163 WKU Student-Athletes Named to C-USA Honor Roll

Courtesy – WKU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A total of 163 WKU 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 (GSR) in program history at 85. Its 64 percent Federal Graduation Rate is also the second-highest in program history, and 12 percent higher than the university’s general student body (52 percent).