Every Tuesday, UK Athletics recognizes outstanding performances for our student-athletes. These are the honorees for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 5:
Gymnastics: Holly Cunningham
Had a fantastic meet against No. 14 LSU, performing well on both the vault and balance beam. Started the meet by sticking her vault and posting a career-high score of 9.85, which tied the highest individual vault score on the season for UK. Cunningham was the last to go on balance beam with Kentucky currently holding a team score of 194.95. The native of Colorado Springs, Colo., delivered a clutch routine that was scored 9.8, which helped UK eclipse the 195 mark for the second consecutive meet.
Men’s basketball: Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis helped lead the Wildcats to a 2-0 mark on the week picking up a win at home and one on the road … Posted 15 blocks on the week, including eight blocks against South Carolina pushed his season total to 116, breaking Shaquille O’Neal’s SEC freshman record for blocks in a season, doing so in only 24 games … Now ranks ninth on the league’s single-season blocks list … Leads the nation in blocks and has more blocks than eight other schools in the league … Has blocked at least two shots in every game this season … Missed only two shots on the week … Led all scorers in both games … Also led both games in rebounding as well as blocked shots.
Men’s tennis: Alejandro Gomez
Clinched Kentucky’s match against No. 12 Pepperdine with a straight-sets 6-1, 6-1 win over David Sofaer. The native of Cali, Colombia, has earned the decisive fourth point in three consecutive matches for UK, including two against top-25 ranked foes. Gomez is 7-0 in dual matches this season and has a season record of 27-4.
Men’s tennis: Alex Musialek
The senior co-captain showed his heart and toughness in UK’s win over No. 12 Pepperdine by defeating No. 21 Sebastian Fanselow in a three-set thriller 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. With the match tied 2-2, Musialek broke the Pepperdine star to win the third set and give UK a 3-2 lead it would not relinquish. Musialek is now 3-0 in dual matches and 17-5 this season.
