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Doughty, Noble named WKU athletes of the year after strong year for Hilltopper athletics

The WKU athletic department announced on Wednesday afternoon that WKU's football’s Brandon Doughty and women’s basketball’s Kendall Noble were named WKU’s Athletes of the Year for 2015-16.

Doughty became the first-ever back-to-back winner of the league’s Most Valuable Player honors and led the Hilltoppers to their first-ever Associated Press Top 25 ranking and one of the greatest seasons in program history.

Noble became just the fourth player in Conference-USA history to sweep both the Player and Defensive Player of the Year award during her 2015-16 season that saw her rank in the top 10 in C-USA in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals and blocks.