• ATHLETE, LCHS CLASS OF 1961. SELECTED TO THE L-H-S HALL OF FAME IN 2020.
• THREE-SPORT ATHLETE, FIRST TEAM ALL-STATE SELECTION IN BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL HIS SENIOR YEAR, ALSO EXCELLED IN TRACK.
• BASKETBALL- FIRST TEAM ALL-EIAC JUNIOR AND SENIOR SEASONS. SELECTED TEAM’S CO-MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER WITH JIM CALDWELL, SENIOR YEAR, ALONG WITH BEING NAMED TO THE ALL-STATE TEAM. KNOWN FOR HIS SPEED, KENNETT BROUGHT FAST-BREAK BASKETBALL TO TIGERTOWN. A CHANGE IN PHILOSOPHY FOR COACH BUD BATEMAN, THAT LED HIS TIGERS TO THE NUMBER ONE RANKING IN THE STATE, EVENTUALLY FINISHING THE SEASON, AT NUMBER FIVE.
• BASEBALL- FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE JUNIOR AND SENIOR SEASONS. FIRST TEAM ALL-STATE AS A SENIOR. STATE FINALIST-AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL, 1960 & 1961. OFFERED A CONTRACT BY THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES IN THE SUMMER OF ’61, BUT OPTED TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY TO CONTINUE HIS BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL CAREERS.
• TRACK- MEMBER OF THE 1959 EIAC CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, COMPETING IN THE HIGH JUMP, LONG JUMP, HURDLES, AND RELAYS.
• AFTER LCHS- FOUR-YEAR LETTER WINNER IN BOTH BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL AT KENTUCKY. MEMBER OF THE #1-RANKED WILDCATS DURING THE 1963-64 BASKETBALL SEASON. PURSUED A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN COACHING BOTH BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL AT BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEVELS IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. RETURNED TO THE AREA TO COACH BASEBALL AT MILAN HIGH SCHOOL, UNTIL EVENTUALLY RETIRING IN FLORIDA.