1 Splash:2-Media Info.qxp.qxd - University of Kentucky Athletics
1 Splash:2-Media Info.qxp.qxd - University of Kentucky Athletics
1 Splash:2-Media Info.qxp.qxd - University of Kentucky Athletics
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CATS<br />
Ohio Casualty Center for Academic and Tutorial Services<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kentucky</strong> has made a<br />
commitment to put the student-athlete at<br />
the heart <strong>of</strong> the program.<br />
The cornerstone <strong>of</strong> that commitment lies in<br />
the academic success <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong>’s studentathletes.<br />
And at UK, that success stems from the<br />
resources within the Ohio Casualty Group’s Center<br />
for Academic and Tutorial Services (CATS).<br />
UK opened CATS in 1981, the nation’s first<br />
academic center dedicated exclusively to student-athletes.<br />
Over the years, as the services <strong>of</strong>fered<br />
by CATS have grown, so did the need for<br />
additional space.<br />
As a result, UK built a new facility - the<br />
Ohio Casualty Center for Academic and Tutorial<br />
Services, thanks to a one-million dollar<br />
grant from the Ohio Casualty Insurance Group.<br />
The Ohio Casualty Center opened in 1998 at a<br />
total cost <strong>of</strong> $2.4 million.<br />
Much <strong>of</strong> the credit for UK’s academic success<br />
goes to the <strong>Athletics</strong> Association’s academic<br />
support system - the Center for Academic and<br />
The Carol Martin Gatton Computer Center houses 35 computer terminals. CATS also provides 800<br />
hours <strong>of</strong> tutoring per week for student-athletes.<br />
“Academics is everything. You’re a student first and an athlete second. For<br />
most <strong>of</strong> us, an athlete’s collegiate career is really the end <strong>of</strong> their competitive<br />
life at the highest level, so succeeding in the classroom and putting great emphasis<br />
in school will have a long-lasting effect on a student’s life.”<br />
-UK Head Coach Craig Skinner<br />
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