NEW YORK (UK Athletics) – In the midst of his first run to the NBA Finals, former Kentucky men’s basketball player Devin Booker was named the recipient of the 2021 Seasonlong NBA Cares Community Assist Award on Wednesday. Booker…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Kentucky Volleyball setter Madison Lilley was named the 2020-21 Roy F. Kramer Southeastern Conference Female Athlete of the Year, the conference office announced Wednesday morning. She is the first-ever volleyball player to win the award…
GEORGETOWN, Ky (WTVQ) - The pandemic shut down a lot of athletic activities last summer. That includes the youth football camp put on by former Kentucky running back Benny Snell Jr. This year though Snell's camp returned…
LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ) - On Thursday evening, former Kentucky and Leslie County quarterback Tim Couch was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame. Couch was one of 12 inductees honored by the NFHS at a…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Davion Mintz, Kentucky men’s basketball’s leader in scoring, 3-point shooting and assists in 2020-21, will return to UK for his final season of eligibility for the 2021-22 year. After going through the NBA Draft evaluation…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – University of Kentucky Athletics is positioned as a leader in the college sports space around Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) as a new era in college athletics dawns. UKathletics.com/NIL is the one-stop shop for…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Senior offensive tackle Darian Kinnard and junior running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. have earned preseason All-America honors from Pro Football Focus, it was announced today. Kinnard was named to the first team, while Rodriguez was…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – The 2020 national championship Kentucky Volleyball team will kick off a trophy tour on Tuesday afternoon, as the Wildcats will have two stops this week at Kroger locations in the state of Kentucky. Tuesday’s…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (UK Athletics) – Former Kentucky men’s basketball players Bam Adebayo and Devin Booker will represent the United States at the 2020 Olympics in Japan this summer. Adebayo and Booker have accepted invites to be a part…
EUGENE, Oregon (UK Athletics) – Kentucky Track and Field legend Sydney McLaughlin broke the 400-meter hurdles world record winning in 51.90 seconds in a heat-delayed United States Olympic Team Trials final on Sunday at Hayward Field. Running on the…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Phil Steele’s College Football Preview has named eight Kentucky football players to its preseason All-Southeastern Conference teams, it announced this week. Offensively, senior offensive tackle Darian Kinnardwas named to the first team, while junior…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UK Athletics) – Collegiate basketball’s two all-time winningest programs will meet for the seventh time in eight seasons when Kentucky travels to Kansas on Jan. 29 as a part of the annual Big 12/SEC Challenge in 2021-22. The…
LEXINGTON, KY (UK Athletics)- Former Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch will be one of seven athletes inducted into the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) National High School Hall of Fame on Thursday, July 1 in Orlando, Florida. The…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Senior offensive tackle Darian Kinnard has been named to the 2021 Walter Camp Foundation Preseason All-America team, it was announced by the Walter Camp Foundation on Thursday. Kinnard was one of five offensive linemen selected…
NEW YORK (UK Athletics) – Three former Kentucky men’s basketball players were awarded with NBAend-of-season honors this week, highlighted by Julius Randle’s inclusion on the All-NBA Second Team. Randle earned All-NBA honors for the first time in his career,…
CHICAGO (UK Athletics) – Former Kentucky men’s basketball players Brandon Boston Jr. and Isaiah Jackson were among 69 players selected to attend the NBA Draft Combine, which will be held June 21-27 at Wintrust Arena and the Marriott Marquis in…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – The University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2021 has been announced, with Bettie Lou Evans (women’s golf), Kendra Harrison (women’s track and field), Nazr Mohammed (men’s basketball), Larry Warford (football), Bob Whelan…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Former Ole Miss linebacker Jacquez Jones has signed to play football at the University of Kentucky, head coach Mark Stoops announced Thursday. He will be eligible immediately and will have two seasons left to play.…
SALT LAKE CITY (Utah Athletics) – Gary Henderson, the NCBWA 2018 National Coach of the Year, has been named the ninth head baseball coach at the University of Utah, Director of Athletics Mark Harlan announced on Wednesday. Henderson has been…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.(June 3, 2021) - The Southeastern Conference announced it will allow immediate eligibility for intraconference transfers following a vote today by the SEC's Presidents and Chancellors. The change in policy, which takes effect immediately, will better align with NCAA…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – The story of a breakthrough 2020-21 season for the Kentucky Wildcats men's tennis program is still unfolding. Liam Draxl was named the first ITA National Player of the Year in program history after finishing atop…
LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ) - No one can truly put in to words what the late John Schlarman meant to the Kentucky football program. The former UK player and offensive line coach passed away due to cancer last fall. Now one…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops has been named Chris Collins the new defensive backs coach, he announced Thursday. “Going through the hiring process for this job I talked to several candidates but each time…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Kentucky Softball catcher Kayla Kowalik was voted a National Fastpitch Coaches' Association First Team All-American, the organization announced Wednesday afternoon. Kowalik becomes the fifth member of the Kentucky All-American club, joining Molly Belcher (2009), Kelsey…