UK Athletics

Kentucky football head coach Will Stein, safety Ty Bryant, quarterback Kenny Minchey and tight end Willie Rodriguez will represent the Wildcats at the 2026 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days presented by Regions on Monday in Tampa, Florida.

Kentucky Athletics Hall of Famer and 1998 National Champion head coach, Orlando “Tubby” Smith, has been named to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2026, it was announced on Monday.

J Batt will begin his tenure as CEO of Champions Blue LLC and UK Athletics Director on July 28, University of Kentucky officials announced Thursday.

The No. 2 Kentucky Volleyball team completed the perfect Southeastern Conference season Sunday afternoon, sweeping Arkansas 3-0 (25-16, 25-20,25-12) to finish the regular season 15-0 in SEC play and earn the outright regular-season championship. The title is the ninth-straight championship for Kentucky Volleyball, marking the longest consecutivechampionship streak in power four conference volleyball.

Led by three players reaching double-digit kills in Eva Hudson, Brooklyn DeLeye and Lizzie Carr, the No. 2 Kentucky Volleyball team came back from an 0-2 deficit to reverse sweep Oklahoma 3-2 (18-25, 21-25, 28-26,25-19, 15-12) and clinch a share of its ninth-straight Southeastern Conference Championship.

Denzel Aberdeen scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds, but No. 9 Kentucky lost at 12th-ranked Louisville 96-88 on Tuesday night at the KFC Yum! Center.

The Kentucky women’s basketball team opened the game on a 21-1 run on their way to a 104-46 win over Monmouth on Thursday night inside Historic Memorial Coliseum. Sophomore Lexi Blue had the best game of her UK career, making 6 of 7 from behind the arc on her way to a career-high 18 points.

Collin Chandler scored 15 points and No. 9 Kentucky overcame a slow start to beat Nicholls 77-51 on Tuesday night at Rupp Arena. Otega Oweh scored 13, Jasper Johnson added 11 and Denzel Aberdeen had 10.

Kentucky placed four players in double figures and held off a feisty Morehead State squad 75-59 on Monday night at Historic Memorial Coliseum.

Redshirt freshman Cutter Boley hit on 26 of 35 through the air for a career-high 330 yards and a career-high five touchdowns but Kentucky fell to No. 17 Tennessee 56-34 on Saturday night at Kroger Field.