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Sports Anchor @WKYT @wkytsports. Bluegrass girl, but she got big dreams 💭Prev: @wtoc11 @wbkotv @SpectrumNews1KY @UKJAMschool. Dog mom 🐾Opinions=my own.
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UK source: Reds draftee Matt Ponatoski enrolls at Kentucky, plans two-sport college career

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By Lyndsey Gough Verified
| WKYT-TV (Lexington, KY) Verified
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Matt Ponatoski, a two-sport standout from Cincinnati’s Archbishop Moeller High School, has enrolled at the University of Kentucky after being selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the Major League Baseball draft, a person with knowledge of the decision said. A source at Kentucky confirmed that Ponatoski enrolled at UK this week.
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Kentucky’s Jelkin goes to Phillies in fourth round; two Wildcats picked on Day 1 Original

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By Lyndsey Gough Verified
| WKYT-TV (Lexington, KY) Verified
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky right-hander Jaxon Jelkin was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the fourth round of the 2026 MLB Draft on Saturday, taken No. 135 overall with the final pick of Day 1 of the 20-round event. Jelkin, an Omaha, Nebraska, native, became the second Kentucky player drafted on Day 1, joining Tyler Bell. Under coach Nick Mingione, Kentucky now has 12 players taken in the first four rounds across his nine drafts as head coach.
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UK contract amendment moves ex-AD Barnhart into part-time role, outlines $3.06M severance plan Original

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By Lyndsey Gough Verified
| WKYT-TV (Lexington, KY) Verified
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Former University of Kentucky Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart will shift into a part-time fundraising role under a new contract amendment that also provides four years of severance payments totaling $3.06 million, according to the agreement executed and signed on June 30, 2026. That was Barnhart’s last day as UK AD. The second 2026 amendment sets Barnhart’s post-AD appointment at 0.2 FTE, or 20 percent of a full-time equivalent job, beginning July 1, 2026, through Jan.
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