Dominika Paurová remains competitive through tough times

Dominika Paurová remains competitive through tough times

Dominika Paurová spent her first season as a Kentucky Women's Basketball Wildcat rehabbing on the sideline after an ACL tear. She learned the ways of a Wildcat and Coach Kenny Brooks and his staff while working to strengthen her knee.

On October 16, 2025, UK Athletics released a statement : "Redshirt sophomore guard Dominika Paurová tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and is out indefinitely."

"She was sad in the beginning, but then immediately after she went after it, and that just shows you what type of person she is."

- Kenny Brooks, University of Kentucky Women's Basketball head coach

During the summer, Paurová's competitive edge came to the forefront. Teammates noted it as one of her defining characteristics, and de