BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A total of 140 WKU student-athlete's earned Commissioner's Honor Roll recognition from Conference USA for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better during the 2017-18 academic year, the league announced on Thursday.
A total of 2,824 student-athletes across C-USA received the recognition, and student-athletes with a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better will also receive the Commissioner's Academic Medal. Those recipients will be announced on Friday.
Over the past calendar year, 100 WKU student-athletes received their diploma from the University with 46 graduating in May 2017, 18 completed their degrees in the summer, while 35 received their degrees this past December. The cumulative GPA of the 100 graduates was 3.06.
BASEBALL
Evan Acosta (Batavia, Ill.)
Conner Boyd (Smyrna, Tenn.)
Luke Brown (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Caleb Bruner (Russellville, Ky.)
Richard Constantine (Huntsville, Ala.)
Cody Cooper (Hernando, Miss.)
Aidan Elias (Lexington, Ky.)
Cody Hartness (Greeneville, Tenn.)
Paul Kirkpatrick (Austin, Texas)
Steven Kraft (Gainesville, Va.)
Devon Loomis (Colfax, Calif.)
Michael Martin (San Diego, Calif.)
Sam McElreath (Brenham, Texas)
Ben Morrison (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Dillon Nelson (Omaha, Neb.)
Jacob Rhinesmith (Shakopee, Minn.)
Maddex Richardson (Owensboro, Ky.)
Jake Ryan (Santa Clarita, Calif.)
Bailey Sutton (Louisville, Ky.)
Ryan Thurston (Madison, Ind.)
Jared Wilson (Louisville, Ky.)
FOOTBALL
Nicholas Coffey (Dunnville, Ky.)
Jake Collins (Louisville, Ky.)
Steven Duncan (Charleston, S.C.)
Caleb Etheridge (Forsyth, Ga.)
D'Andre Ferby (Smyrna, Tenn.)
Jaylon George (Atlanta, Ga.)
Rex Henderson (Morgantown, Ky.)
Parker Howell (Nashville, Tenn.)
Joel Iyiegbuniwe (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Seth Joest (Versailles, Ky.)
Juwuan Jones (Sugar Hill, Ga.)
Carson Jordan (Poplarville, Miss.)
Graydon Kulick (Independence, Minn.)
Julien Lewis (Madison, Ala.)
Joseph McIntyre (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Matt Nord (Louisville, Ky.)
Ryan Nuss (Fairfield, Ohio)
Tyler Obee (Flossmoor, Ill.)
Dalton Ponchillia (Nashville, Tenn.)
Ben Reeder (Greenville, S.C.)
Jarrett Sippola (Carrollton, Ga.)
Cole Spencer (Louisville, Ky.)
Marcus Ward (Birmingham, Ala.)
Steven Witchoskey (Plant City, Fla.)
Tyler Witt (Joliet, Ill.)
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Dwight Coleby
Taveion Hollingsworth
Marek Nelson
Darius Thompson
TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY
Austin Brown
Taylor Scarbrough (Canton, Ga.)
Alexander Schell
Maor Seged (Be'er Sheva, Israel)
Bryce Swindell (Marrietta, Ga.)
Austin Hayes (London, Ky.)
Julius Morris (Montserrat)
Savannah Ames (Belleville, Ill.)
Rebecca Cook
Morgan Kannapel
Brianna Wolken (Louisville, Ky.)
Shelby Chobot (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Adarian Gray (Madisonville, Ky.)
Kira Harman
Morgan McIntyre (Ashland, Ky.)
Nicole Ogorek
Alexis Thacker
MEN'S GOLF
Thomas Bevington
Stuart Easton
Chase Landrum
Dawson McDaniel
Thomas Smith
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Elizabeth Anderson (Louisville, Ky.)
Alexis Brewer (Buffalo, Ky.)
Ivy Brown (Hodgenville. Ky.)
Tashia Brown (Lake Park, Ga.)
Whitney Creech (Jenkins, Ky.)
Dee Givens (Lexington, Ky.)
Sherry Porter (Baton Rouge, La.)
Kayla Smith (Fayetteville, Ga.)
Nichel Tampa (Alpharetta, Ga.)
WOMEN'S GOLF
Georgina Blackman
Elizabeth Cason
Caroline Cavin
Megan Clarke
Mary Joiner
Abigail Smee
Katharine Story
Hannah Turner
SOCCER
Chandler Backes (Carmel, Ind.)
Christina Bragado (San Diego, Calif.)
Kaylyn Bryant (Boynton Beach, Fla.)
Hannah Cady (Oxford, Mich.)
Hannah Chua (Claremont, Calif.)
Shayna Dheel (Plainfield, Ill.)
Sarah Gorham (Lexington, Ky.)
Deven Jackson (Auckland, New Zealand)
Avery Jacobsen (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Nahyo Jalajel (Fayetteville, Ga.)
Aleksandra Kožovic (Nis, Serbia)
Ashley Leonard (Troy, Mich.)
Allison Leone (Kennesaw, Ga.)
Megan Morris (Fenton, Mo.)
Nicole Roseland (Altamonte Springs, Fla.)
Brooke Tackett (Nicholasville, Ky.)
Anne-Marie Ulliac (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
SOFTBALL
Cassidy Blackford (Marshalltown, Iowa)
Paige Carter (Crown Point, Ind.)
Taylor Childress (Louisville, Ky.)
Rebekah Engelhardt (Rockport, Ind.)
Morgan McElroy (Madisonville, Ky.)
Kelsey McGuffin (Elizabethtown, Ky.)
Shelby Nunn (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Kendall Smith (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Tommi Stowers (Columbus, Ind.)
Jordan Thomas (Lebanon, Ky.)
Haylee Towers (Johnston, Iowa)
Brittany Vaughn (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Jordan Vorbrink (Louisville, Ky.)
TENNIS
Natalia De Ugarte (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)
Moka Ito (Fukushima, Japan)
Elpida Malamou (Ioannina, Greece)
Monica Malinen (Oulu, Finland)
Cindy Oest (Villarrica, Paraguay)
Cassie Pennington (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Violetta Shatalova (Minsk, Belarus)
VOLLEYBALL
Rachel Anderson (Sturgis, Mich.)
Taylor Bebout (Decatur, Ind.)
Alyssa Cavanaugh (Louisville, Ky.)
Sophia Cerino (Brentwood, Tenn.)
Taylor Dellinger (Clarkston, Mich.)
Sydney Engle (Floyds Knobs, Ind.)
Kayland Jackson (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Emma Kowalkowski (Lake Orion, Mich.)
Amara Listenbee (Beloit, Wis.)
Jessica Lucas (Seymour, Ind.)
Mary Martin (Lexington, Ky.)
Darby Music (Lexington, Ky.)
Hallie Shelton (Lexington, Ky.)
Maggie Singleton (Vacaville, Calif.)
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