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CATS
Ohio Casualty Center for Academic and Tutorial Services
The University of Kentucky has made a
commitment to put the student-athlete at
the heart of the program.
The cornerstone of that commitment lies in
the academic success of the University’s studentathletes.
And at UK, that success stems from the
resources within the Ohio Casualty Group’s Center
for Academic and Tutorial Services (CATS).
UK opened CATS in 1981, the nation’s first
academic center dedicated exclusively to student-athletes.
Over the years, as the services offered
by CATS have grown, so did the need for
additional space.
As a result, UK built a new facility - the
Ohio Casualty Center for Academic and Tutorial
Services, thanks to a one-million dollar
grant from the Ohio Casualty Insurance Group.
The Ohio Casualty Center opened in 1998 at a
total cost of $2.4 million.
Much of the credit for UK’s academic success
goes to the Athletics Association’s academic
support system - the Center for Academic and
The Carol Martin Gatton Computer Center houses 35 computer terminals. CATS also provides 800
hours of tutoring per week for student-athletes.
“Academics is everything. You’re a student first and an athlete second. For
most of us, an athlete’s collegiate career is really the end of their competitive
life at the highest level, so succeeding in the classroom and putting great emphasis
in school will have a long-lasting effect on a student’s life.”
-UK Head Coach Craig Skinner
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