Women's basketball timeline - University of Kentucky Athletics
Women's basketball timeline - University of Kentucky Athletics
Women's basketball timeline - University of Kentucky Athletics
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RECORDS REVIEW<br />
STAFF<br />
WILDCATS OUTLOOK KENTUCKY UK HOOPS<br />
Jennifer Humphrey set a school record for rebounds<br />
by a senior in a single season with 351 rebounds in<br />
2006-07. She also broke the UK mark for most games<br />
played in a career with 129.<br />
UK ranked in the nation’s top 20 in average attendance<br />
(14th) for the third consecutive season. UK averaged a<br />
school-record 5,863 fans per game.<br />
2007—<strong>Kentucky</strong> advanced to postseason play<br />
for the third consecutive seasons (one NCAA<br />
Tournament and two WNIT) for the first time<br />
in school history and captured back-to-back 20-<br />
win seasons for the first time since the 1989-90<br />
and 1990-91 teams accomplished the feat.<br />
2007—<strong>Kentucky</strong> senior Jennifer Humphrey and<br />
juniors Sarah Elliott and Samantha Mahoney each<br />
were named to the All-Southeastern Conference<br />
teams. Elliott and Mahoney were named to the second<br />
team by the league coaches and Elliott also<br />
received second-team honors from The Associated<br />
Press. Humphrey and Mahoney were named honorable<br />
mention by the AP.<br />
2007—During halftime <strong>of</strong> the UK vs. Ole Miss<br />
game on Jan. 17, a special ceremony took place as<br />
571 fallen soldiers from <strong>Kentucky</strong> were honored.<br />
Since its completion in 1950, Memorial Coliseum<br />
has borne the names <strong>of</strong> thousands <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kentucky</strong>’s<br />
war dead. But the lists <strong>of</strong> names – framed<br />
and hung on the walls <strong>of</strong> the ramps along two<br />
sides <strong>of</strong> the coliseum – had not been updated<br />
since the end <strong>of</strong> the Vietnam War. Their names<br />
were added to those <strong>of</strong> their predecessors during<br />
the ceremony. A season-high 7,565 fans and<br />
family members <strong>of</strong> the fallen soldiers witnessed<br />
the special event in Memorial Coliseum.<br />
2007—The Wildcats participated in their third<br />
straight postseason tournament with a thirdround<br />
finish in the postseason WNIT. UK<br />
defeated Oakland and Ball State on the road<br />
before falling Wisconsin on the Badgers’ home<br />
floor, 67-61.<br />
2007—Jennifer Humphrey pulled down 964<br />
career rebounds, becoming just the second Wildcat<br />
in UK history to chart over 900 rebounds in<br />
a career. Former All-American Valerie Still<br />
(1,525 rebounds) is the other Wildcat to accomplish<br />
the feat.<br />
2007—UK ranked in the nation’s top 20 in<br />
average attendance for the third consecutive season.<br />
The Cats were 14th nationally and second in<br />
the SEC, averaging a school-record 5,863 fans per<br />
game.<br />
2007—After four seasons at the helm, Mickie<br />
DeMoss resigned April 11 as head coach. She<br />
compiled an overall record <strong>of</strong> 71-56 at <strong>Kentucky</strong>,<br />
including a 20-14 mark during the 2006-<br />
07 season.<br />
2007— Former UK Hoops assistant coach<br />
Matthew Mitchell was named the seventh head<br />
coach <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Kentucky</strong> women’s <strong>basketball</strong> team<br />
on April 23.<br />
Matthew Mitchell was named the seventh head coach in UK Hoops<br />
history on April 23, 2007. He was welcomed by UK President Dr.<br />
Lee T. Todd, Jr. and <strong>Athletics</strong> Director Mitch Barnhart.<br />
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