By Molly Clark
There were hundreds of families gathered together on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, for the University of Kentucky’s December commencement ceremony in Memorial Coliseum. However, for the Hobbs family of Pikeville, this particular ceremony marked the end of an era.
Rachel Hobbs ’11 ED, daughter of Jim and Karen Hobbs, was the fourth of four Hobbs daughters to walk across the stage and become an official UK alumna.
“I feel like my parents deserve an award,” said Rachel Hobbs. “At one point, there were three of us attending UK at the same time and my parents have paid tuition to UK for the last 11 years!”
Not to mention, all four Hobbs girls, Rebecca Hobbs ’05 ED, Sarah Hobbs Howard ’05 HS, Annie Hobbs Sword ’09 ED and Rachel Hobbs, were all members of Alpha Delta Pi sorority.
We are happy to call all four Hobbs girls alumni. With such similar university and sorority choices, it’s likely these sisters have been accused of being “copy cats” a time or two; and honestly, who would blame them?
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- The Hobbs sisters have lots of Wildcat Pride.
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- Something old, something new, something borrowed and, of course, something BLUE!
