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Artose Pinner was selected SEC Player of the Year in lected for the award in basketball. Bogans completed l l
football. He was the leading rusher in the SEC, compil- his career at UK as the Wildcats 4th leading scorer with  
ing 1,414 yards in the season and 2,105 career. He was se- 1,923 points. Clayton Moss was named male Diver of A *
lected in the 4th round of the National Football League’s the Year; Jessica Thompson was named female Fresh- l  
2003 draft by the Detroit Lions. Keith Bogans was se- man Diver of the Year.   ·
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Mackie DeMoss Named UK Women s Basketball Coach 1 1
Many universities and professional teams have tried to woo her away during 18 ‘ Y
years with the Tennessee Lady Volunteers but UT associate head coach Mickie s
DeMoss has chosen Kentucky. 1 c
A 1 DeMoss is the new head coach of the Kentucky women’s basketball team, 1 \
_ . A director of athletics Mitch Barnhart has announced. j 1
  j _ "I’m extremely excited about this opportunity at Kentucky," DeMoss said. l t
li YQ, ` "It’s a program where great things can happen.The men’s team is obviously   t
` _ ‘ one of the best in the country and the women are in the best conference. Mitch { x
  and President Todd have stepped up to the plate and made a commitment to   l
  women’s basketball." ll s
DeMoss has 26 years of collegiate coaching experience that began in 1977 as l s
é an assistant at Memphis State, then the first full—time coach for women’s bas- j 2
_ ketball at Florida for four years to an assistant with the nationally ranked Au-   (
r 1‘‘1     _ ,   _  1··~···—; *1*-   ·,_ burn Tigers before joining Pat Summitt at Tennessee in 1985.   i
    g  j_ T During her tenure at Tennessee, the Lady Volunteers have compiled an im-   1
T `     U "* `11·-    A . 1 pressive 549-76 (.878) record, an unprecedented six NCAA championship titles   r
 I ·.”  _ A ~ and 13 Final Four appearances. She was on the bench for the Lady Vols runner-   (
  11 ‘ —  w up finish in this year’s tournament while also juggling duties yl l
` ` "T ‘ As the recruiting coordinator for Tennessee for the past 18 seasons, DeMoss l c
has brought in some of the top players in UT history, including Chamique , 2
Holdsclaw, a four-time All-American and the Most Outstanding Player at both   a
the 1997 and 1998 NCAA Final Fours;Tonya Edwards, the 1987 NCAA Final ’* 7
Four Most Outstanding Player; and Tamika Catchings, Kodak All-American ·_  w
and the 2()00 Naismith Player of the Year. j s
DeMoss replaces Bernadette Mattox who coached the Wildcats for eight seasons before resigning in March. Mattox g r
came to Kentucky as an assistant coach to men’s basketball Coach Rick Pitino.   t
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