Conference USA announced Friday a total of 45 WKU student-athletes have earned the 2019-20 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal for maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better during the 2019-20 academic year. The WKU women’s soccer program led the way with 11 honorees, while 12 WKU sport programs received honors from the league office overall.

On Thursday, 163 WKU student-athletes earned Commissioner’s Honor Roll recognition from C-USA for maintaining a cumulative GPA 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 GPA of over 3.15.

WKU Athletics has also maintained the highest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in program history at 85. Its 64% Federal Graduation Rate is also the second-highest in program history, and 12% higher than the university’s general student body, which is 52%.

The full list of the honored WKU student-athletes can be found below:

Baseball

• Sam McElreath
• Dalton Mesaris
• Jackson Swiney

Football

• John Haggerty
• Jared Nash
• Malik Staples

Men’s Basketball

• Charles Bassey
• Camron Justice
• Carson Williams

Men’s Cross Country

• Jacob Skillman
• Zach Skillman

Men’s Golf

• Tom Bevington
• Jack Poole

Women’s Basketball

• Alexis Brewer
• Dee Givens
• Sandra Skinner

Women’s Cross Country

• Kaia Enevoldsen
• Lauren Roby
• Jenna Vaughn
• Haley Webb

Women’s Golf

• Caroline Cavin
• Megan Clarke
• Mary Joiner
• Lizzie Loy

Women’s Soccer

• Logan Barber
• Kaylyn Bryant
• Ansley Cate
• Sydney Ernst
• Katie Erwin
• Aleksandra Kozovic
• Ashley Leonard
• Chelsea Moore
• Kerragan Mulzer
• Isidora Pekez
• Afton Schraml

Softball

• Jordan Strauss
• Paige Carter
• Morgan McElroy
• Macy Murphy

Women’s Track and Field

• Audrey Griffin
• Nicole Ogorek

Volleyball

• Paige Briggs
• Sophia Cerino
• Katie Isenbarger
• Jennifer Rush