A total of 45 WKU student-athletes have earned the 2019-20 Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or better during the 2019-20 academic year, the league announced Friday.
Twelve WKU sport programs were honored by the conference, with Lady Topper soccer leading the way with 11 honorees.
On Thursday, 163 WKU student-athletes earned Commissioner's Honor Roll recognition from Conference USA for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. That was WKU’s most honorees since 2015 and its second-most overall since joining C-USA.
Over the 2019 calendar year, 72 student-athletes have earned their degrees from WKU with a combined grade point average of over 3.