BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Forty-seven WKU student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average of 3.21 are set to be recognized in the spring 2019 recogntion ceremonies on Saturday. The University will hold commencement on Friday.
As part of the group of 47, 12 current or former student-athletes will have completed their coursework for their master's degrees in areas ranging from speech-language pathology, kinesiology, organizational leadership, and student affairs in higher education. In the undergraduate degree paths, WKU student-athletes have earned degrees in the areas of civil engineering, marketing, mechanical engineering, sport management, broadcasting, accounting, finance, and many others.
Five former student-athletes completed their graduate degrees with 4.0 grade point averages: Nicholas Coffey, football (biology), Julien Lewis, football (recreation and sport administration), Sarah Gorham, soccer (recreation and sport administration), Taylor Proctor, softball (kinesiology), and Kaelin Grimes, volleyball (speech-language pathology).
In the NCAA's most recent Annual Progress Report, every Hilltopper and Lady Topper program exceeded the NCAA's mandated 930 minimum and 11 programs (out of 14) surpassed that threshold by 40 points or more. WKU is one of seven C-USA member schools to have 11 programs post 970 or higher scores in the 2017-18 APR report, highlighted by three programs (volleyball, women's golf, women's tennis) who posted perfect 1,000 APR scores.
Three WKU sport programs received NCAA Academic Performance Program Public Recognition Awards last week for having a multi-year APR score in the top 10 percent nationally: volleyball, women's tennis, and women's golf. All three sport programs have at least one student-athlete participating in commencement activities this week.
During 2018-19, 69 student-athletes have earned their degrees from the institution, with 22 others previously graduating in December, and those student-athletes combined for an overall grade point average of 3.21. Among those completing their undergraduate coursework, soccer's Megan Morris led all Lady Toppers in this commencement class with a 3.97 cumulative GPA while earning her degree in accounting, and Blake Smith from men's golf led all Hilltoppers with a 3.77 cumulative GPA in while earning his finance degree.
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