April 14, 2003

Information on the Blue-White Spring Football Game: The annual Blue/White Spring Football Game, marking the conclusion of the spring practice schedule, will be Saturday, April 26, at 1 p.m. EDT at Commonwealth Stadium.

Here is some information on the Blue/White Game:

Admission and parking are free to everyone. Seating is first-come, first-served, so if you’ve always wanted to sit on the 50-yard line, this is your chance!

The game format will feature a change from previous seasons. The varsity will play all four quarters of the game. The alumni teams will play touch football during halftime of the varsity game.

WLAP Radio (630 on the AM dial) will have extensive coverage of the Blue/White Game. WLAP’s broadcast will begin at noon and the station also will have a post-game show, including a call-in segment for fans.

Tayo Agboke and UK Gymnast Mindy Smith Win SEC Community Service Scholarships: Tayo Agboke, a senior safety on the 2002 Kentucky football team, and Mindy Smith, a balance-beam specialist for the UK gymnastics team, each will receive $2,000 scholarships from the Southeastern Conference in recognition for their commitment and dedication to community service, announced SEC Commissioner Mike Slive.

Agboke is a two-year letterwinner on the gridiron for the Wildcats. He saw action in all 12 games in 2002, making a total of 18 tackles. During the previous spring, the Houston, Texas, native took time out of his busy schedule to join a number of outreach programs. Agboke spent time serving food at the Hope Center and reading to the children at Russell Cave Elementary. He was inducted into UK’s prestigious Frank G. Ham Society of Character earlier this year.

Smith has been a perennial leader for the GymKats, posting top-three scores on the balance beam during all four of her years in Lexington. The team captain in 2002, Smith is the gymnastics’ representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. A 2002 Society of Character inductee, the Borden, Ind., product is on pace to become the fourth GymKat to earn Academic All-America honors for four straight years. Smith has been involved in over 30 outreach programs at UK, including Habitat for Humanity and Race for the Cure.

Kentucky Football Calendar (all practices at Nutter Training Facility unless inclement weather)

Wed. April 16 – Practice, 2:25 p.m.
Fri. April 18 – Practice, 3:00 p.m.
Sat. April 19 – Practice, 1:00 p.m.
Mon. April 21 – Coach Rich Brooks on WLAP Spring Football Call-in Show, 7-9 p.m.
Wed. April 23 – Practice, time TBA
Fri. April 25 – Practice, time TBA
Sat. April 26 – Blue/White Spring Football Game, 1 p.m., Commonwealth Stadium
July 29-31 – SEC Football Media Days; Kentucky appearance is Tue. July 29
Tue. Aug. 5 – Newcomers report
Fri. Aug. 8 – Veterans report
Sat. Aug. 9 – Kentucky Football Media Day
Sun. Aug. 31 – Louisville at Kentucky, 6:30 p.m. EDT, televised by espn2