Central Florida’s athletics department partnered with UCF TV, the university’s Bright House Networks television channel, to produce UKnighted, a recurring, 30-minute educational program designed to help kids succeed in school, sports and life.

The show will debut June 10 and is designed to educate youngsters on higher education and college athletics topics, including how to get there, how to succeed and how to plan for life after Central Florida. UKnighted will also provide safe, age-appropriate training workouts.

“When we approached UCF TV about producing a unique series directed toward teenagers, they jumped onboard pretty quickly,” said Central Florida’s John Kvatek, director of video services. “Our goal is to encourage young people to ‘Do the Knight thing.’ The show tells them that succeeding in school, choosing good role models and staying physically active come with great rewards. And since we are at UCF, we wanted to show that our university is a great place to do all of that and can be a springboard to doing something rewarding after college and sports.”

The show will feature student-athletes, coaches and faculty members as well as professional athletes. The program is hosted by current and former students.