The University of Kentucky is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference. The Kentucky's sports teams (nicknamed the
Wildcats) include football, men's & women's basketball, women's volleyball,
baseball, softball, men's & women's cross country, men's &
women's swimming/diving, women's gymnastics, men's & women's soccer, men's
& women's track & field (indoor & outdoor), men's &
women's golf, men's & women's tennis, and
rifle. The men's soccer team competes in the Mid-American Conference because the SEC does not sponsor that sport for men.The University of Kentucky men's basketball team is one of the elite NCAA basketball
programs, having earned a total of seven NCAA titles and, at the time of this article, more wins than any other school in the
history of the sport. Its seven titles were won by four different coaches--no other Division I school has had more than two
coaches win national titles. UK's Rupp Arena has attained legendary status as
one of the top 5 most difficult venues in the country for opponents to play.In addition to its basketball success, the University of Kentucky cheerleaders have won the UCA Division I-A Cheerleading Championship 12 times, more than any other school.The football team is typically much less successful than the basketball team, rarely achieving a winning season. As a member
of the football-heavy SEC, they compete against many of the top college football progams in the nation. They play at Commonwealth Stadium.In an interesting show of school pride, Lexington and the surrounding Bluegrass area code was changed several years ago to
859, which spells out "UKY" on the phone.The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department is the home and sponsor of one of the earliest college amateur radio
stations in the United States, call sign W4JP, with continuous operation dating from before World War I, before amateur radio
licenses were granted by the US Government.