BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Two University of Kentucky basketball players will attend the annual meeting of the Southeastern Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Leadership Council, the league office announced Thursday. Brennan Canada of the men’s basketball team and Nyah Leveretter of the women’s basketball team will attend the annual meeting at the Southeastern Conference offices in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 16-17.
The Council consists of one male representative and one female representative from each of the 14 SEC institutions. The purpose of the governing council is for student-athletes to serve as a channel of communication from their teams to the conference office on matters related to the student-athlete experience, student-athlete welfare, and to provide feedback on proposed rules governing the SEC and SEC and NCAA.
The Men’s Basketball Leadership Council and the Women’s Basketball Leadership Council make up two components of the SEC Student-Athlete Leadership Council. The third component is the Football Governing Council, which meets every February.
Brennan Canada, senior, guard
- Member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Frank G. Ham Character Society Member (2021)
- Graduated in communication
- Appeared in nine games in 2021-22
- Scored his first career points against Central Michigan at home last November, also adding a rebound
- Also had a bucket against Western Kentucky and High Point last December
- Recorded a block in a home win over Tennessee last January
Nyah Leveretter, Junior, Forward
- Member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022)
- Doing journalism
- Played in 25 games and had 11 starts in 2021-22
- Averaged 2.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game, while collecting 17 blocks, last season
- He played a career-high 37 minutes against Vanderbilt last January and earned his first career start
- In that game, she scored seven points against the Commodores, going 3-for-3 from the field, and added five rebounds and a career-best six blocks.
- Notched career highs in points (eight), steals (three) and defensive rebounds (six) at Alabama last February
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