< PreviousKENTUCKY 50 @KentuckyMBB 2021-22 Saw action in 29 games and made four starts in his second season with the Wildcats … Averaged 6.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game in 17.7 minutes … Missed five games due to injury … Scored in double figures in seven games … Had career highs in scor- ing, blocks, assists, field-goal percentage and 3-point field-goal percentage … Averaged 7.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game over his final seven games of the regular season … Tal- lied nine points with a trio of dunks and three points from the charity stripe against Saint Peter’s in the NCAA Tournament … Logged 10 points and three blocks in the SEC Tourna- ment quarterfinals against Vanderbilt … Con- tributed eight points and six rebounds in 39 minutes of the win over LSU at home … Had 13 points, six boards and three assists in a ca- reer-high 40 minutes in the home victory over Alabama … Tallied 11 points and contributed six rebounds at Tennessee … Scored 10 points and had three rebounds in just six minutes at South Carolina before injuring an ankle … Logged 11 points and three rebounds in the win at Kansas … Contributed nine points, six boards, two assists, a block and a steal in the come-from-behind win at Texas A&M … Had season highs with 14 points and eight rebounds at LSU … Notched 12 points and a career-high six assists in the win over Western Kentucky … Had seven points, five rebounds and three assists in a win against North Car- olina … Had seven points in the win over Central Michigan … Made his season debut after missing much of the preseason with a shoulder injury against Duke in the Champi- ons Classic with four points and six rebounds. 2020-21 Southeastern Conference First-Year Academ- ic Honor Roll member … Appeared in 24 of 25 games with two starts … Originally slated to redshirt in 2020-21, became a key player off the bench for the Wildcats, impacting the game in key spurts in the scoring column and on the boards … Averaged 5.2 points and 3.5 rebounds on the season … Four games in double-figure scoring … Made a greater impact as the season progressed, averaging 7.7 points and 4.4 rebounds in 23.0 minutes over the final seven regular-season games … Came up with a career-high three steals in ad- dition to five boards at Ole Miss … Scored 11 points in 21 minutes in the home loss to Florida … Recorded a career-high 16 points on 5-of-9 shooting in 23 minutes at Vanderbilt … Totaled five points and a season-high seven rebounds in the home victory vs. Auburn … Solid game vs. Arkansas with nine points and six rebounds … Provided a spark in the loss at Auburn with 10 points and six rebounds … JACOB TOPPIN 6-9 n 205 n Sr. n Brooklyn, N.Y. #0 n F Follow JACOB on Social Media n @jtoppin0 on Twitter n @jtoppin_0 on Instagram n @jtopppin_21 on TikTok n @jtopppin_21 on SnapChat n jtoppin9 on Twitch Click Here for More Information on Jacob464 Chenault Road | Frankfort, KY 40601 | 502-695-4700 membership@kychamber.com| www.kychamber.com MEMBERSHIP MATTERS. JOIN TODAY!KENTUCKY 52 @KentuckyMBB 2021-22 Unanimous National Player of the Year (Sporting News, Associated Press, United States Basketball Writer’s Association, Na- tional Association of Basketball Coaches, Na- ismith Trophy, Wooden Award) … First player in program history to win all six NCAA-rec- ognized awards … First player in SEC history to win all six in the same season … Unani- mous All-America First-Team honoree by the AP, Sporting News, USBWA and NABC … Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award winner for the nation’s best center … NABC’s Pete Newell Big Man of the Year … SEC Player of the Year … First-Team All-SEC by both the league’s coaches and media … Naismith Defensive Player of the Year finalist … All-SEC Defen- sive Team as selected by the league’s coach- es … Led the country in rebounding (15.1), offensive rebounds per game (5.3) and de- fensive rebounding percentage (34.6%), also ranked second in offensive rebounding percentage (19.4%) … Snared 515 rebounds on the season, topping any other Division I collegiate player … The mark ranks as the third-most in program history and is one of just three players to tally 500 or more … Be- came a 1,000-point collegiate scorer in the final game of the season … Set a UK sin- gle-season record with 28 double-doubles … Was the first player to average at least 15 points and at least 15 rebounds per game since Drake’s Lewis Lloyd and Alcorn State’s Larry Smith did so in 1979-80 … First ma- jor-conference player to average 15-15 since UCLA’s Bill Walton in 1972-73 … First UK player to tally those numbers since Bob Bur- row in 1954-55 … Finished the season as the only major-conference player averaging at least 1.6 blocks and 1.6 steals per game … Corralled 10 or more rebounds in all but two games … Finished the season with program records of 21 straight double-figure rebound- ing efforts and 16 straight double-doubles … One of only two players (Anthony Davis) in program history since 1978-79 to lead the team in points per game (17.4), rebounds per game (15.1), steals per game (1.8), blocks per game (1.6) and field-goal percentage (60.6%) with a minimum of 130 attempts … Set a Rupp Arena record with 28 rebounds against Western Kentucky … Had more rebounds than the Hilltoppers entire team … It tied for the sixth-most rebounds in UK history and the most for a Wildcat in a regulation-length game in more than 52 years … It was the most in Division I basketball since Kendall Gray from Delaware State had 30 in 2015 … Finished the season responsible for 37.8% of the team’s total rebounds, taking away team rebounds that number jumped to 41.2% … Had 80 rebounds through the first five games OSCAR TSHIEBWE 6-9 n 260 n Sr. n Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic #34 n F Follow OSCAR on Social Media n @Oscartshiebwe34 on Twitter n @oscar_tshiebwe on Instagram of the Congo Click Here for More Information on OscarKENTUCKY 54 @KentuckyMBB High School A consensus five-star prospect … Ranked as the No. 7 overall player by Rivals … Ranked No. 8 overall by 247Sports and 20th by ESPN … Averaged 19.9 points, 7.4 boards and 6.1 assists per game as a senior at Richardson … 2022 Texas Gatorade Player of the Year and The Dallas Morning News’ Player of the Year … Repeated as the District’s MVP … Was a McDonald’s All American and a selection to the Jordan Brand Classic … Averaged 15.7 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1.3 steals in the 2021 Nike EYBL … Shot 51.2% from the field and 37% from 3-point range and was tabbed the Circuit’s Most Valuable Player of Nike EYBL Session I … Also earned All-Peach Jam honors … Led the NBPA Top 100 Camp in assists (5.0) and steals (3.0) per game while posting 10.3 points and 4.3 rebounds … Topped 1,000 career points during his junior season … Earned District Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore … Tabbed the Newcomer of the Year as a freshman … Graduated with honors … Was a member of the Student-Athlete Leadership Team … Volunteered locally as a youth tutor and basketball coach … Also competed in football, soccer, basketball and track. Personal Born Nov. 7 … Parents are Kimberly and Mike Wallace … Has a brother, Keaton who played college basketball at UT Arlington … He lists his brother as his life’s greatest influence … Major is communication/exploratory studies ... Away from the court he likes to watch Net- flix … SpongeBob SquarePants is his favorite TV show … Dunked for the first time in eighth grade … Lists Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as his favorite former Wildcat and LeBron James as his all-time favorite player … Superpower he would most like to have is teleportation … Likes chicken and shrimp alfredo … Can play the saxophone and piano … Picked Kentucky over Tennessee, Texas and UT Arlington. 6-4 n 193 n Fr. n Dallas #22 n G CASON WALLACE Follow CASON on Social Media n @wallace_cason on Twitter n @cason.wallace on Instagram Click Here for More Information on CasonKENTUCKY 2021-22 Named to the 2021-22 SEC Community Ser- vice Team … Appeared in 28 games in his second season with the Wildcats … Missed three due to injury … Registered career highs in points (42), blocks (11) and field- goal percentage (66.7%) … Led the team in blocks in four games … Played a season-high 16 minutes and snared six rebounds in the SEC Tournament semifinals vs. Tennessee … Tied his career high with a pair of steals, while also adding three rebounds in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals against Vanderbilt … Had four points and a season-high seven rebounds in the home win over Florida … Tallied four points and four rebounds in 10 highly effective minutes at Kansas … Had two points and four boards in the overtime win over Mississippi State … Scored two points and snatched five boards in the win over High Point … Had five points and three boards in the SEC opener against Missouri … Scored four points against North Florida. 2020-21 Key reserve for the Wildcats who added physicality and quality rebounding … Ap- peared in 21 games and made three starts … Scored 41 points, hauled in 63 rebounds, totaled 11 blocks, corralled six steals and dished out eight assists … Led the team in rebounds in two games and in blocks twice … Also paced the team in steals once … Produced a pair of double-figure rebound- ing efforts … Grabbed four rebounds in the Southeastern Conference Tournament game against Mississippi State … Played 29 minutes and recorded a career-high eight points, 10 rebounds and a career-high three blocks at No. 18/17 Missouri … To- taled seven points and a pair of rebounds in the win over LSU … Scored four points, had four rebounds and logged a block, a steal and an assist in the loss at Auburn … Notched four points, a career-high 13 re- bounds and a career-best four assists in the double-overtime win at Mississippi State … Posted four points, four rebounds and a blocked shot at Louisville … Breakout game came against No. 22/21 North Carolina with four points, seven rebounds and two steals in 21 minutes of action … Scored his first career point with a free throw against Georgia Tech … Had five rebounds, two blocks and a steal in his collegiate debut against Morehead State. High School Led high school team to a 29-1 record his se- nior season … Averaged 11.8 points, 7.9 re- bounds, 1.3 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.3 blocks for a team that won its final 25 games … LANCE WARE 6-9 n 235 n Jr. n Camden, N.J. #55 n F Follow LANCE on Social Media n @lanceware12 on Twitter n @lance.ware on Instagram Click Here for More Information on Lance @UKSportsNetwork 55KENTUCKY 56 @KentuckyMBB 2021-22 Appeared in nine games in 2021-22 … Had three rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals … Picked up a steal against High Point … Had an assist vs. Western Kentucky … Snared a rebound vs. Central Michigan … Had a rebound and a steal against North Flor- ida … Registered a rebound against Mount St. Mary’s. 2020-21 Joined the team as a walk-on … Made one appearance, logging two minutes in Ken- tucky’s dominating regular-season finale vic- tory over South Carolina. High School Appeared in all 26 games for Kingsway Re- gional during his senior season … Averaged 8.7 points per game … Notched 11 dou- ble-figure scoring efforts and knocked down multiple 3-pointers in 12 games … Scored a season-high 19 points on six made 3s with four assists against Woodstown … Also post- ed 16 points, five rebounds and four assists at Clearview and recorded 15 points, six boards and five dimes vs. Cumberland … Dished out four or more assists in 14 games … Produced three or more steals in 10 games … Helped advance Kingsway to the 2020 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 4 Championship field of 64. Personal Born Feb. 3 in Camden, New Jersey … Mother is Syreeta Brittingham … Stepfather is Dajuan Wagner, former Memphis star who played for John Calipari … Has two siblings, Dayonni and Dajuan Jr. … Major is communication … Off the court talent includes juggling … Lists his parents as the two people who have influ- enced him the most … When he’s not playing basketball he’s watching it … Listens to NBA YoungBoy, Polo G and Lil Durk pregame … Chicken is his favorite food … Lists Kemba Walker as his favorite NBA player and Tyler Ulis as his favorite former UK player. KAREEM WATKINS 5-8 n 175 n Jr. n Camden, N.J. #25 n G Follow KAREEM on Social Media n @reemwat on Instagram Click Here for More Information on KareemKENTUCKY 2021-22 Bob Cousy Award finalist for the nation’s best point guard … All-SEC Second Team by both the league’s coaches and the media … Third in the nation and first in the SEC for the sec- ond straight season with an average of 6.9 assists per game … Finished with 207 assists on the season which is the fourth most in a single season in UK history … That mark was also a career high … Was second in the SEC with a 2.27 assist-to-turnover ratio … Totaled 12 games with at least eight assists and had five or more in 12 of the final 13 games of the season … Scored in double figures in 16 outings … Totaled a pair of double-doubles in the points-assists variety … Had a career low in turnovers … Shot 78% from the free- throw line, the best mark of his career … Produced 28 games with at least three assists and led the team in that category 25 times … Started 29 of the 30 games he played … Missed four games due to injury … Averaged 10.1 points, 6.9 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game … Had 11 points and a team-high six assists in the NCAA Tourna- ment … Logged 10 points and six rebounds against Tennessee in the SEC Tournament semifinals … Produced eight points and 11 assists in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals win against Vanderbilt … Scored 13 points, had five assists and two steals in the win at Florida … Logged 16 points and seven assists in the win over Ole Miss … Had 14 points and five assists at Arkansas after missing two games with an injury … Had 11 assists and four rebounds in the win at South Carolina … Totaled seven points, eight assists and three rebounds in the win at Kansas … Scored 15 points and chipped in with six assists in the overtime win over Mississippi State … Was the team’s leading scorer with 17 points at Auburn … Had 21 points, eight assists and two steals following a two-game absence due to injury in the historic win over Tennes- see at home … Logged 11 points and nine assists in the SEC regular-season opener vs. Missouri … Scored a season-high 26 points to couple with eight assists and a season-best four steals in the win over North Carolina … Was named the SEC Player of the Week and the NCAA March Madness National Player of the Week following the performance … Tallied 12 points and a career-high 14 assists in the win over North Florida for his second double-double … Logged 16 points and 10 assists in his season debut against Duke in the Champions Classic. 2020-21 (at Georgia) An All-Southeastern Conference Second Team selection by both the coaches and the Associated Press … Started all 26 games … SAHVIR WHEELER 5-9 n 180 n Sr. n Houston #2 n G Follow SAHVIR on Social Media n @sahvir on Twitter n @sahvir on Instagram Click Here for More Information on Sahvir @UKSportsNetwork 57KENTUCKY 58 @KentuckyMBB T he University of Ken- tucky Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2022 was inducted recently with Jim Andrews (men’s basketball), Derek Bry- ant (baseball), Dezerea Bryant-Moore (women’s track and field), Keenan Burton (football), Mike Lyden (swimming and diving) and Kelsey Nun- ley-Moore (softball) officially receiving the honor. Jim Andrews, Men’s Basketball, 1970-73 All-SEC First Team as a junior and se- nior … Led UK with 20.1 points and 12.4 rebounds as a senior and 21.5 points and 11.3 boards as a junior … He is the last Wildcat to average 20 or more points and 10 or more rebounds over two seasons … Led UK to SEC champi- onships all three seasons on the varsity … Team made three trips to the NCAA Tournament, twice advancing to the Elite Eight … Named NCAA All-Mideast Regional Team as a junior and senior. Derek Bryant, Baseball, 1970-73 Two-time All-SEC First Team honor- ee during his days at UK … Exceptional hitter with career batting average of .369 (stats available for his last three seasons), with a career-high mark of .408 in 1971 … Drafted by the Oakland A’s out of UK in 1973 and reached the major leagues in 1979 … After leaving Oakland, had a successful playing and managerial career in the Mexican Professional League … Member of the Mexican Baseball League Hall of Fame. Dezerea Bryant-Moore, Women’s Track and Field, 2014-15 Two-time NCAA champion in the 200-meter dash … Set the NCAA outdoor 200m record with a time of 22.18 … Five-time NCAA medalist … Also silver in the 2014 indoor 60m, bronze in the 2015 indoor 200m and bronze in the 2015 out- door 100m … Nine-time All-American in her two seasons at UK … Won the SEC indoor 60m as a junior … 10-time SEC medalist … Continues to compete, win- ning the 4x100m relay at the 2019 World Relays and also winning the 2019 United States Championships in the 200m. Keenan Burton, Football, 2003-07 Great pass receiver and kickoff re- turner who also won awards for his out- standing character … Finished his career fourth in school history in pass recep- tions, second in UK history for receiving yardage and TD catches … Three-year All-SEC honoree … Led UK in pass re- ceiving as a junior and senior as UK post- ed consecutive wins in the 2006 and ’07 Music City Bowls … Set UK career record for kickoff return average … Played two years in the NFL before sustaining a ca- reer-ending injury. Mike Lyden, Swimming and Diving, 1993-2008 1996 NCAA Women’s Diving Coach of the Year … 12-time SEC Diving Coach of the Year … Led 12 Wildcats to 49 All-America selections ... In 2006, led Taryn Ignacio to the school’s first nation- al championship in diving when she set then-NCAA record on the platform ... Coached Kentucky’s first diving All-Amer- ican, Tina Johnson, and UK’s first three- time All-American, Clayton Moss ... Hav- ing died in 2008 after a lengthy illness, the UK Athletics CATSPY Courage Award is named in his honor. Kelsey Nunley-Moore, Softball, 2013-16 Pitched Kentucky to the 2014 Wom- en’s College World Series, its only ap- pearance in the WCWS … 2016 NFCA First-Team All-American … 2016 SEC Pitcher of the Year … Holds UK career records for appearances, innings pitched, ERA, wins and saves … 2016 First-Team All-SEC … 2016 Senior CLASS Award All-American … Fifth overall pick in the 2016 NPF Draft to the USSSA Pride, the highest-picked Wildcat in program histo- ry … 2014 WCWS and SEC All-Tourna- ment Team. UK Athletics Inducts Hall of Fame Class of 2022 By Tony Neeley UK Athletics Communications and Public RelationsNext >