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4  Keyla Snowden
Keyla Snowden

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Lexington, Ky.

High School:
Lexington Catholic

Last College:
Akron

Height:
5-7

Position:
G

Experience:
GRAD


02/13/2012

Hoops Falls at Tennessee

Goss scores 15 in loss; Cats still hold one-game lead in SEC

02/05/2012

LSU Snaps No. 6/5 UK's 13-Game SEC Winning Streak

LSU 61, No. 6 Kentucky 51

02/05/2012

UK Hoops at LSU -- Post-Game Notes

Final Score: No. 6/5 Kentucky - 51, LSU - 61d

02/02/2012

Goss Paces No. 6/5 UK Hoops to 82-41 Win over Ole Miss

Freshman Bria Goss Scores Game-High 19 Points

02/01/2012

No. 6/5 UK Hoops Meets Ole Miss in Memorial

The Wildcats look to remain undefeated in SEC play and win their 18th consecutive game at home

01/29/2012

Hoops Highlights vs. Alabama

Snowden, Mathies Propel Hoops Past Alabama; Cats use 32-4 first half run to secure win

01/29/2012

Snowden, Goss, Mathies after beating Alabama

Three Wildcats discuss UK's win and underwhelming second-half effort.

01/22/2012

Hoops highlights vs. Florida

Hoops Uses Second Half Surge to Upend Florida; Evans leads charge in second half with 10 points

01/11/2012

Snowden 'really excited' for Tennessee matchup

Senior guard Keyla Snowden talks to the media before Thursday's game against Tennessee.

01/08/2012

Hoops Highlights vs. Mississippi State

Hoops Improves to 3-0 With 88-40 Win Over Bulldogs; Cats set school record with 14 3-pointers led by Snowden with 22 points

02/05/2012

No. 6 Kentucky at LSU

No. 6 Kentucky at LSU - AP Photo Gallery

01/29/2012

Hoops vs. Alabama, 012912

Snowden, Mathies Propel Hoops Past Alabama; Cats use 32-4 first half run to secure win

01/22/2012

Hoops vs. Florida, 012212

Hoops Uses Second Half Surge to Upend Florida; Evans leads charge in second half with 10 points

01/19/2012

No. 6 Kentucky vs. No. 15 Georgia

No. 6 Kentucky vs. No. 15 Georgia

01/15/2012

No. 9 Kentucky vs. No. 24 South Carolina

No. 9 Kentucky vs. No. 24 South Carolina - AP Photo Gallery

casual photo action photoGeneral
Has played in 97 games with 55 starts, including the final six games last season ... Extremely accurate long-range shooter ... Ranks in the top 10 on several career charts, including second in 3-point field goal percentage (.378), fourth in 3-pointers made (116) and ninth in 3-pointers attempted (303) ... Needs 32 points to hit the 1,000-point mark in her collegiate career (includes games at Akron) ... Holds the school record with a 3-pointer in 25 consecutive games ... Current streak is eight-straight games with a trey ... Sat out the 2008-09 season due to NCAA transfer rules after one season at Akron ... Graduated in May with a degree in communications and a minor in telecommunications ... Working towards a second bachelor's degree in media arts and studies.

• SEC Player of the Week (Dec. 27, 2010)
• Two-time SEC Winter Honor Roll member
(2009-10, 2010-11)

2009-10 (Junior)
Started in 18-of-30 games, including the last seven in a row ... Missed four games with injury (stress fracture in right foot) ... Team's third-leading scorer with 9.6 points per game ... Averaged 6.6 ppg in SEC play ... Reached double-figure scoring 14 times, including five SEC games ... Ranked 43rd nationally in 3-point field goal percentage, netting .380 percent (65-of-171) ... Hit a 3-pointer in a school-record 25 consecutive games before ending the streak vs. Vanderbilt on Jan. 23 as she did not attempt a 3-pointer in just four minutes played ... Made at least five 3-pointers in four games ... Made 30-of-34 free throws (.882) ... Named SEC Player of the Week for her performance against Arkansas Pine-Bluff, scoring a career-high 28 points in only 19 minutes of play while recording a career-high tying six 3-pointers ... Hit five 3-pointers and went 2-of-2 from the free-throw line for 17 points in the win over No. 12 Notre Dame ... Led the Cats in scoring against No. 3 Duke with 15 points ... Scored a team-high 19 points, including 16 in the first half, against Hampton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in a career-high 37 minutes.

2009-10 (Sophomore)
Saw action in all 36 games, earning a starting assignment in the final nine games ... Averaged 6.7 points in 14.8 minutes per game ... Third-highest point total during NCAA Tournament play, averaging 10.3 points in four games ... Led UK and ranked third in the SEC in three-point shooting percentage ... Ranked fourth on UK's single-season list for 3-point FG percentage and eighth for 3-pointers made (51) ... Made two or more 3-pointers in 13 games ... Scored in double figures in 11 times, including four of the last five ... Made four 3-pointers against Liberty (3/20/10), the most ever by a UK player in an NCAA Tournament game ... Poured in a career-high 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the field, including five 3-pointers against Florida (2/18/10) ... Tied a career-high with eight made field goals against Florida (2/18/10) ... Made a trio of 3-pointers in scoring 14 points at Tennessee (2/25/10) in her first UK start ... Scored a career-high 25 points, including a career-best six 3-pointers against UT Martin (12/22/09) ... Tied the school record for most 3-pointers in a half with five in the opening stanza against UT Martin (12/22/09).

2008-09 (Redshirt)
Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules ... Tore ACL to her left knee during practice on Dec., 10, 2008.

2007-08 (Freshman at Akron)
Started in 29 of 31 games in her rookie season ... Broke the school record for most 3-pointers recorded in a single season with 91 ... That mark also was the second-most 3 in a single season in Mid-American Conference history ... Ranked sixth in the nation with an average of 2.9 triples per game, hitting at least one three in all but one game last year ... Named to the MAC All-Freshman team ... Ranked seventh in the league and second on the team in scoring (14.2 ppg) ... Also ranked second in the league in free throw shooting (.880) and 17th in minutes played (31.3).

High School

Helped lead the Knights to an impressive 130-14 overall record during her four-year career with three state championship game appearances and two state titles as a sophomore and junior ... Totaled 1,908 career points while setting a pair of state records for free-throw shooting percentage ... Set the single-season free throw mark as a senior, connecting on 142-of-156 attempts (91.0 %) and broke the career mark by converting 289-of-459 (84.7 %) ... Earned first-team all-state honors ... Named the Sweet Sixteen State Tournament Most Valuable Player in 2006 ... Four-year honor roll student ... Twice voted Girl of the Year (2005 and 2006) ... Active in several clubs at Lexington Catholic, including Beta Club, National Society of High School Scholars, Spanish Honors Society and National Honor Society.

The Cats' Cause
Played bingo at Kentucky Children's Hospital ... Participated in Cats Cultivating Character, where student-athletes teach character lessons once a month to third grade students at a local elementary school ... Volunteered at YMCA's Fall Festival ... Volunteered to pack and deliver food for God's Pantry BackPack program ... Participated in Beaumont Centre YMCA's Fall Festival ... Volunteered to serve lunch at the Lexington Hope Center ... Visited patients at UK's Markey Cancer Center ... Salvation Army bell ringer ... Southern Hills 5K celebrity race starter ... Volunteered to pack bags for the Joplin, Mo., tornado victims and also volunteered at the Catholic Action Center for the Joplin tornado relief effort.

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