WKU To Unveil Travis Hudson Statue On Nov. 8

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU will unveil the statue of WKU Volleyball Head Coach Travis Hudson on Nov. 8 at 2:30 p.m. CT outside of Gate 2 at E.A. Diddle Arena.

Hudson is in his 31st season on The Hill and joined WKU's Athletics Hall of Fame on Nov. 16, 2024. He has amassed 797 career wins, surpassing Ed Diddle for the second-most among any Hilltopper coach in a single sport (Diddle owns 1,030 total head coaching victories among the four sports he coached at WKU). Hudson has led his Hilltoppers to 34 Conference Championships and 17 NCAA Tournament appearances (including the 2020-21 Sweet 16); he has been named Conference Coach of the Year 12 times and AVCA South Region Coach of the Year seven times; and he has coached 68 first-team all-conference honorees, 13 All-Americans (including four, four-time All-Americans), 12 Conference Players of the Year, seven Freshmen of the Year, seven Defensive Players of the Year, six South Region Players of the Year and six Setters of the Year.

The life-size bronze statue will be mounted on a granite base and was created by sculptor Russ Faxon. This will be Faxon's eighth sculpture on campus and ninth in Bowling Green. His others include E.A. Diddle outside of Diddle Arena; Robert Guthrie at Guthrie Tower; Jody Richards at Jody Richards Hall; Lee Robertson at the Martens Alumni Center; Big Red outside Martens Alumni Center; Big Red on Red Towel at Downing Student Union; The arm waving the Red Towel at Houchens-Smith Stadium; and The Dancing in the Spirit sculpture outside of SKYPAC.

Prior to the ceremony, WKU Volleyball will take on Delaware in the final regular season home match of the season. First serve is scheduled for 12 p.m. CT. WKU Volleyball single game tickets can be purchased HERE.

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