Kentucky’s Coleton Price Hauls in Midseason Accolades
PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky center Coleton Price has earned multiple midseason accolades as announced on Thursday. Price is a midseason addition to The Rimington Trophy watch list, honoring the nation’s best center, and also has been selected to Sports Illustrated’s Midseason All-America Second Team. Price, the middle of UK’s Big Blue Wall, has started all six games for the Wildcats, who are off to a 5-1 start, including a 3-1 mark in the Southeastern Conference. The 6-foot-3, 308-pounder has appeared in 38 career games and made 36 total starts in his collegiate career. The centerpiece of
Stein Goes for Two to Win in Overtime … Again
By Collan McCoy: Sports Writer It feels like Deja Vu around the Kentucky football program as Will Stein and the Kentucky Wildcats defeat Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers in overtime, by a score of 35-34. With his fifth win of the season, Will Stein is off to the best start by a head coach in program history, surpassing Bear Bryant’s 4-2 record from the 1946 season. A touchdown by CJ Baxter, followed by a two-point conversion by quarterback Kenny Minchey, pushes the Wildcats past Lane Kiffin’s LSU Tigers, 35-34, in overtime for the second week in a row. Minchey
Wildcats’ Promising First Half Gives Way to 45-17 Loss to Alabama
BY COLLAN MCCOY: SPORTS WRITER After a dominant first half, the Kentucky Wildcats football team lost its first game of the season to the Alabama Crimson Tide, 45-17. The loss marks the first of the Will Stein era, giving the Wildcats’ head coach a 1-1 record in his first two games. The Wildcats’ defense was the surprising story of the game, as it kept the Crimson Tide offense out of the end zone for the entire first half. Alabama’s only first-half scores came on a pick-six and two field goals. A field goal then put the Wildcats up 17-13 going
The Steinasty Era Starts With a Bang
By Collan McCoy: Sports Writer The new era for Kentucky football, and athletics as a whole, started off strong on Saturday as the Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Penguins of Youngstown State by a score of 45-13. First-year Wildcat head coach and Kentucky native Will Stein becomes only the second Kentucky coach this millennium to win his first game on the sidelines. Ironically, Stein defeated the hometown team of former Kentucky head coach and all-time winningest coach Mark Stoops. Stoops, the most tenured coach in the SEC, departed this offseason with a 4-8 record in his 12th year in the program.
UK VB: Seven Aces Propel No. 3 Kentucky Past UCLA in Third-Straight Sweep
PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 3 Kentucky Volleyball team used seven aces to blow past UCLA on Wednesday night in the Allstate Big Ten/SEC Challenge inside Historic Memorial Coliseum as UK swept UCLA 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-23). Kentucky placed three into double figures in scoring as Morgan Gaerte led all players with 16 kills on 33 swings to hit .364 and that was accompanied by 15 kills from Brooklyn DeLeye in 32 swings and 10 terminations from Asia Thigpen on the left side. Kentucky as a team hit .346 for the match, outhitting the Bruins by
Stein Era Kicks Off Saturday as Kentucky Hosts Youngstown State
GAME PREVIEW The University of Kentucky Wildcats kick off the season this Saturday, Sept. 5, at home against the Youngstown State Penguins, and it’ll be our first look at the program under new head football coach Will Stein. Stein said in an interview that he has done everything he can to prepare for this weekend’s game, including putting the team through a full simulation of the pregame experience that even included a mock “Cat Walk” with fans and cheerleaders. Stein, an offensive-minded coach with extensive knowledge of the quarterback position, will be put to the test with all eyes on
UK MBB: Men’s Basketball Conference Opponents Unveiled for 2026-27
PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Additional pieces to the 2026-27 Kentucky men’s basketball schedule were unveiled by the Southeastern Conference on Thursday. The Wildcats are slated to play all 15 league foes at least once and will tangle with Ole Miss, Tennessee and Vanderbilt in home-and-home fashion. The league office debuted the 2026-27 home-and-away designations for the league schedule which once again features an 18-game slate. Kentucky will play nine games within the friendly confines of Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center and play an equal number of games on the road. This season, the Wildcats will take
Kentucky STUNT Places Seven on All-American Teams
PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS LEXINGTON, Ky. – Seven members of the Kentucky STUNT team were named All-Americans by the College STUNT Coaches Association on Sunday. Alyssa Arkava, Addison Crawford, Isabella Doria, Isabella Franzella, Emma Green and Mackenzie Secrest were all named first-team All-Americans. Arkava, a junior from Brentwood, Tennessee, earned first-team honors for the third consecutive season. Doria, a junior from Brentwood, California, also earned first-team honors for the third straight season. Franzella, a junior from San Mateo, California, was named to the first team for the second time after earning second-team honors in 2024. Crawford, a sophomore from San
UK FB: Four Wildcats Earn Phil Steele Preseason All-SEC Honors
PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS LEXINGTON, Ky. – Four Kentucky players have earned preseason All-Southeastern Conference honors from Phil Steele, including a pair of offensive players on the second team and both an offensive and defensive star on the third team. Junior tight end Willie Rodriguez and senior center Coleton Price each were named to the second team. Mainstay senior safety Ty Bryant and senior offensive lineman Lance Heard garnered third-team honors as new head coach Will Stein enters his first season with the Wildcats. Both Price and Heard are transfers. Price, a 6-foot-3, 318-pounder from Bowie, Texas, transferred to Kentucky
