For many Kentucky coaches, players, journalists and fans, Twitter has become a part of their everyday lives. With that in mind, Cat Scratches will select a handful of topics from around the world of Kentucky sports and highlight some of the best of what those coaches, players, journalists and fans are communicating to their followers on Twitter.Dr. Lee Todd announces retirement as UK president After an illustrious and near decade long tenure as president of the University of Kentucky, Dr. Lee Todd, Jr. announced Wednesday that he would retire from his post in June of 2011 at the end of the 2010-11 school year. Dr. Todd led his alumni through very difficult economic times. However, the challenges of recent years prompted Dr. Todd and his wife, Patsy, to make the difficult decision to retire. Under Dr. Todd, UK embarked on a journey to become a top-20 public research institution by the year 2020 and has achieved many milestones along that path of growth. Dr. Todd also took an active role in athletics at UK and will be greatly missed. The official Twitter account of UK Athletics (@UKAthleticsNews): “After 10 years at UK, President Dr. Lee T. Todd, Jr. announced today he will retire at the end of the academic year: http://uknow.uky.edu/node/11703” John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari): “Our university president Dr. Lee Todd called me this morning and left a message on my phone. When I listened to it, it made me sick to my stomach because of my confidence in him as a leader. He’s maybe my best recruiter. Every player that comes on this campus has a chance to meet him, who went to school here and taught here. On the other side, I’m happy for him and his wife. But it’s a big loss. This is not like, Let’s just get another guy. This is a big loss.” Rich Brooks, former UK Football head coach (@UKcoachbrooks): “Good luck to Dr. Todd he has done a great job for Kentucky. He was a rock in my 3rd year when things were tough.” Jon Lipsitz, women’s soccer head coach (@UKCoachLipsitz): “Sad that President Todd is retiring. Fantastic President and leader for all of us. Going to miss him and Patsy.” Danny Trevathan named SEC Defensive Player of the Week During Danny Trevathan’s sophomore campaign last year, he was looked at as the speedy third linebacker alongside two well established performers in Micah Johnson and Sam Maxwell. However, entering the 2010 season, Trevathan was the veteran of a largely unproven group. He would need to step up in order for UK to continue its recent run of stellar play at the linebacker position. In week one against rival Louisville, Trevathan did just that. He tallied 11 tackles, 3.5 of which were in the Cardinal backfield, en route to being named the SEC’s Defensive Player of the Week. The official Twitter of UK Athletics (@UKAthleticsNews): “LB Danny Trevathan was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week after recording 11 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss, in the win at UofL”

Danny Trevathan (@DTrevathan22): “I’m always gone be humble!! Everybody on the UK team won Sec player of the week, it’s not just for me!! We are family.” After the game, Matt May of Cats Pause (@TCPMAY) was asked by a fan who most stood out to him for UK on the defensive side of the ball, he answered “Danny Trevathan. Not even close”. Even though UK is fresh off of beating its biggest in-state rival, Trevathan recognizes the importance of this weekend’s game against Western Kentucky and is telling his Twitter followers: “2 days left to prepare for this State Championship Game!! We gon make them count babe!!” UK Hoops continues individual workouts Matthew Mitchell and his UK Hoops team are in their second week of pre-season individual workouts. The Wildcats are looking to build on last season’s Elite Eight run. Tuesday was also the birthday of assistant coach Shalon Pillow and UK celebrated with a solid session of workouts. Head coach Matthew Mitchell (@UKCoachMitchell): “2nd week of ind work outs got off to a good start today. We need to get better this week” Assistant coach Kyra Elzy (@CoachLZ): “Excellent day of workouts! I can’t wait until we put it all together. They’ve been a lot of fun thus far! I love these girls.” The official Twitter of UK Hoops (@UKHoopCats): “Hey UK Hoops fans! @UKCoachMitchell has a new video update. Click here http://bit.ly/atgluG or visit facebook.com/UKCoachMitchell to see it. Happy Birthday to UK Hoops assistant coach @spillow aka Shalon Pillow! Hope it’s a great day!” Brandon Knight joins Twitter world This week, freshman point guard Brandon Knight became the latest Kentucky Wildcat to join the world of Twitter. He was welcomed to Twitter by coaches, fans, and fellow players. Brandon Knight (@BrandonKnight12): “1st tweet. What’s up twitter world!” John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari): “Everybody welcome @BrandonKnight12 to the Twitter Universe!” DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins): “Follow my Bruh @BrandonKnight12” Stacey Poole (@DeucePoole): “Follow my bruh @BrandonKnight12” Brandon Knight (@BrandonKnight12) “what up twitter people? idk why im still trying to figure out how this twitter works..ill get used to it eventually though” Thanks to Big Blue Nation’s incomparable ability to mobilize, Brandon accumulated over 3,000 followers in just a few days. I’d say that’s pretty good for someone who is still trying to figure out Twitter. UK women’s soccer falls at No. 17 Louisville Coach Jon Lipsitz and his UK women’s soccer team traveled to Louisville on Thursday evening to face the nationally ranked Cardinals. Despite creating a season-high 21 shots, the Wildcats were unable to tally a goal. The game was scoreless through 68 minutes, but Louisville was able to score in the 69th and 89th minutes. UK falls to 3-2 on the season, but the Cats still have their eyes on improving. Jon Lipsitz (@UKCoachLipsitz) – “Just finished watching the game again. We had way too many quality chances to get shutout like that. Time to work hard and get better. We truly appreciate the support from BBN and will continue to work hard building this program into a champion on and off the field. We know losses to Louisville are painful for others also, not just the players and coaches.We WILL keep pushing every day to make you proud!” Early Friday morning, Coach Lipsitz ready to get back to work with his team and improve: “Back to the lab. Much work to be done.”