LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025 was inducted Friday night, with Abbey Cheek-Ramsey (softball), Makayla Epps (women’s basketball), Doug Flynn (baseball/men’s basketball/broadcaster), Sonia Hahn (women’s tennis), Josh Hines-Allen (football) and Karl-Anthony Towns (men’s basketball) honored during a ceremony at the Central Bank Center.
Here are the biographies of the new inductees. They will be introduced during halftime of Saturday’s football game, with the exception of Allen, who must return to Jacksonville in order to resume preparations for his NFL game Sunday.
Abbey Cheek-Ramsey, Softball, 2016-19
2019 National Fastpitch Coaches’ Association National Player of the Year … 2019 NFCA First Team Unanimous All-American … 2019 SEC Player of the Year, the first UK softball player to win that honor … Second in the NCAA in on-base percentage and No. 1 in slugging percentage in 2019 … Currently sits second in UK history in RBI (202), runs scored (189), home runs (61), slugging percentage (.678) and third in total bases (454) … 2019 SEC First Team All-SEC, All-SEC Tournament and All-Defensive Team … Three years NFCA All-Region … Academic All-America … Led UK to three NCAA Regional Championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances … Selected in the National Pro Fastpitch Draft by Chicago … Currently serves as assistant director of athletics and softball coach at a prep school … Also coaches volleyball at a middle school.
Makayla Epps, Women’s Basketball, 2014-17
First-team All-America by College Sports Madness (2016) … Three-time All-America honorable mention by the Associated Press … Three-year first-team All-SEC … Currently sixth in UK history with 1,790 points … Currently sixth in UK history in career games played (133), sixth in field goals made (668), eighth in assists (408), eighth in free throws made (353) and 10th in scoring average (13.5) … Recorded the second triple-double in UK history with 21 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds vs. Morehead State … Single-game high of 42 points ranked as the 10th-highest scoring performance in NCAA history at the time and tied the Memorial Coliseum record … Helped lead UK to a four-year record of 97-38 and advance to four straight NCAA Tournaments … Played one year in the WNBA.
Doug Flynn, Baseball, 1970; Men’s Basketball, 1970; Broadcaster 2004-present
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