For many sports fans at the University of Kentucky, varsity programs from football and men’s basketball down to track and field and soccer are as deep as the athletics rabbit hole goes.
Those fans would be sorely mistaken.
While Kentucky is known nationally for many of its top-level varsity programs and national championships, the university also has a very rich club sport culture.
With the trip to nationals and “midnight mayhem” the club hockey team has begun to make its way into the periphery of the casual fan, but dozens of other club sports continue to fight for recognition.