Hilltopper Football 2014 Media Guide Wkusports.Com @Wkufootball
hilltopper football 2014 media guide wkusports.com @wkufootball welcome to conference usa GENERAL HILLTOPPERS 2013 REVIEW HISTORY UNIVERSITY OPPONENTS WKU JOINS CONFERENCE USA WKU joins 13 other institutions - Charlotte, FIU, Florida Success is not limited to athletic achievement, how- Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, ever, as 186 Conference USA student-athletes have North Texas, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB, garnered Academic All-America honors, 651 have UTEP and UTSA - to make up the 2014-15 member- achieved academic all-district laurels and thousands ship of Conference USA, which is celebrating its of student-athletes have earned their college degrees. 20th year of existence this year. The Conference USA footprint reaches over 10 states with a combined C-USA annually awards $4,000 postgraduate schol- population of approximately 30 million. arships, along with the Sport Academic Awards, Scholar-Athletes of the Year and the Institutional Conference USA sponsors competition in 19 sports Academic Excellence Award. Additionally, Conference - nine for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, USA presents a Spirit of Service Award three times football, golf, soccer, tennis, and indoor and outdoor each year, recognizing student-athletes who excel track and field) and 10 for women (basketball, cross on the field, in the classroom and give back to the country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, community through significant service efforts and tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volley- participation. ball). WKU will compete in 17 C-USA Championships, with the exception of only men’s soccer and men’s tennis. Since beginning competition in 1995, Conference USA teams have combined for 83 bowl appearances in football, 100 NCAA Tournament appearances in basketball including three Final Fours, 60 NCAA baseball appearances including six College World Series berths, 71 NCAA soccer tournament appear- ances including four trips to the College Cup, and 35 individual national champions in track and field and cross country.
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