UK Athletics

The University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2026 was announced Thursday, with Paul Calhoun (football), Tim Duckworth (men’s track and field), Leah Edmond (volleyball), Patty Jo Hedges-Ward (women’s basketball), Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (men’s basketball), and Asia Seidt (women’s swimming and diving) chosen for induction.

Kentucky men’s basketball forward Jayden Quaintance heard his name called in the first round of the NBA draft on Tuesday night as the big man was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the No. 20 overall pick.

Former University of Kentucky star Randall Cobb is one step closer to football immortality. The National Football Foundation announced Monday that Cobb has been named to the 2027 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Kentucky’s season ended on Monday night with a 6-5, 10-inning defeat to West Virginia, but the Wildcats went out the way they spent the season, battling to the end despite hurdle after hurdle.

Three outs from its third regional championship in four seasons, Kentucky saw host West Virginia mount an improbable comeback with a five-run ninth inning to claim an 11-9 victory and send the Morgantown Regional to a winner-take-all Monday night.

Kentucky emptied the tank and outlasted top-seeded West Virginia and its explosive crowd on Saturday night for an 11-9 victory that lifted the Wildcats into their fourth consecutive regional final.

For a school-record fourth consecutive season Kentucky baseball has earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Zoom Diallo, who has played two seasons at Washington, has signed with the Kentucky men’s basketball program.

Four University of Kentucky women’s basketball players heard their names called in the 2026 WNBA Draft and will embark on a lifelong dream of playing professional basketball.

After Saturday’s Kentucky football practice, head coach Will Stein met the media. He was asked about his talented group of tight ends, and the UK head man was very complimentary of the group as a whole.