Carroll UK’s first consensus All-American

Former University of Kentucky outfielder Sawyer Carroll has been named a first-team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association, Louisville Slugger, Baseball America, Rivals.com and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

Rashaud Scott wins title

Big Cheer for University of Kentucky track and field athlete Rashaud Scott who won the men’s discus National Title with a throw of 199-8. Scott became just the second UK Outdoor Men’s Event Champion overall joining Tim Harden who won the 100 meter dash in 1995.

NBC does it again

Once again it looks like someone is looking out for Notre Dame. According to a report on ESPN today NBC agreed to a 5 year extension with Notre Dame instead of picking up games from around the country. This is obviously a smart marketing move by someone in NBC considering Notre Dame received 9 million for last years telecasts and went 10 years without winning a bowl game. Take our poll and let us know if you think Notre Dame will win a bowl game in those 5 years.

Steve Johnson making impression

Former UK wideout Steve Johnson is making quite an impression according to the Buffalo News. You can read the story and watch a video about Steve Johnson at http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/billsnfl/story/367424.html

Clark County wins lottery

Although its not 100% yet it looks like Clark County might have just won the lottery. UK recruit Vinny Zollo sounds like he will be playing for Clark County next year. With two good sophomores and two good seniors and the addition of Zollo Clark County looks to be a force next year.

John Cohen resigns as UK baseball coach

Five days after a season-ending loss to Michigan in NCAA Baseball Regional play, John Cohen has resigned as University of Kentucky coach. Gary Henderson, associate head coach and pitching coach under Cohen, will be the successor. Mitch Barnhart, UK’s athletics director, made the announcement during a Friday afternoon press conference. Cohen is leaving to take another job – presumably with his alma mater, Mississippi State.

Barnhart told the Herald-Leader only two days earlier that he anticipated that Cohen would be his coach next season. A soon-to-be-built stadium and a raise in salary were among the incentives that Barnhart thought would keep Cohen with the Wildcats.

In six years at UK, Cohen compiled a record of 175-112-1, leading the Wildcats to their first Southeastern Conference championship and twice taking the Cats to NCAA regionals, finishing each time with a school-record 44 victories.

Cohen came to UK after two years as an assistant at Florida. Before that, he was head coach at Northwestern State for four years, going 146-84.

His overall record as a head coach is 321-196-1 over 10 years.