BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Accolades for achievement in the classroom rolled in again today for the Hilltoppers as 53 WKU student-athletes were named to the 2016-17 Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal recipient list, an increase from 41 a year ago.
The 53 WKU student-athletes are a part of 672 student-athletes across the league who received the honor for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher.
Over the past calendar year, 111 WKU student-athletes received their diploma from the University with 77 graduating in May 2016 and 11 over the summer session while 22 received their degrees this past December.