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General News. Doughty, Noble Named WKU Athletes of the Year Following Successful Year Two in C-USA

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – As WKU puts the finishing touches on another successful athletic and academic season, football’s Brandon Doughty and women’s basketball’s Kendall Noble have been named WKU’s Athletes of the Year for 2015-16.

Doughty and Noble each helped lead their teams to successful seasons and each came away with the honor of being named the Conference Player of the Year in their respective sports.

"This is a very deserving recognition for Kendall and Brandon," Director of Athletics Todd Stewart said. "Their exemplary individual achievements in many cases set unprecedented standards, but more importantly resulted in significant team success.