🔵 The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good Morning. Let’s go back to when Mark Pope played basketball at Kentucky, and the team had this cheer.

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

🏀 Amari Williams signed with MBB
🏀 New assistant coaches Cody Fueger, Jason Hart
🔵 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 New Cat. The men’s basketball team has a new player joining the 2024-25 team roster. Amari Williams is a 6’11” forward who is a three-time conference defensive player of the year. He recently played at Drexel, where he played 105 games and made 79 starts. Williams ranked first in blocked shots per game in the CAA, fifth in total rebounds per game and sixth in both offensive and defensive boards per game.

🏀 Read more about Williams here.

🔼 Stacking the Staff. The men’s basketball team has two new additions to the staff— assistant coach Cody Fueger and Jason Hart. Fueger is the first person Mark Pope has hired since starting at Kentucky. The duo have been working together for 11 years, dating back to their time at Utah Valley and BYU. Fueger was named one of the most impactful mid-major assistant coaches in Division I men’s basketball by Silver Waves Media in 2022 and 2023.

Hart is a nine-year NBA veteran who has coached at high school, collegiate and professional levels. He most recently was the head coach for the NBA G-League Ignite squad, coaching Jaden Hardy, Scoot Henderson, Matas Buzelis and Ron Holland.

🏀 Read more about Fueger here.
🏀 Here’s more about Hart. 

🔼 Reflecting Good Times. Senior pitcher Stephanie Schoonover has had quite the season. She has been at Kentucky since 2020 and has pitched 329.2 innings so far. Andrew Kappes from UK Sports Network interviewed Schoonover, and she got a little emotional reflecting on her time with the program.

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

Guess Who. The College Sports Communicators named one of our women’s swim and dive athletes to the Academic All-America Third Team. It is her second consecutive time winning the award.

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🔵 ONE BIG THING

First Timer. The Southeastern Conference named pitcher Sydney Langdon Freshman of the Week after throwing her first SEC win on Sunday night against Auburn. This is also her first career SEC honor. She only allowed one run and two hits and struck out five batters. Langdon threw 107 pitches, and 65 of those were strikes.

🥎 Read more about Langdon here.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD 

Wednesday, April 24

⛳️ Men’s Golf SEC Championship
👟 Track and Field Drake Relays | Meet Info | Schedule

Thursday, April 25

⛳️ Men’s Golf SEC Championship
👟 Track and Field Drake Relays | Meet Info | Schedule

Friday, April 26

⛳️ Men’s Golf SEC Championship
👟 Track and Field Drake Relays | Meet Info | Schedule
🥎 Softball vs. South Carolina @ 6:30pm ET | Designated Players Club | Tickets
⚾️ Baseball at South Carolina @ 7pm ET

Saturday, April 27

⛳️ Men’s Golf SEC Championship
👟 Track and Field Drake Relays | Meet Info | Schedule
🥎 Softball vs. South Carolina @ 2pm ET | Designated Players Club | Tickets
⚾️ Baseball at South Carolina @ 6pm ET

Sunday, April 28

⛳️ Men’s Golf SEC Championship
🥎 Softball vs. South Carolina @ 1pm ET | Designated Players Club | Tickets
⚾️ Baseball at South Carolina @ 3pm ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Anna Havens Rice!

🔵 Have a great Wednesday!