History:
John Bowman founded the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Kentucky, a publicly chartered department of Kentucky
University, as a land-grant university in 1865. In 1869 the
first degree from A&M was awarded. In 1878, A&M separated
from Kentucky University, which is now Transylvania University.
For the new school, the city of Lexington donated a 52-acre
park and fair ground, which became UK's present campus. The
college was initially for men only, but women were admitted
beginning in 1880. The first female degree recipient was Belle
Gunn in 1888. The school's name was changed to "State
University, Lexington, Kentucky" in 1908, then to "the
University of Kentucky" in 1916. The University of Kentucky
became racially integrated in 1949 when Lyman T. Johnson,
a black man, won a lawsuit to be admitted to the university.
Sports, Clubs, and Traditions:
The University of Kentucky is a founding member of the Southeastern
Conference. The Kentucky Wildcats sponsor football, men's
& women's basketball, women's volleyball, baseball, softball,
men's & women's cross country, men's & women's swimming/diving,
women's gymnastics, men's & women's soccer, men's &
women's track & field (indoor & outdoor), men's &
women's golf, men's & women's tennis, and rifle. The men's
soccer team competes in the Mid-American Conference because
the SEC does not sponsor that sport for men.
The University of Kentucky men's basketball team is one of
the elite NCAA basketball programs, having earned seven NCAA
titles and, at the time of this article, more wins than any
other school in the history of the sport. Its seven titles
have been won by four different coaches; no other Division
I school has had more than two coaches win national titles.
Kentucky's Rupp Arena has attained legendary status as one
of the top 5 most difficult venues in the country for opponents
to play.
External links
http://www.uky.edu/
Official UK site
http://www.ukathletics.com/
Official UK athletics site
Shipping :
When you find Kentucky tickets that you would like to purchase,
they can be purchased online via our encrypted safe and
secure server. Or if you prefer, you may order by phone.
For faster service, please order online. Your Kentucky ticket's
order will be fulfilled within 6-24 hours. All tickets will
be sent via Federal Express. The shipping address must be
the same as your billing address at which you receive your
credit card statement. If this is not the case, we will
need to obtain a fax written authorization from you. If
you would like to do this, you should contact one of our
ticket representatives.
Availability :
The ticket inventory is updated on a hourly basis. However,
if the tickets you wish to purchase are no longer available,
we will contact you immediately and you will be given other
options or you may choose an alternative set of tickets
that we wil try to offer similar to the price range of your
original order.