LEXINGTON, Ky. – Former Women’s National Basketball Association assistant coach Jeff House has been hired as an assistant coach for the University of Kentucky women’s basketball program, UK head coach Matthew Mitchell announced Wednesday.
House comes to Kentucky after spending 10 years in the professional ranks, including the last two seasons with the WNBA’s Chicago Sky. During his 27-year career path, he has coached 19 WNBA All-Stars and major award winners along with four
...Sixth-year softball head coach Rachel Lawson, who took over the program in July 2007, earned her 182nd win as UK's head coach on Wednesday, becoming the all-time winningest head coach in program history.
The University of Kentucky men’s golf team concluded their final round at the Gary Koch Invitational in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, shooting a 19-over-par, 307 to finish in eighth place of the 14-team field. The Wildcats were 22-over for the tournament, recording top-10 team finishes in all six of their spring tournaments.
The No. 18 University of Kentucky softball team used strong performances in the circle and at the plate Wednesday to sweep its doubleheader against Eastern Kentucky University, making sixth-year head coach Rachel Lawson the winningest head coach in school history. UK claimed game one, 6-2 before a come-from-behind effort to win game two, 4-3. Both games were played at Gertrude Hood Field in Richmond, Ky.
...Junior outfielder Ginny Carroll laced a bases-loaded, walk-off single into right-centerfield to cap off a three-run, seventh-inning rally lifting the No. 20 University of Kentucky softball team to a thrilling 4-3 victory Tuesday night at the UK Softball Complex in Lexington, Ky. The win was Kentucky’s fourth consecutive after sweeping Southeastern Conference foe South Carolina last weekend.
...Freshman right-hander Kyle Cody worked into the sixth inning and eight of nine starters collected hits to lead No. 13 Kentucky to a 6-3 win over Austin Peay, on a picture-perfect Tuesday night at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
Former Kentucky stars Joe Blanton, Collin Cowgill and Scott Downs are each on opening-day MLB 25-man rosters, with Cowgill earning the opening-day leadoff and centerfield job for the New York Mets.
Freshman right fielder Kyle Barrett hung a sacrifice fly into center field to score J.T. Riddle with the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning and Trevor Gott got three quick outs in the bottom of the frame to clinch a 5-4 win for No. 7 Kentucky over No. 9 Louisville in 10 innings, on a chilly Tuesday night in front of a U of L record 4,733 fans at Jim Patterson Stadium.
...Freshman forward Alex Poythress will return to the Kentucky men’s basketball program for the 2013-14 season, head coach John Calipari announced Tuesday.
Willie Cauley-Stein and Kyle Wiltjer will return to the Kentucky men's basketball program for the 2013-14 season, while Archie Goodwin will forego his sophomore season and enter his name in the 2013 NBA Draft, head coach John Calipari announced Monday.
