SUPER BOWL 2012

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• Anthony Davis named SEC Player of the Year
• Anthony Davis named SEC Freshman of the Year
• Anthony Davis named SEC Defensive Player of the Year
• Anthony Davis named to All-SEC First Team
• Anthony Davis named to SEC All-Freshman Team
• Anthony Davis named to SEC All-Defensive Team

• Michael Kidd-Gilchrist named to All-SEC First Team
• Michael Kidd-Gilchrist named to SEC All-Freshman Team
• Michael Kidd-Gilchrist named to SEC All-Defensive Team

• Terrence Jones named to All-SEC Second Team

• Doron Lamb named to All-SEC Second Team

• Darius Miller is SEC Sixth Man of the Year

• John Calipari is SEC Coach of the Year

SEC Men's Hoops Players Of The Week

Kentucky’s Anthony Davis, a 6-foot-10, 222-pound freshman forward from Chicago, Ill., was named SEC Freshman of the Week after averaging 15.5 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks in wins over Georgia and at Florida. Davis averaged a double-double on the week including a 22 point-12 rebound-six block performance in UK’s win at 13th ranked Florida. It was his 14th double-double of the season, second most by a freshman in UK history. He moved to eighth (146) on UK’s career blocks list, fifth on all-time NCAA freshman blocks list.

Three UK Hoops players named SEC Player, Freshman and Co-Sixth Woman of the Year and earn 1st Team All- SEC, All-Freshman Team and All-Defensive Team.

First Team All-SEC
A'dia Mathies, Kentucky

All-Freshman Team
Bria Goss, Kentucky

All-Defensive Team
A'dia Mathies, Kentucky

Player of the Year
A’dia Mathies, Kentucky

Freshman of the Year
Bria Goss, Kentucky

Defensive Player of the Year
Glory Johnson, Tennessee

Co-6th Woman of the Year
Keyla Snowden, Kentucky

SEC Men's Hoops Players Of The Week

Kentucky’s Anthony Davis, a 6-foot-10, 222-pound freshman forward from Chicago, Ill., was named SEC Player of the Week after averaging 20.5 points, 11 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and two steals in wins at Mississippi State and over Vanderbilt. Davis posted his first double-double of the week in UK’s come-from-behind victory at Mississippi State. His 13th double-double of the year came in Kentucky’s victory over Vanderbilt. Davis scored a career-high 28 points to go with 11 rebounds and five blocked shots. Davis hit 91 pct. of his shots on the day the highest single-game pct. (min. 10 att.) for UK since the 1994-95 season.


Kentucky’s Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, a 6-foot-7, 232-pound freshman guard from Somerdale, N.J., was named SEC Freshman of the Week after averaging 13 points, nine rebounds and two assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.5 steals in wins at Mississippi State and over Vanderbilt. Kidd-Gilchrist scored a team-high 18 points while grabbing 10 rebounds in UK’s win at Mississippi State. Kidd-Gilchrist then pulled down eight rebounds in UK’s win over Vanderbilt.

Freshman of the Week
Bria Goss • Kentucky
Guard • Indianapolis, Ind.

• Averaged 11. 3 points per game in UK’s three wins last week in helping UK win the regular season championship title.
• Scored in double digits in two of the three wins, ranking second on the team in scoring.
• Found her way to the free-throw line a team-high 14 in three games, hitting 12 for a 85.7 percent clip.
• Was a perfect 6-of-6 from the charity stripe in the win over Mississippi State.
• Passed out a team-high tying three assists vs. RV/No. 24 Vanderbilt.
• Scored her 21st double-figure scoring game vs. South Carolina, the fourth most in UK freshman history.
• Swiped a steal in all three games.

Kentucky’s Marquis Teague, a 6-foot-2, 189-pound freshman guard from Indianapolis, Ind., was named SEC Freshman of the Week after averaging 12.5 points, 9.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds in wins over 8th-ranked Florida and at Vanderbilt. Teague tallied his first-career double-double in the win against Florida scoring 12 points and dishing out a game-high 10 assists. He followed that performance with a 13-point, eight assist, one turnover game on the road at Vanderbilt. Over the last eight games, Teague has dished out 46 assists against just 17 turnovers.

Kentucky’s Anthony Davis, a 6-foot-10, 222-pound freshman forward from Chicago, Ill., was named SEC Player of the Week after averaging 20 points, eight rebounds, 7.5 blocks and two assists in wins over Tennessee and at South Carolina. Davis posted 15 blocks on the week, including eight blocks against South Carolina. He pushed his season total to 116, breaking Shaquille O’Neal’s SEC freshman record for blocks in a season. He how ranks ninth on the league’s single-season blocks list. Davis leads the nation in blocks and has more blocks than eight other schools in the league. He missed only two shots on the week, shooting 88.2 percent from the field.

SEC Freshman of the Week
Bria Goss • Kentucky
Guard • Indianapolis, Ind.

• Scored a career-high 22 points, including a career-high tying three 3-pointers, in UK’s 69-64 road win at No. 15/14 Georgia. It marked UK’s first win in Stegeman Coliseum since 2008.
• Scored 17 of her team- and career-high 22 points at Georgia in the second half, rallying the Wildcats from a 10-point second half deficit.
• While her shot wasn’t falling vs. Florida, Goss relied on her defense to help push UK to victory, taking a team-high three charges and grabbing a team- and career-high nine rebounds.
• Hit both of her free throws with 22.8 seconds left to help preserve UK’s victory over Florida.
• Averaged a team-high 14.0 points per game in UK’s two wins which helped the Cats tie the best start in program history through the first 20 games.

Anthony Davis named SEC Freshman of the Week 1/16/12

Kentucky’s Anthony Davis, a 6-foot-10, 222-pound freshman forward from Chicago, Ill., was named SEC Freshman of the Week after averaging 16 points, seven rebounds, four blocks, 2.5 steals and two assists in wins at Auburn and at Tennessee. Davis tallied eight blocks on the week moving him to within one block of the UK single-season record after only 18 games. He helped lead the Cats in a come-from-behind wins on the road, scoring game-high 14 points at Auburn and a game-high 18 points at Tennessee. He has scored in double-figures in seven-straight games and eight of the last nine.

SEC Women's Player of the Week 1/16/12
A’dia Mathies • Kentucky
Junior • Guard • Louisville, Ky.

• Averaged 21.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.5 blocks and 2.5 steals per game.
• Scored a career-high 34 points in UK’s win of No. 6/7 Tennessee.
• Also grabbed nine rebounds, one shy of tying a career high, to go along with two assists, two blocks and two steals.
• Hit the game-winning shot vs. Tennessee with 4.2 seconds left to give UK its first 4-0 start in conference play in program history and its third win over a top-10 ranked opponent this season, the first time the program has done that since 1982-83.
• Tied a career high with three blocks at No. 24/RV South Carolina, while also getting three steals.

The UK men's basketball team swept the Southeastern Conference weekly awards Monday. UK freshmen Kidd-Gilchrist was named SEC Player of the Week and Anthony Davis was named SEC Freshman of the Week.

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, a 6-foot-7, 232-pound freshman guard from Somerdale, N.J., was named SEC Player of the Week after averaging 21.0 points, 12.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in wins over Lamar and fourth-ranked Louisville. Kidd-Gilchrist followed his career-high 18-point night against Lamar with a career-game against intrastate rival Louisville, where he posted his second career double-double with career highs in points (24) and rebounds (19). For his efforts against UofL, he was named the game's MVP by the Bluegrass Sports Commission. His 19 rebounds was a UK-UofL series record.


Anthony Davis, a 6-foot-10, 222-pound freshman forward from Chicago, Ill., was named SEC Freshman of the Week after averaging 14.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, six blocks, 1.5 steals and one assist in wins over Lamar and fourth-ranked Louisville. Davis blocked 12 shots on the week and is on pace to destroy the UK single season blocks record. He hit a career-high 12 free throws in the win over Louisville, finishing with 18 points and 10 rebounds while blocking six shots for the second-straight game and tying his career high in steals with three.

UK freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was named as Player of the Week by ESPN's Andy Katz following his 24 point, 19 rebound performance in UK's 69-62 win over rival Louisville Saturday afternoon.

Here is the ESPN Player of the week: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, UK insert:

I was in the studio Saturday night, and every time we ran through the Kentucky-Louisville highlights, MKG was in the middle of an offensive play. Kidd-Gilchrist was really something special in UK's rivalry win. He played 39 minutes, scored 24 points and grabbed 19 -- yes, 19 -- rebounds in the Cats' 69-62 victory over the Cardinals. Kidd-Gilchrist also scored 18 points in limited time against Lamar earlier in the week.

Kentucky coach John Calipari has plenty of options offensively but doesn't always know what he's going to get from each player. He knows what he's going to get from Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. The freshman forward, a constant bundle of energy, continues to be one of the toughest matchups at his position with his length and ability to put the basketball on the floor.

The races for SEC player of the year and SEC and National freshman of the year are just beginning. MKG is making his case to be included in both of them.

-- Andy Katz

2012 Kentucky signee Alex Poythress is one of 13 players placed on the watch list for the Naismith High School Player of the Year award. Poythress is averaging 30 points, 16 rebounds, and five blocks per game this season for undefeated Northeast High School in Clarksville, Tennessee.

UK prospect Shabazz Muhammad is also on the Naismith High School Player of the Year award watch list.

Player of the Week
A’dia Mathies • Kentucky
Junior • Guard • Louisville, Ky.

• Scored a season-high 23 points, including 15 in the decisive second half, in UK’s 72-65 win over No. 6/5 Duke.
• Hit a career-high tying four 3-pointers for the second game in a row.
• Grabbed four rebounds and four steals vs. Duke in a team-high tying 33 minutes.
• Shot over 50 percent from the field, including 80 percent from 3-point range (4-5).
• Made a career-high tying nine field goals vs. the Blue Devils.
• Moved up to No. 23 on the all-time scoring list.
• With four steals, she tied Valerie Still at No. 9 on the UK all-time steals list, and became just the 10th player in UK history with 200 or more steals in her UK career.
Freshman of the Week
Bria Goss • Kentucky
Guard • Indianapolis, Ind.

• Averaged 19.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.0 steals in a pair of wins over No. 6/5 Duke and Arkansas-Pine Bluff last week.
• Scored a career-high 19 points in the upset of No. 6/5 Duke, only to follow it up with a career-high tying 19 points against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
• Played a career-high 32 minutes against No. 6/5 Duke, often drawing the assignment of guarding Duke starting point guard Chloe Wells.
• Recorded a career-high six steals against Arkansas-Pine Bluff en route to leading the Cats to a program-record 49 forced turnovers.
• Hit a career-high three 3-pointers against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
• Hit a team-high 13-of-19 free-throw attempts for the week.
• Has scored in double figures and has grabbed at least one steal in eight of 10 games

Kentucky’s Terrence Jones, a 6-foot-8, 252-pound sophomore forward from Portland, Ore., was named SEC Player of the Week after averaging 20.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 3.0 steals leading the Wildcats to wins over St. John’s and fifth-ranked North Carolina. Jones tallied a season-high 26 points while tying his season marks with nine rebounds, four blocked shots against St. John’s. He tied or set career marks with four steals, 11 free-throws made and 16 free throws attempted. Jones scored 14 first-half points in win over North Carolina and finished the game with three blocks. He has made a 3-pointer in every game he’s attempted one this season.

2012 UK commit and Highlands High School quarterback Patrick Towles was named the 2011 Gatorade Kentucky Football Player of the Year Thursday. Towels threw for 3,637 yards and 41 touchdowns through the regular season and four playoff games, leading the undefeated Bluebirds to this weekend's 4A state championship game against Franklin-Simpson. Towels is also the grandson of Baseball Hall of Famer and retired U.S. Senator Jim Bunning.



2011-12 GATORADE STATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
A dedicated ESPNHS POY team managed the Gatorade State Football Player of the Year selection process, resulting in the following winners based on athletic production and impact in the 2011 season. These student-athletes also demonstrated high academic achievement and exemplary personal character, including volunteerism, sportsmanship and community leadership. Click here for player credentials.

STATE WINNER | STATE WINNER | STATE WINNER
AL Jameis Winston | KY Patrick Towles | ND Devin Coyle
AK A.J. Hull | LA Landon Collins | OH Maty Mauk
AZ Davonte Neal | ME Louis DiTomasso | OK Andrew Hearon
AR Fredi Knighten | MD Cyrus Jones | OR Steven Long
CA Zach Kline | MA Jonathan DiBiaso | PA Noah Spence
CO Joe Hansley | MI Cooper Rush | RI Josh Morris
CT Casey Cochran | MN Philip Nelson | SC Quinshad Davis
DE Jamie Jarmon | MS Anthony Alford | SD Alex Schultz
DC Albert Reid | MO Dorial Green-Beckham | TN Patton Robinette
FL William Likely | MT Caleb Kidder | TX Johnathan Gray
GA Kenyan Drake | NE Drew Ott | UT Chase Hansen
HI Steven Lakalaka | NV Shaquille Powell | VT Jake Stalcup
ID Chad Chalich | NH Jake Kiley | VA Alex Carter
IL Blake Winkler | NJ Jamauri Bogan | WA Max Browne
IN Gunner Kiel | NM Cole Gautsche | WV Ryan Switzer
IA Barkley Hill | NY Akeel Lynch | WI Vince Biegel
KS Montell Cozart | NC Keith Marshall | WY Jordan Roberts

• Trevathan recorded 17 total tackles, had three tackles for loss (-9 yards), including a sack (-6) and caused two fumbles in Kentucky’s 19-10 loss at Georgia.
• The 17 stops ties his career high, which he has recorded three times in Kentucky’s last four games.
• Trevathan leads the SEC and is third in the nation in total tackles (135) and fumbles forced (5).

SEC Women's Freshman of the Week

Bria Goss • Kentucky
Guard • Indianapolis, Ind.

• Scored in double-figures in all three of UK’s wins last week (Jacksonville State, Northeastern, Southern Miss.).
• Averaged 11.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.3 steals per game.
• Had a career-high 12 points against Southern Mississippi.
• Grabbed a career-high and team-high eight rebounds vs. Southern Miss.
• A tenacious defender, Goss tied her career-high with three steals against Northeastern.
• Also dished out four assists vs. Northeastern and Southern Miss.

SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK (Watch Kentucky Highlights)
MAXWELL SMITH
Quarterback
KENTUCKY
6-4 • 220 • Grenada Hills, Calif.

• Making his first collegiate start, Smith completed 19-of-36 passes for 283 yards and two touchdowns and no interceptions in Kentucky’s 30-13 win against Ole Miss.
• Smith led the Wildcats in a come-from-behind victory, trailing 13-10 entering the fourth quarter. Kentucky outscored Ole Miss, 20-0, in the final 15 minutes.
• In the final quarter, Smith was 4-of-8 for 110 yards and two touchdowns.
• His 283 passing yards is a UK record for passing yardage by a true freshman.
• Kentucky had two receivers with more than 100-yards, first time since 2007 for the Wildcats.

OTHER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES FROM WEEK 10

LB DANNY TREVATHAN (Kentucky) -- Talled career-high tying 17 total tackles with an interception and half-tackle for loss against Ole Miss.

Congratulations to UK Hoops and UK Hoops player All-American Victoria Dunlap who was the 11th overall selection in the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics in the first round on Monday. Dunlap is UK's No. 2 all-time leading scorer and rebounder, she is the highest draft pick in school history. The previous high was the 53rd pick in the third round of the 2000 WNBA Draft. Earlier Dunlap was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year by The Associated Press and SEC Defensive Player of the Year by the league coaches as one of the nation's most versatile players.

UK Hoops Coach Matthew Mitchell comments:

"We are just so proud for Victoria," UK Hoops Coach Matthew Mitchell said. "She's worked extremely hard and to be a first-round draft choice is a testament to how hard she's worked and improved during her time at Kentucky. We are proud of her. It's also a special day for our program. To have the first, first- round draft in school history is special. It's been an incredible day."