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Ashton Hagans named National Defensive Player of the Year candidate

You thought Kentucky football was the only UK athletic program with a National Defensive Player of the Year-caliber player? Think again.

The Atlanta Tipoff Club released their midseason watch list for National Defensive Player of the Year, and Kentucky point guard Ashton Hagans made the cut.

We've known @H23Ash is one of the best defenders in the country for a while but everyone else is now starting to notice. Hagans is on the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year national watch list. Semifinalists will be announced in February.

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