Every Tuesday, UK Athletics recognizes outstanding performances for our student-athletes.
These are the honorees for the week ending Sunday, Mar. 14:

Baseball: Logan Darnell

Junior left-hander Logan Darnell tossed eight innings and allowed only one
run in his fourth career start, leading UK to a series-opening win Friday night … Darnell
allowed only five hits and one run, striking out six for his third win of the
year … The reigning SEC Pitcher of the Week, Darnell is coming off a complete-game
shutout win at San Diego, and until allowing a seventh inning solo home run,
carried a 19.1 scoreless innings pitched streak … He tossed 114 pitches, with
84 going for strikes and forced 12 ground-ball outs … A week after throwing
first-pitch strikes to 22-of-32 hitters faced against San Diego, Darnell tossed
first-pitch strikes to 24-of-29 hitters faced … On the year, Darnell has totaled
a 2.17 ERA and a 3-0 record, tossing 29 innings, allowing only 27 hits and
striking out 23 … A reliever his first-two seasons, Darnell owns a 3.69 ERA
in 47 career appearances and four starts, tossing 92.2 innings with 82 punch-outs.

Baseball: Cory Farris

Sophomore rightfielder Cory Farris had a breakout week at the plate for the
Wildcats, registering starts in four of UK’s five games and leading the team
with a .462 (6-for-13) average … Farris launched his first three homers of
the year on the week, adding two doubles and a club-high seven RBI … The Florence,
Ky., native slugged for a 1.308 percentage during the week … Farris drew three
walks and got hit by a pitch, reaching base at a .588 clip on the week … Defensively,
Farris added an outfield assist and gathered seven putouts while playing flawless
defense in rightfield … In UK’s 8-4 win over Evansville, Farris went 3-for-3
with his first homer of the year, adding a double and getting hit by a pitch … In
a Saturday win over IPFW, Farris led the team with three RBI, going 2-for-4
with a walk a homer and a double … Sunday, Farris again homered – for the third
time in the last four games – a three-run jack … Farris added two walks in
the win Sunday, hitting No. 4 in the lineup for the first time in his career.

Baseball: Taylor Rogers

Dynamic freshman southpaw Taylor Rogers had an excellent outing in a win over
IPFW Saturday, tossing seven shutout innings to improve to 3-0 on the year … Rogers
struck out a career-high eight in his seven frames, allowing only four harmless
singles and walking two … Rogers tossed first-pitch strikes to 19-of-26 hitters
faced in the game, throwing 65 strikes in 96 total pitches …A native of Littleton,
Colo., Rogers retired seven consecutive hitters through the middle innings
of the win … On the year, Rogers has a 3-0 record and a 4.30 ERA, striking
out 14 in 23 innings … Without a poor start against Monmouth in San Diego and
in three starts, Rogers owns a 3-0 record and a 0.44 ERA in 20.2 innings pitched,
allowing only 16 hits and five walks, striking out 13, with opponents hitting
.219.

Softball: Megan Yocke

Junior Megan Yocke led the Wildcats offensively this week with at least one
hit in every game. She also earned three walks on the weekend to reach base
on seven occasions to pace the squad. Yocke also recorded a team-best 32 putouts
from her catcher position and tossed all three base runners attempting to steal
a bag.