Zvonimir Ivisic has picked out his jersey number as the fall semester begins at the University of Kentucky.
The 7-foot-2, 220-pound forward out of Vodice, Croatia will wear No. 44 as a freshman for the Wildcats in 2023-24, the first player since Dakari Johnson (2013-15) to rock the number in Lexington. His bio and number were recently added to the official roster for UK Athletics.
Ivisic joins Johnson, Chuck Hayes (2001-05), Gimel Martinez (1990-94), Jeff Ginnan (1988-89), Robert Lock (1984-88), Charles Hurt (1979-83), Scott Courts (1977-78), Bob Fowler (1975-76), Steve Lochmueller (1972-74), Dan Issel (1967-70), Brad Bounds (1964-67), Cotton Nash (1961-64), Bill Lickert (1958-61), Phil Grawemeyer (1953-56) and Cliff Dwyer (1951-52) as Wildcats to sport No.