The University of Kentucky has announced their Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2019.
The UK Hall of Fame was instituted in 2005. The Class will be officially inducted on September 13 and 14 in conjunction with Kentucky’s football home game against Florida.
The new class is:
DeMarcus Cousins, Men’s Basketball: Cousins played one season with the Wildcats Basketball team where he was named the SEC Freshman of the Year and took Kentucky a number 1 ranking and the SEC Championship. “Boogie” would average 15.1 Points and 9.9 Rebounds per Game. He would be drafted fifth overall in the NBA Draft and has been a four time All Star.
Henri Junghanel, Rifle: From Germany, Henri Junghanel would be a four-time All-American would lead Kentucky to the 2011 National Championship. He would be named the World Shooter of the Year in 2013 and would later win the Olympic Gold Medal in the 50 meter rifle prone event.
A'dia Mathies, Women’s Basketball: Mathies was the SEC Player of the Year twice (2012 & 2013) and was a finalist both years for the John R. Wooden and the Naismith Trophy. She is the all-time university leader in Steals (320) and Games Played (140) and she is second in scoring with 2,014 Points.
Vic Nelson, Cross Country: Nelson won seven SEC individual championships and he would win the SEC cross country championship in 1969.
Don Weber, Track and Field & Coach: Weber was a coach on the University of Kentucky for 34 Years. He was a three-time SEC Women’s Coach of the Year and two-time SEC Women’s Coach of the Year.
Andre Woodson, Football: Woodson was the UK MVP in both 2006 and 2007 where he took the Wildcats to the Music City Bowl twice where he would lead them to victory on both occasions. He threw for 9,360 Yards and 79 Touchdowns as a Wildcat.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the soon to be UK Class of 2019.
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