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l Tubby Takes All   Coach of the Year
_ Men’s basketball Coach Tubby Smith  aa   l r Z Mike Lyden was named Men’s
, became only the sixth coach in history `   , · Diving Coach ef the Year iH the
  to win every major Coach of the Year '·   ‘ t   Southeastern Conference. This is
° Award in Division 1. Smith won nine ( ./ it Lyden’s second consecutive
National Coach of the Year honors a \ Coach ofthe Year award.
this year, and even more impressive, at on` _
l he captured all six awards that the ' i' _ \ _
% NCAA officiall reco nizes, the first . '
  coach to achievg that feat since Bobby .»     tl Sports Gleanlngs
t Knight in 1975.     • The UK men’s golf team com-
j Smith also received national coach- if   · — at _ peted in the NCAA regional tour-
  ing honors this season from The Asso- Tubbll Smith Nhkg |—VdB“ nament for the first time since
’ ciated Press, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (Hank 1993. The Cats had a stellar season, carding seven top-five
t Iba Award), the Atlanta Tip-off Club (Naismith Award), The finishes in 12 tournaments. Competing for the Cats were
¤ Sporting News, Basketball Times, CBS/Chevrolet, ESPN, and Ryan Coyne, Mark Blakefield, John Holmes, Brandon
  Foxsports.com.The NCAA recognizes the AR USBWA, Waldrop and Matt Kohn. ‘
NABC, Naismith, The Sporting News and CBS/Chevrolet • Bradley Wheeldon and Vicki Goss have been named
E awards. In 1975, Knight swept the five awards recognized then first-team All-Americans by the National Rifle
l by the NCAA. Association.
  Smith is the third Kentucky coach to win the NABC award. • Coaches Keith Madison, baseball, and Leah Little,
· Adolph Rupp was honored in 1966 and Eddie Sutton won the gymnastics, are wrapping up their final seasons at UK.
  award in 1986. Smith’s Team Supreme swept through the Madison completes his 25th season having over 700 wins
l Southeastern Conference slate this season with a perfect 19-0 and seeing 83 of his players go on to play professional
  record, finished as the nation’s No. 1 team in the final AP poll baseball, with 14 having played in the major leagues. 1
 Q and advanced to the Elite Eight with a 32-4 mark. Little, a two-time SEC Coach of the Year, started the
 a popular UK gymnastics program in 1974-75 and is
    Awards   considered by many a pioneer in-helping. integrate
_ _ _ _ women’s athletics into the collegiate environment.
The Athletic Assdsratrdrrs first • Alumni making headlines recently include Dewayne
  studaataathtstd awards aight mdda     Robertson, drafted by the NFL’s New York Jets in the
, ered after ESPN’S ESPY Awards ‘  W , first round as the No. 4 pick overall; Steve Flesch won his
Q was a hugs Success-The eptienai I   1   first PGA tournament, the HP Classic in New Orleans
  black-tie affair was embraced by   I " -< l _ May 4.
4 the athletes from all of UK’s 22  t Y  {
  team sports. The evening began  ’ .
l with dinner featuring American, L `    i,_   Blg Blue Caravan!
} Mexican, Chinese and Italian Cui-   C, _ -   UK Athletics is painting the COII\Hl0llW€3lth blue this airm-
 l sine in Memorial Coliseum. The I: `° ra ` A ·`• mer with the Big Blue Caravan. The caravan will be an an-
  g{ude;m-gthlet€5 then walked t cATl,*gl,Y l n T nual tradition. The caravan will visit new cities each year in
  across the street to the Slnglctary -¤=¤¤ n hopes of eventually covering every comer of Kentucky and
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3 $$13 Sh°W!dIt bfgan Wlthl§°C;t`_ " Director Mitch Bamhart, Coach Tubby Smith, Coach Rich
_ e p ayer F1  VOICE H;/ilor   F |\/|il-ldy Smith and Amggnjd |—|d|| Brooks and various other coaches and staff are traveling
mo Han dflvmg up ta Cmoma Wg|k away with phd [\/|S_ and across the Commonwealth, visiting local charitable organiza-
‘ Coliseum m 3 Sleek black> [\/|p_ \/\/ildgglg all-ground tions, hosting golf tournaments and sitting down for catered
t happend], cpdvcrttbtd AS hs got ggudgnlyglghlgtgg hgngr gl; the BBQ dinners. "We are looking forward to this opportunity
 l out ofthe CBT BHC} walked Hf0L1I1d flpglj Bmu8| [jagspy Awards to get out and meet the great people of Kentucky —— the best r
 l and opened the trunk, out climbed night; fans in the world," says Mitch Barnhart. The schedule in-
 l athletic director Mitch Barnhart. cludes the following stops:
The whooping and holler1n’ thatlerupted in response to the , May 12 Louisville , June 16 Madisonville
*l video set the tone for a fun evening of celebration. A new . May 13 Cincinnati , June 17 Bowling Green
  spirit of friendly inter-team rivalry seemed to take hold as rep- . May 19 Nashville . June 18 Hazard
  resentatives from many sports were called forward to collect • May 20 Somerset • Jung 19 Ashland
  their first Catsy Award, a crystal obelisk about eight inches Mono lnfonmnnon is nvonnnlo tlnonon loool moon,
 i tau outlets and the UK Athletic Association Web site
` i www.ukathletics.c0m
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