BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Athletics once again set a new standard for its academic success Thursday, with a record 66 student-athletes receiving the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or better during the 2020-21 academic year.
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WKU's 66 honorees (20% of all student-athletes) top the school's previous best of 56 set in its first year in the league in 2015. It's also a 47% increase from the previous year in 2020.
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A total of 1,076 student-athletes earned the Academic Medal this year across Conference USA – a 33.3% increase from the previous year. Student-athletes from all 14 WKU sport programs were honored.
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On Wednesday, a record 208 WKU student-athletes were named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll for maintaining a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.
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WKU Athletics' graduating class for the spring and summer of 2021 featured a cumulative GPA of 3.35, which was the department's highest since at least 2010. During the 2020-21 school year, 90 student-athletes earned their degrees from WKU – including 27 who graduated in December – with a combined grade-point average of 3.27.
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WKU's Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal Recipients
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Baseball
Andrew Delaney
Kevin Lambert
Ricardo LeonettÂ
Collin Lollar
Dalton Mesaris
Andrew Paulsey
Jackson Swiney
Colby Taylor
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Football
Matt Baldeck
Mark Goode
John Haggerty
Juwuan Jones
Jack Randolph
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Men's Basketball
Kylen Milton
Carson Williams
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Men's Cross Country
Will Perrone
Jacob Skillman
Zach Skillman
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Men's Golf
Tom Bevington
Connery Meyer
Jack Poole
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Men's Track and Field
Rafael Teodoro da Silva Sou
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Women's Basketball
Ally Collett
Jenna Kallenberg
Jordan Smith
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Women's Cross Country
Kaia Enevoldsen
Rory O'Connor
Lucy Rutherford
Jenna Vaughn
Haley Webb
Heather Whitlow
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Women's Golf
Megan Clarke
Teri Doss
Mary Joiner
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Women's Soccer
Ellie Belcher
Ansley Cate
Sydney Ernst
Katie Erwin
Sophia Fondren
Annah Hopkins
Brina Micheels
Chelsea Moore
Shelbi Morrison
Kerragan Mulzer
Isidora Pekez
Lily Rummo
Emily Speidel
Jordan Strauss
Taylor Swartz
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Softball
Paige Carter
Katie Gardner
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Women's Tennis
Lisa Friess
Adriana Subias
Cora-Lynn von Dungern
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Women's Track and Field
Audrey Griffin
Nicole Ogorek
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Volleyball
Paige Briggs
Katie Isenbarger
Cameron Mosley
Jennifer Rush
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