Two Western Kentucky football players were named 2020-21 College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-Americans, the organization announced Monday.
Punter John Haggerty III earned first-team honors, while Juwuan Jones garnered second-team distinction.
Haggerty and Jones are the seventh and eighth CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in program history and the first since defensive back Brian Lowder in 2002. It is the first time the Hilltoppers have had multiple Academic All-Americans in the same season.
WKU’s six previous Academic All-Americans were Lowder, 2002; center Patrick Goodman, 1999; guard Brian Bixler, 1995; guard Mark Fatkin, 1985; defensive end Tim Ford, 1981; and linebacker Jim Barber, 1971.