just honored to be his coach and work with him, just like the rest of our guys, day-in and day-out. He's definitely had a tremendous leap this year. He's not finished."

This is the second straight year an Alabama player has been named SEC Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Levi Randolph was the recipient last season.

Obasohan is the third player in Tide history to be named SEC Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

He is also just the second player in program history to be first-team All-SEC and on the SEC All-Defensive Team in the same season.

Trevor Releford is the other.

"It's far beyond anything I could possibly imagine," Obasohan said. "It blows my mind still. It's so surreal. It kind of seemed like a dream. I'm just grateful for the guys I have in that locker room, the coaching staff that I have and the God that I serve. It's pretty unreal and I'm excited to even add some more great stuff to this season."