Lamont Butler named Mr. Wildcat among other 2025 CATSPY Awards

UK Athletics hosted the 23rd annual CATSPY Awards inside Historic Memorial Coliseum on Monday, recognizing some of the top student-athletes on campus both as competitors in their respective sports and in the classroom. 35 total individuals were honored to go with 15 total teams, headlined by a trio of Teams of the Year: volleyball, rifle and baseball.

As for the individuals honored, the prestigious Mr. Wildcat awards went to Eli Cox from football, Devin Burkes from baseball and Lamont Butler from men’s basketball while Miss Wildcat went to Isabella Magnelli from gymnastics and Brooklyn DeLeye and Emma Grome from volleyball. Those awards are dedicated in honor of the late Bruno Agostinelli — a UK men’s tennis All-American and past Mr. Wildcat winner — and presented to Wildcats who have represented all-around excellence in athletics, academics, character and service during their Kentucky careers.

Winners of the Mr. Wildcat Award are Devin Burkes, Eli Cox, and Lamont Butler #CATSPYs pic.twitter.com/xcvh0xhdVO

— Kentucky Athletics (@UKAthletics) April 29, 2025

Winners of the Miss Wildcat Award are Brooklyn Deleye, Isabella Magnelli, and Emma Grome #CATSPYs pic.twitter.com/GSK654BPDQ

— Kentucky Athletics (@UKAthletics) April 29, 2025

Elsewhere, women’s basketball’s Clara Strack and men’s track and field’s Collins Kiprop Kipngok were named Newcomers of the Year, while women’s basketball’s Georgia Amoore and DeLeye earned Female Athletes of the Year. Male Athlete of the Year went to Ryan Waldschmidt of UK baseball.

Blue Heart Awards were handed out to Kate Powers from women’s track and field and Eli Stephenson from men’s tennis after overcoming injuries to return to action and make significant contributions to their teams.

UK President Dr. Eli Capilouto also earned the Heart of a Wildcat Award for his unwavering support and dedication to UK Athletics and its student-athletes.

Don’t forget about the classroom awards, too, with men’s cross country and women’s golf named Academic Teams of the Year while seven Wildcats — Patrick Herrera and Evan Byers from baseball, Grant Darbyshire from men’s basketball, Alex Justus from men’s track and field/cross country, Ainsley Edwards and Phoebe McCowan from women’s track and field/cross country and Kaelan Daly from women’s swimming & diving – earned Scholar-Athletes of the Year.

Some of the sights and sounds from the annual festivities:

And the full list of winners:

Female Newcomer of the Year
Clara Strack, Women’s Basketball

Male Newcomer of the Year
Collins Kiprop Kipngok, Men’s Track & Field

Male Supporting Role
Octavious Oxendine, Football

Female Supporting Role
Annie Riegert, Gymnastics
Marta López Echevarría, Women’s Golf

Scratch Award
Logan Dorsey, Men’s Soccer
Sharon Lee, Gymnastics
Evan Byers, Baseball

Male Athlete of the Year
Ryan Waldschmidt, Baseball

Female Athlete of the Year
Georgia Amoore, Women’s Basketball
Brooklyn DeLeye, Volleyball

Academic Teams of the Year
Men’s Cross Country
Women’s Golf

Blue Heart Award
Kate Powers, Women’s Track & Field
Eli Stephenson, Men’s Tennis

Community Service Award
Ella Emmert, Softball
Lily DeLong, Women’s Swimming & Diving
Josh Kattus, Football
Jackson Watts, Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country
Teagan Wright , STUNT

Keightley Assist Award
Bronson Sullivan, Athletic Training
Sara Zawadzki, Softball
Marc Shewmaker, Baseball
Julia Durant, Volleyball
Zach Brangers, Sports Video

Mr. Wildcat
Devin Burkes, Baseball
Eli Cox, Football
Lamont Butler, Men’s Basketball

Miss Wildcat
Isabella Magnelli, Gymnastics
Brooklyn DeLeye, Volleyball
Emma Grome, Volleyball

Heart of a Wildcat
Dr. Eli Capilouto

Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Patrick Herrera, Baseball
Grant Darbyshire, Men’s Basketball
Alex Justus, Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country
Evan Byers, Baseball
Kaelan Daly, Women’s Swimming & Diving
Ainsley Edwards, Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country
Phoebe McCowan, Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country

Team of the Year
Baseball
Rifle
Volleyball