BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A total of 46 WKU student-athletes earned the 2019-20 Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or better during the 2019-20 academic year, the league announced Friday.
Twelve WKU sport programs were honored by the conference, with Lady Topper Soccer leading the way with 11 honorees.
On Thursday, 163 WKU student-athletes earned Commissioner's Honor Roll recognition from Conference USA for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. That was WKU's most honorees since 2015 and its second-most overall since joining C-USA.
Over the 2019 calendar year, 72 student-athletes earned their degrees from WKU with a combined grade point average of over 3.15.
WKU Athletics has also maintained the highest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in program history at 85. Its 64 percent Federal Graduation Rate is also the second-highest in program history, and 12 percent higher than the university's general student body (52 percent).
Baseball
Sam McElreath
Dalton Mesaris
Jackson Swiney
Football
John Haggerty
Jared Nash
Malik Staples
Men's Basketball
Charles Bassey
Camron Justice
Carson Williams
Men's Cross Country
Jacob Skillman
Zach Skillman
Men's Golf
Tom Bevington
Jack Poole
Women's Basketball
Alexis Brewer
Dee Givens
Sandra Skinner
Women's Cross Country
Kaia Enevoldsen
Lauren Roby
Jenna Vaughn
Haley Webb
Women's Golf
Caroline Cavin
Megan Clarke
Mary Joiner
Lizzie Loy
Women's Soccer
Logan Barber
Kaylyn Bryant
Ansley Cate
Sydney Ernst
Katie Erwin
Aleksandra Kožović
Ashley Leonard
Chelsea Moore
Kerragan Mulzer
Isidora Pekez
Afton Schraml
Softball
Paige Carter
Morgan McElroy
Macy Murphy
Women's Track and Field
Audrey Griffin
Nicole Ogorek
Volleyball
Paige Briggs
Sophia Cerino
Katie Isenbarger
Emma Kowalkowski
Jennifer Rush
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