BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A day after 140 WKU student-athletes were honored for their achievements in the classroom, 41 have earned additional accolades by earning a spot on the 2017-18 Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal list.
The 41 WKU student-athletes are a part of 708 total student-athletes across the league who received the honor for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher. With eight total academic medalists, the women's soccer team led all WKU sport programs while softball had six, and football, women's golf and volleyball each had four.
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
Devon Loomis (Colfax, Calif.)
Michael Martin (San Diego, Calif.)
Ben Morrison (Bowling Green, Ky.)
FOOTBALL
Nicholas Coffey (Dunnville, Ky.)
Joseph McIntyre (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Jarrett Sippola (Carrollton, Ga.)
Tyler Witt (Joliet, Ill.)
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Marek Nelson (Plano, Texas)
TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY
Taylor Scarbrough (Canton, Ga.)
Alexander Schell
Rebecca Cook
Morgan Kannapel
Morgan McIntyre (Ashland, Ky.)
Nicole Ogorek
MEN'S GOLF
Tom Bevington (St. Albans, England)
Dawson McDaniel (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Blake Smith (Knoxville, Tenn.)
WOMEN'S GOLF
Caroline Cavin (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Megan Clarke (Heckmondwike, England)
Mary Joiner (Franklin, Ky.)
Hannah Turner (Smiths Grove, Ky.)
SOCCER
Kaylyn Bryant (Boynton Beach, Fla.)
Hannah Chua (Claremont, Calif.)
Sarah Gorham (Lexington, Ky.)
Aleksandra Kožovic (Nis, Serbia)
Ashley Leonard (Troy, Mich.)
Megan Morris (Fenton, Mo.)
Nicole Roseland (Altamonte Springs, Fla.)
Anne-Marie Ulliac (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
SOFTBALL
Cassidy Blackford (Marshalltown, Iowa)
Paige Carter (Crown Point, Ind.)
Taylor Childress (Louisville, Ky.)
Morgan McElroy (Madisonville, Ky.)
Kelsey McGuffin (Elizabethtown, Ky.)
Kendall Smith (Bowling Green, Ky.)
TENNIS
Moka Ito (Fukushima, Japan)
Elpida Malamou (Ioannina, Greece)
VOLLEYBALL
Sophia Cerino (Brentwood, Tenn.)
Sydney Engle (Floyds Knobs, Ind.)
Mary Martin (Lexington, Ky.)
Darby Music (Lexington, Ky.)
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