A Knott County native will compete at the Special Olympics Kentucky State Golf Tournament in August at the Fort Knox Military Base. Wake Mullins is part of the Special Olympics Fayette Co. Golf Team as a Unified team with his Stepdad Dennis Gaines. Saturday, July 21, 2012, they competed in the Louisville Qualifying Golf Tournament at Shawnee Course and placed first in their flight with a score of 42 (9 hole alternate shot format). Wake is orginally from Sassafras, the son of Kim and Dennis Gaines and Doyle and Susie Mullins. His grandparents are David and Sherry Combs, sister Emily Mullins all of Lexington. (Deceased Grandparents John C and Lillie Mullins formerly of Amburgey.)