On-line Auction Raises $13,749.40 for DiGiuro Scholarship: Receipts have been finalized for the on-line auction of the Kentucky football uniforms worn by the Wildcats in the ?Throwback Game? vs. Ohio and $13,749.40 was raised to benefit the Trent DiGiuro Memorial Scholarship Fund.
The fund provides one or more scholarships each year to students who:
1) are walk-on (non-scholarship) football players at UK;
2) have played on the football team at least two years;
3) have maintained a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.5; and
4) best exemplify the dedication, determination, hard work, and leadership typified by Trent DiGiuro.
If no walk-on player meets the above criteria, or if the team has reached its scholarship limits, the scholarship is awarded to a team manager or athletic trainer who has completed two years of service, maintained a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5, and has exemplified the dedication, determination, hard work, and leadership typified by DiGiuro.
The scholarship fund was established by family and friends of DiGiuro, a Wildcat walk-on offensive guard who died on July 17, 1994. Trent?s parents, Mike and Ann DiGiuro, officially established the fund on Oct. 24, 1994.
DiGiuro was from Goshen, Ky., and earned all-district honors at South Oldham High School. He came to UK as a walk-on offensive lineman in 1991. Through hard work and perseverance, he began earning playing time in 1993 as the Wildcats advanced to the Peach Bowl. In the off-season, he posted the best bench press on the team and he finished 1994 spring practice as the starting right guard. Trent also made steady progress in his academic work and earned a place on the 1993 Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
The first DiGiuro Scholarship was given in 1995 to placekicker Brent Claiborne. Subsequent scholarships have been awarded to manager Andrew Cline (1996), athletic trainer Patrick Sininger (1997), linebacker Stephan Walters (1998), tight end Cheddi Acham (1999), wide receiver Alex Herman (2000), wide receiver Corry Doyle (2001), athletic trainer Matthew Summers (2002), manager Samantha Bell (2003), and kicker Justin Hutton (2004).
UK Played Third-Most Top 25 Teams: A survey of Division I-A football teams reveals that Kentucky played six teams that were ranked in the top 25 at some point in the 2004 season, the third-highest number in the nation.
Kentucky opponents that were ranked in 2004 included Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Louisville, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Only Texas A&M and Wake Forest, who took on seven teams that were ranked during the season, played more.
