Devin Burkes, Robert Hogan Earn Preseason All-SEC Honors
Kentucky seniors Devin Burkes and Robert Hogan each received 2025 Preseason All-Southeastern Conference honors, the league announced Wednesday.
Burkes, a catcher, earned First-Team honors and Hogan, a relief pitcher, was voted to the second team by the league’s coaches. Both were integral parts to Kentucky’s first-ever trip to the College World Series last season.
Burkes, from Bradenton, Florida, is entering his third season as the Wildcats’ primary catcher and is a two-time All-NCAA Regional honoree. In his career, he has clubbed 36 doubles, two triples, 15 home runs and driven in 98 runs while also drawing 79 walks and 34 hit by pitch with 30 stolen bases.
The heartbeat of the team, Burkes has guided UK’s pitching staff to two Super Regionals, a College World Series and a SEC championship the past two years.
Hogan, from North Oak, Minnesota, blossomed into a high-leverage arm in UK’s bullpen last season. He appeared in 24 games, going 1-0 with a save and 3.10 earned run average in 40.2 innings. Hogan added 2.1 scoreless innings in the 3-2 Super Regional-clinching victory over Oregon State.
The Cats are entering their ninth season under head coach Nick Mingione and have won 262 games during his tenure, including last season’s school-record 46-win campaign that featured a SEC regular season championship and Mingione’s second National Coach of the Year honor in seven full seasons at the helm.
SINGLE-GAME TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Season and single-game tickets for the 2025 season each are on sale now at the following links:
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The 2024 season saw unprecedented levels of fan support at Kentucky Proud Park as the Cats navigated their way to the first College World Series appearance in program history. Big Blue Nation recorded the top five single-game and top two three-game series crowds in school history along the way. UK is 55-13 overall at home in the regular and postseason the past two seasons, which each included two NCAA Regional bids and a Super Regional in 2024.
