April 24, 2000

Players Lift Weights, Prepare for Exams: With spring practicenow concluded, the Wildcats will be in the weight room for three liftingsessions this week. Strength and conditioning coaches Marc Hill, ScottBrincks, Keith Comeforo, and Jamie Givens will supervise the workouts.

The players also are preparing for final examinations for thespring semester, which will be held May 1-5.

Coaches Evaluate Spring, Prepare for May Recruiting Period: TheKentucky coaching staff will spend this week evaluating the results ofspring practice. The staff also will be finalizing plans for the Mayrecruiting period. During the month of May, coaches are permitted tovisit high schools, meet with principals, teachers, coaches, andcounselors, visit athletic combines, and evaluate athletic competition,such as spring football practice, baseball games, track meets, etc.

Statistics Corrections: There was a computer error thatdisrupted some statistics in Saturday night’s Blue/White Spring FootballGame. Here are the corrections:

Quarterback Dusty Bonner threw for 274 yards, not the 174 yards thatwas released at the game.

Tight end Derek Smith had 122 receiving yards, not 106.

Halfback Kendrick Shanklin had 37 receiving yards, not minus-47.