Kentucky Wildcats Signing Rumors 2023

1:52 PM EDT, Sat September 23, 2023

Arizona softball welcomes 2024 commit Anyssa Wild from Salpointe

2023 Arizona softball team at Hillenbrand Stadium in Tucson, Ariz. | Photo courtesy of Arizona Athletics Arizona just welcomed two new 2025 commits from parts of the country where the Wildcats don’t usually find recruits. That doesn’t mean they’re done with the 2024 class, though. They didn’t have to go far to find the latest addition, either. Anyssa Wild of Salpointe announced her commitment to the Wildcats on social media last night. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anyssa Wild (@anyssawild24) The corner...

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Wednesday Headlines: John Calipari to Receive Race Amity Medal of Honor

Drew Brown - A Sea of Blue Coach Cal gets recognized for his work off the court. John Calipari, the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team, is set to receive the Race Amity Medal of Honor from the National Center for Race Amity this November in Atlanta. Established in 2010, it recognizes individuals who champion race amity and societal equity. Beyond his basketball accolades, Calipari is celebrated for his commitment to community service and philanthropy. He has spearheaded numerous initiatives, from holiday support for families to the creation of...

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Arizona softball starts the class of 2025 with commitment from RHP Rylie Holder

Photo by Ryan Kelapire The class of 2025 got its start on Sunday evening with a player who should make Arizona softball fans happy. Rylie Holder, a right-handed pitcher from Flushear, Tex., made her announcement on social media late in the evening of Sept. 17, 2023. Holder gives the Wildcats a start with the most important position on the field, but she also plays first base and is sure to put in her Twitter biography that she’s a hitter. She also suggests that Arizona is, in fact, looking in new places for impact players. Fulshear is on the western edge of the...

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Recruiting heats up as Arizona women’s basketball awaits its first 2024 commit

Photo by Aldara Zarraoa/ The early signing period for women’s basketball begins on Nov. 8 and Arizona still has no known commits. By this time last year, all three of Arizona’s commits were on board with Jada Williams being the last one to pledge her name on Aug. 1 when she flipped from UCLA. The bare cupboard may finally get stocked soon as recruiting heats up for Adia Barnes and her staff. This is the time of finalist lists, official visits, and even new offers. Who are the Wildcats looking at—and who is looking at them? Sira Thienou takes an official visit and...

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3-star California athlete Sefo Akuila commits to Arizona football

247Sports Since arriving in Tucson, head coach Jedd Fisch has been successful at building the base for Arizona’s classes during official visits. But sometimes it takes a few months for the deal to get sealed The Wildcats landed another prospect from its big recruiting weekend in June, getting a commitment late Wednesday night from 3-star Bay Area athlete Sefo Akuila. ⬇️‼️ #LLC pic.twitter.com/FM07ke4vts— Sosefo “Money” Akuila (@Sefo_Akuila) September 7, 2023 Akuila, who is playing his senior season at Tennyson High School in Hayward, Calif., is...

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4-star WR Hardley Gilmore commits to Kentucky

ANDRES LEIVA/THE PALM BEACH POST / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cats add a blue-chip receiver to the 2024 class! Can I get a Yahtzee BBN? In what has been a hot summer on the recruiting trail for the Kentucky Wildcats Football program, it got even warmer today as they picked up a commitment to add to the young and talented wide receiver room already in Lexington. This commitment comes from four-star wideout Hardley Gilmore. He took to Instagram Live to announce the news Friday. Gilmore, a 6-foot-1 and 165-pound receiver out of Pahokee (FL), chose the Cats over Penn State,...

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Arizona soccer’s Marley Chappel and Brooke Ahern renew old ties as Wildcats

Arizona soccer’s Marley Chappel (22) against Oregon on Oct. 30, 2022 | Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Athletics Sometimes things all work out in the end. For Marley Chappel and Brooke Ahern, that’s certainly true. The two high school teammates took a detour on their way to college. Chappel landed in Tucson in 2021. Ahern was meant to join her a year later, but the coaching change in the summer of 2022 made her rethink her commitment and she went to Utah. That’s all over and the two are together once again. “In high school, we were always on the field together...