A total of 53 Western Kentucky student-athletes were named to the 2016-17 Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal recipient list released Friday, an increase from 41 a year ago.

The 53 WKU student-athletes are a part of 672 student-athletes across the league who received the honor for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher.

Over the past calendar year, 111 WKU student-athletes received their diploma from the University with 77 graduating in May 2016 and 11 over the summer session while 22 received their degrees this past December. The cumulative GPA of the 111 graduates was 3.19.

WKU 2016-17 Commissioner’s Academic Medalists

Baseball

Kaleb Duckworth

Nathan Methvin

Benjamin Morrison

Thomas Peter

Bryson Smith

Jackson Sowell

Men’s Basketball

Pancake Thomas

Women’s Basketball

Micah Jones

Men’s Cross Country

Taylor Scarbrough

Women’s Cross Country

Alexa Brainard

Callie Donaldson

Lindsey Hinken

Kyla Scanlon

Football

Nicholas Coffey

Nolan Dowling

Jarrett Sippola

John Vollmer

Tyler Witt

Men’s Golf

Thomas Bevington

Colin Frizzell

Women’s Golf

Mary Joiner

Hannah Turner

Women’s Soccer

Christina Bragado

Kaylyn Bryant

Hannah Chua

Makenzie Costner

Iris Dunn

Olivia Fitzgerald

Sarah Gorham

Caitlin Hesse

Erin Jones

Andrea Larsen

Megan Morris

Jenna Rohlin

Nicole Roseland

Softball

Kelsey Aikey

Cassidy Blackford

Taylor Childress

Kathleen Johnson

Jordan Mauch

Morgan McElroy

Kelsey McGuffin

Taylor Proctor

Women’s Tennis

Andreanna Christopoulou

Elpida Malamou

Cindy Oest Ortega

Men’s Track & Field

Stuart Nichols

Women’s Track & Field

Shelby Chobot

Mary Lever

Volleyball

Sophia Cerino

Sydney Engle

Kaelin Grimes

Mary Martin