A common complaint about one-and-dones is that they don’t care about academics. Keldon Johnson and Tyler Herro beg to differ. The two former Cats made the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll, along with Zan Payne and Reid Travis. The honor roll is based on grades from the 2018 summer and fall terms, along with the 2019 spring term. A student-athlete must have a 3.0 grade-point average for the entire year to earn a place on the list.
All in all, Kentucky had 99 student-athletes on the honor roll, the second most in the SEC. UK had the most honorees in men’s cross country and softball and the second most in men’s basketball and women’s basketball.