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Former Wildcat Prince ls Golden
Eormer University of Kentucky basket- onship Team that Hnished 10-0, won the sive Team for four consecutive years,
ball great Tayshaun Prince can add gold gold medal and qualihed the US, men for Prince played in more NBA Playoff games
medalist to his list of accomplishments, the 2008 Olympics. in his Hrst Hve seasons as a professional
Prince was a member of the USA men’s A two -time All-American at Kentucky, than any other player in NBA history
basketball team that captured the gold Prince was the   V     , _
medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in 2001 SEC Player    if . , wt '  
Beijing, China, Team USA earned a per- ofthe Year, He cur- `rl Q . y ~-i  i · I A J _ ` g ly
fect 8-0 record enroute to the gold medal rently ranks eighth ‘> V ’” { \ _ V _   . ·   ., V j T   l‘ ‘
that signiHed redemption for Team USA on Kentucky’s all- T Q    _ . M ’ li ‘ ,,  T i_ ‘
after a disappointing bronze medal result time scoring list I - T  1**     ;/ .
in the 2004 Athens Olympics, and third on UK’s ( ( aj   ppyy ,,1 i ‘ Q _   Q
Prince joined Olympic teammates: all-time tht€€-    _,  A . V A ll ‘ . l · ( W l _   gl
Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets); Car- pointers made list, W i    '    [ '-·   · _     Es
los Boozer (Utah ]azz); Chris Bosh He was selected —-/A   l__ xy ; *1   Cl Q
(Toronto Raptors); Kobe Bryant (Los An- as the 23rd overall     ' Q   N  W I Ry? ”,`    L_  g
geles Lakers); Dwight Howard (Orlando pick in the 2002 ,  .  ,,   =·-  _ / ```·   _ ’   yl A Q
Magic); LeBron ]ames (Cleveland Cava- NBA Draft by the   TZ ll, CT   i ill E
liers);]ason Kidd (Dallas Mavericks); Detroit Pistons, H ll T ``A'   t§·;T”   E
Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornets); He helped lead the `   V  §
Michael Redd (Milwaukee Bucks); Pistons to the "—~— li   _  
Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat); and Deron NBA Champi- -   I QE
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gggims (Utah Jazz) for thc medal CCT- Qsllg @523; Former Wildcat Tayshaun Prince, left, is joined on the medal stand
P . 1 b {th 2007 1 t d t th by teammates Chris Paul and Chris Bosh after helping USA men’s
rmcc a S0 was a mem. CI 0 C . CC C 0 C basketball team win the old medal at the 2008 Summer Ol m ics
USA Men’s FIBA Americas Champi- NBA’s All-Defen- _   _ 9 y p
in Beijing, China.
Former UK Golfer Holmes ls Ryder Cup Champ
Eormer UK golfer]B Holmes helped the
  United States win the 37th Ryder Cup,
r X ` USA defeated Europe 16 % - 11 % at the
  Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, In his in-
¥_ `_ l ternational play debut, Holmes went 2-0-1
i 4   iq;  for the tournament,
* M, ` , ` After a stellar college career, Holmes
 sk ' kicked off his PGA career in 2006 when he
V ' ~ Q  i   - (  won the EBR Open in his fourth start as a
`    ,il`~ (    professional, He also has had four top-10
I l Q   _ ` ’ J Hnishes since joining the PGA, In his third
r .  » * tournament this season, Holmes won the
l   ’   , l   _  ' _ EBR Open for the second time,
Q _ _ Q ' _ -· _ ` Holmes’ college career included earning
'éri   —~ T-   j l  . ‘ _ A »   ig  · All-SEC Conference honors for four con-
  · ¤ ag i (   T I  7,     secutive years, as well as being named the
$· \ \ ‘*_ T \ J     l SEC Golfer ofthe Year in 2005 after help-
’   “ ' E V it  ing the Wildcats win the SEC Champi-
  _     onship, A consistent performer in the
I ,    ,° classroom, Holmes was an Academic All-
§ ‘“‘“’  { _ i` - l American in 2004 and 2005 and he was on
§ /  rvj, , _   the Academic All-SEC team from 2002-
g    (     i _   2005, He also was selected to the PING All-
S   ` ; ` ` -- _ . American team,
§ Former UK golfer JB Holmes celebrates Team USA’s win over Europe in the 2008 Ryder
Cup. Holmes contributed a 2-0-1 performance. Compiled by Kelli Elam
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