Three Lady Topper teams were honored Wednesday for their success in the classroom.

Western Kentucky’s volleyball, women’s golf and women’s tennis teams received NCAA Academic Performance Program Public Recognition Awards for having multiyear Academic Progress Rate scores in the top 10 percent nationally through the 2015-16 academic year.

It marks the 12th straight year the Lady Topper volleyball program has ranked in the top 10 percent nationally, and WKU has now had multiple programs honored for three consecutive seasons for the first time since the program began.

WKU’s volleyball program is one of only 93 Division I sport programs across the country to earn the award in each of the 12 years of the program.

WKU is one of four Conference USA member institutions to have three programs honored, joining Rice, UAB and UTSA.{&end}