Every Tuesday, UK Athletics recognizes outstanding performances for our student-athletes. These are the honorees for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 17:

Baseball: Jerad Grundy

Senior southpaw Jerad Grundy had a great season debut, pitching UK to a win over Niagara on Sunday … Grundy worked six innings without allowing an earned run, walking one and tying his career high with nine strikeouts … Grundy allowed only four hits and held NU to a .167 batting average … In the middle innings, Grundy struck out five consecutive hitters, not allowing a hit the second time through the order … Grundy retired In his two-year UK career, Grundy has started 17 games with a 7-3 record and a 3.53 ERA.

Softball: Lauren Cumbess

• Led the team in hitting against some of the best teams in the nation, helping the Wildcats defeat No. 16 Washington and San Diego State, who was receiving votes in one poll. Cumbess hit .500 over the weekend, going 8-for-16 with two homers, one double and five RBI.
• Cumbess leads the team overall in batting average (.429), hits (15), homers (two), RBI (10) and slugging percentage (.657). She had a hit in every game throughout the tournament, including two against Keilani Ricketts, who pitched two no-hitters the opening weekend of the season to earn National Player of the Week honors. She is currently on a five-game hitting streak, the longest of the season by any Wildcat
• The native of Normal, Ill., also pitched well over the weekend, going 1-0 with a 1.40 ERA. She threw a complete game shutout against Cal Poly, going seven innings, allowing only four hits while striking out seven. Cumbess paces the team in ERA with a 2.04 mark and is second in strikeouts with 22.

Softball: Kelsey Nunley

• Pitched beautifully for the Wildcats in the second tournament of the season, posting a 2.21 ERA with wins against San Diego State, who was receiving votes in one major poll, No. 16 Washington and UC Riverside. She threw a complete game shutout against San Diego State, allowing only three hits while striking out seven and only walking two. Also went six innings the next day against highly ranked Washington, allowing six hits and one run – none earned – striking out three with no walks.
• Nunley came on in relief against UC Riverside after UK just captured a 4-3 lead and shut the door, allowing the highlanders only one hit over her three innings in the circle while striking out two batters.
• In her two starts over the weekend, Nunley went 13 innings, allowing nine hits and no earned runs with 10 strikeouts. In her four starts this season, Nunley is 4-0 and 6-0 overall. In those four starts Nunley has thrown 25 innings, allowing only three runs – two earned – while striking out 27 and walking seven.

Women’s basketball: Jennifer O’Neill

• Redshirt sophomore point guard Jennifer O’Neill led Kentucky to a 78-74 come-from-behind victory over No. 16/14 South Carolina.
• Scored 19 points, including 10 in the decisive second half as Kentucky came back from a 16-point deficit to record its largest comeback in the Matthew Mitchell era and tie the fourth-largest comeback in school history.
• Pulled down a season-high six rebounds and hit 6-of-7 from the charity stripe in a season-high 36 minutes.
• With the game knotted at 72 with 25 seconds remaining, O’Neill found open teammate Kastine Evans under the basket for a layup to give UK a two-point lead. She later iced the game by sinking two free throws with 16 seconds to go, giving the Wildcats a four-point advantage.
• Ranks third on the team in scoring at 10.2 points per contest, including 12.5 points in league play.
• Has reached double figures in 12 games this season, including nine of 12 SEC contests.
• Ranks tied for second on the team in 3-point field goals made (43) and 3-point percentage (.387). Her 3-point percentage also ties for fourth on UK’s single season list.

Baseball: J.T. Riddle

Junior J.T. Riddle had one of the most prolific weekends in Kentucky baseball history, batting .786 (11-for-14) to open the year, with three doubles, one triple, one homer and six RBI … Riddle collected 19 total bases, charted a 1.357 slugging and a .824 on-base percentage … In a win on Sunday, Riddle set a new program record with a 6-for-6, three runs, three RBI game at the plate, including ripping a triple off the centerfield fence, finishing a homer shy of hitting for the cycle  … In the season opener, he pelted doubles off the left and rightfield walls in a 3-for-5 game … In the finale of the weekend, Riddle went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs … He had a walk and two hit  by pitches, belting his first homer of the year as a no-doubt blast to spark a dramatic UK comeback win on Monday at USC Upstate.