A total of 140 Western Kentucky student-athlete's earned Commissioner's Honor Roll recognition from Conference USA for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better during the 2017-18 academic year, the league announced on Thursday.
A total of 2,824 student-athletes across C-USA received the recognition, and student-athletes with a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better will also receive the Commissioner's Academic Medal. Those recipients will be announced on Friday.
Over the past calendar year, 100 WKU student-athletes received their diploma from the university with 46 graduating in May 2017, 18 completed their degrees in the summer, while 35 received their degrees this past December.