Dec. 23, 2002

Boyd to be on WKYT Afternoon Show on Tuesday: Each Christmas Eve, the “Afternoon Show” on Lexington’s WKYT television invites a local celebrity to read “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” to a group of children. This year, the celebrity reader is Wildcat quarterback Shane Boyd, who will do the honors Tuesday. The show is on from 12:30 to 1 p.m.

Riley Honored by Lyman T. Johnson Alumni Club: Linebacker Ronnie Riley was honored recently at the 13th-annual Lyman T. Johnson Banquet. The banquet is sponsored by the Lyman T. Johnson Alumni Club and recognizes accomplishments of African-American alumni and students.

The award ceremony, titled “Passing the Torch of Excellence,” paid tribute to nine UK alumni who have succeeded nationally, statewide, and locally since leaving UK; 11 current students were honored for their academic and campus achievements.

“We have successfully hosted this banquet for 13 years to honor the accomplishments of our African-American alumni and students,” said Emmett “Buzz” Burnam, a former Wildcat football player who is president of the Johnson Alumni Club and director of UK’s African-American undergraduate student recruitment. “The awards help increase the level of participation by African-American alumni in the alumni affairs of the university, the National Alumni Association and its affiliated groups.”

Home for the Holidays: The Wildcats have gone home for the holidays. The spring semester begins on Jan. 15.

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