Senior captain Kelsey Fenix has been named a first team All-SEC performer as voted on by league coaches and announced by the league office on Tuesday.

Fenix, a senior from Westlake, Ohio, battled through an injury plagued senior season and finished with two goals and an assist, including the game-winning goal against the Arkansas Lady Razorbacks. The Wildcats posted a 10-2-2 record in games where Fenix saw action, and they were 0-4-1 in games without her.

It is the senior captain?s first time appearing on the All-SEC list and she is the 15th Wildcat to receive first-team honors.

Fenix and the Wildcats (10-6-3) begin defense of their SEC Tournament title on Wednesday when they take on the Florida Gators in the quarterfinals of the 2007 SEC Soccer Tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama.

For the second straight year, the Wildcats needed a late season rally in order to secure a berth in the SEC Tournament. This year, Kentucky put together a five-match unbeaten streak to end the season, going 4-0-1. The team finished with 13 points to finish eighth and advance to the tournament. UK is the only school in league history to advance to every SEC Tournament since the inception of the tournament in 1993.

The Wildcats draw the top-seeded Florida Gators in the first round. Florida defeated Kentucky 1-0 earlier this season in Gainesville and owns an all-time mark of 2-13-2 against the Wildcats. The last time the two teams met in the SEC Tournament was in the 2006 SEC Tournament championship game when Megan Jones scored two goals en route to a 2-1 UK win for the tournament title.

Kentucky owns a 12-11-1 all-time mark in the league tournament.

Kickoff between the Wildcats and Gators is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. ET at the Orange Beach Soccer Complex. Live stats will be available at UKathletics.com.