Bluegrass Athletes Big Part of WKU Track and Field Success Western Kentucky University Press Release Feb 26, 2013

 

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The WKU track and field teams feature a wide diversity of athletes from different regions around the world. 

From South Africa to South America, from Europe to Florida, WKU head coach Erik Jenkins’ recruiting lives up the university slogan “A leading American university with international reach.” Jenkins also places strong emphasis on recruiting in his own backyard, however, as four student-athletes from the state of Kentucky scored major points for WKU at this past weekend’s Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. 

 

Pulaski County Product Patrick Jenkins Named Third-Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Western Kentucky University Press Release Jun 29, 2009

Bowling Green, Ky.  — Western Kentucky University's Patrick Jenkins has been named to the 2008-09 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Track and Field and Cross Country third-team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).