A total of 163 Western Kentucky University student-athletes earned Commissioner’s Honor Roll recognition from Conference USA for maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better during the 2019-20 academic year, the league announced Thursday.
WKU’s 163 honorees are its most since 2015 and its second-most overall since joining C-USA.
Student-athletes with a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better will also receive the Commissioner’s Academic Medal.
Those recipients will be announced Friday.
Over the 2019 calendar year, 72 student-athletes have 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 in program history at 85.