Western Kentucky University Director of Athletics. Husband, Father. “Your body and your mind are God’s gift to you, what you do with them is your gift to Him.”
12 of WKU’s 14 sport programs have a team cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and the top four highest GPAs have come in each of the last four years (2023: 3.20; 2021: 3.19; 2022: 3.18; 2020: 3.14)!
We would love to do a football and/or basketball series. The schools have never played in football and
@WKUBasketball
leads the all-time hoops series 3-0 but we haven’t played since 1954. Let’s make this happen
@TomHolmoe
!
No reason the athletic directors for WKU and BYU shouldn’t be on the phone getting a home and home done for basketball and football. Settle it on the field.
For years we’ve tried to schedule
@Memphis_MBB
to no avail, today we played. Congratulations to
@WKUBasketball
on a huge win and advancing to tomorrow’s tournament championship!
#GoTops
But, since overtime counts, you did lose to
@WKUBasketball
this year in Bowling Green! And last year in Fayetteville in regulation! All the best the rest of the way in regulation and overtime!
#GoTops
One year ago today we announced
@LutzSteve
as our new head coach. His passion, dedication and commitment to
@WKUBasketball
has been a fixture since day one. And we are excited to continue our season in the 2024 NCAA Tournament!!
#GoTops
Congratulations to
@CorleyMalachi
on being selected by the
@nyjets
with the first pick in the 3rd round (65th overall), making him the 2nd highest drafted player in
@WKUFootball
history!
Headed back from Omaha today enormously proud of everything
@TravisHudsonWKU
, his staff, and our
@WKUVolleyball
players achieved this season! In a year with unprecedented obstacles, this group went 23-1 with a C-USA title and Sweet 16 NCAA Tourney run! Truly amazing!
#GoTops
Historic win tonight for
@WKUVolleyball
over No. 15 national seed Washington State to advance to the first NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in program history AND join No. 1 Wisconsin as the nation’s only remaining undefeated teams!
#GoTops
The final event of a great decade for
@WKUSports
is fittingly a post-season victory on national TV! Congratulations to a very special group of
@WKUFootball
players and coaches on tripling last year’s win total and getting the program’s 4th bowl win in the last 6 years!
#GoTops
THANK YOU to our students and THANK YOU to the Hilltopper Nation for your incredible support and helping make it a special day for
@WKUBasketball
!! Huge win over Wisconsin!!
#GoTops
From 1-4 to 8-4 and C-USA East Division Champions! Our players,
@Coach_Helton
and his staff never quit, always believed in each other, kept working and have now won 7 in a row! See you in San Antonio next Friday!!
#GoTops
A day overloaded with adversity and heartbreak in Bowling Green gets 2 hours of positivity - congratulations to
@WKUBasketball
for their resilience and determination in beating Ole Miss 71-48 tonight in Atlanta, the 10th win over a Power 5 opponent under Rick Stansbury.
#GoTops
Bowl helmet for
@WKUFootball
unveils the “Tops” script in white for the first time while also incorporating the fleur-de-lis, great work by
@WKUEquipment
!
We have proactively already submitted a bid (great job by Craig Biggs) to host NCAA Volleyball Tournament 1st and 2nd round games and are ready to roll. If 31-1 and top 20 in coaches poll and RPI isn’t enough to host, I’m not sure what is!
Last night’s
@NewOrleansBowl
win marked the third bowl victory as
@WKUFootball
head coach for
@Coach_Helton
, a program record! He also served as offensive coordinator for our 2014 and 2015 wins giving him an instrumental role in 5 of the program’s 6 all-time bowl wins!
How about
@WKUBasketball
? Let’s do a 3-game series & create a win/win for everyone. One game in Diddle Arena, one game at Thompson-Boling, and one game at
@BrdgstoneArena
. Both schools have large alumni in Nashville and
@Vol_Hoops
gets to play in same arena as SEC Tournament.
With the Big 10 opting not to play any sports thru Dec. 31, the Tennessee at Wisconsin Nov. 11 men's basketball game won't be played. It's not known if UT will seek another opponent. If so, how about Nebraska?
Excited to open the 2020 season in the Commonwealth of Kentucky against the Louisville Cardinals! Thank you to
@vincetyra
and the
@GoCards
staff for your collaboration and cooperation throughout this process!
NCAA Tournament Bound! Congratulations to our players,
@LutzSteve
and his staff on winning the 2024 CUSA Tournament and clinching the 24th all-time NCAA Tourney appearance for
@WKUBasketball
! 🏆
#GoTops
When Athletics succeeds, the entire university brand receives significant exposure in ways no other entity can provide. Can’t put a price tag on the value of the exposure
@WKUBasketball
is bringing to
@wku
!
#GoTops
The best of America has been on display in Bowling Green the last 3 days - an entire community has rallied around those who need support, strangers are helping strangers, and so many people are rising to the occasion in this time of need for our city!
Thank you to our players,
@LutzSteve
and his staff for this past season! NCAA Tournament appearance for the first time since 2013 and 22 wins were 2nd most in a season in the last 15 years! And thank you to everyone who traveled to Huntsville and Indianapolis!
#GoTops
Western Kentucky will play Kentucky on Wednesday at Rupp Arena, Kentucky coach John Calipari announces on his radio show. The Hilltoppers were originally scheduled to travel to Austin Peay.
Congratulations to
@WKUBasketball
on clinching the C-USA East Division title, best conference winning pct. and a No. 1 seed in next week’s C-USA tournament AND to Rick Stansbury on win number 100 as WKU head coach!
#GoTops
2 years ago today Rick Stansbury signed his contract to become the next head coach of
@WKUBasketball
- tonight his team takes the court in the NIT semi-finals at Madison Square Garden as 1 of only 8 programs in the nation still playing for a major championship!
#GoTops
Tremendous day for
@WKUFootball
with a great victory at Arkansas to get 6th win of season! Have doubled last season’s win total and program is now bowl eligible for 8th time in last 9 seasons! Congratulations to
@Coach_Helton
, his staff and all players!!
#GoTops
We are excited to accept an invitation from the
@BocaBowl
and play App State December 18 on ESPN! This marks
@WKUFootball
’s 8th bowl appearance in the last 10 years!
#GoTops
Bowl eligible for the 10th time in the last 11 seasons! Congratulations to
@WKUFootball
players,
@Coach_Helton
and his staff on today’s convincing win at Rice and the 5th consecutive conference win for the 1st place Hilltoppers!
WOW! One of the all-time nights in
@WKUSoftball
history with a 3-0 win over nation’s No. 3 RPI Alabama in front of the largest crowd in program history! Go Tops!!
Diddle Arena is the place to be this week! Wed.
@LadyTopperHoops
hosts Oklahoma, TH/FR
@WKUVolleyball
hosts
@NCAA
1st/2nd Rounds, Sat.
@WKUBasketball
hosts Arkansas. The light will be shining brightly on
@wku
, need our students and the Hilltopper Nation to represent all 4 nights!
Related to Sunday’s MBSK game, we contacted Conference USA regarding the officials’ decision to give Marshall the ball with 3.3 seconds left; the conference reviewed the matter and confirmed that WKU should have been given possession. We appreciate their prompt attention to this.
Out of 335 Division I volleyball programs,
@WKUVolleyball
ranks No. 1 in the nation in wins (28), winning pct. (.966), consecutive wins (24), and sweeps (20)! And now adds an outright C-USA regular season title by finishing league play 14-0!
#GoTops
Our players,
@Coach_Helton
and his staff have earned the opportunity for another game and we are excited to accept an invitation to the
@LT_Bowl
against Georgia State on
@espn
(12/26 at 2:30 ct). This marks
@WKUFootball
’s 7th bowl game in the last 9 seasons!
#GoTops
Congratulations to
@WKUBasketball
team on today’s 82-72 win over Louisville in front of a
@CBSSports
nationally televised audience! 2nd win over a Power 5 opponent in last 8 days!
#GoTops
#BGStrong
Over the last 8 seasons,
@WKUFootball
has 4 wins over SEC opponents led by 4 different head coaches (2012, UK, Taggart; 2013, UK, Petrino; 2015, Vandy, Brohm; 2019, Arkansas, Helton). Thank you to all our players and coaches who contributed to this unique achievement!
#GoTops
Can’t say enough about the performance of
@Coach_Helton
, his staff and the
@WKUFootball
players this season! From 3-9 and 2-6 in C-USA to 8-4 and 6-2 with 1 more to go!
#GoTops
Too many superlatives to list, but undeniably one of the greatest team sports seasons in
@WKUSports
history being turned in by
@WKUVolleyball
, now 31-1 with 27 straight wins, C-USA regular season and tournament titles and NCAA Tournament bound!
On behalf of our players and coaches,
@Coach_Helton
and I are excited to accept an invitation for
@WKUFootball
to play in the 2022
@NewOrleansBowl
at the Caesars Superdome! This marks the program’s 9th bowl game in the last 11 years!
#GoTops
Says a lot about the character of
@WKUFootball
players and coaches that despite starting 1-4 in a Covid year they still wanted to play every game, did so, and finished with a 3 game win streak and 4-3 record in Conference USA!
#GoTops
Really impressed with what Rick Stansbury, his staff and the
@WKUBasketball
players are doing! Despite very strong non-conference schedule and 8-player roster, this team still has 10 wins before January for only 3rd time in program’s last 31 years (2001, 2012, 2017)!
#GoTops
Much appreciation for the many significant accomplishments by this
@WKUBasketball
team! A 7 player roster when season began, now 26 wins later with a No. 34 RPI and take the court tonight one win from Madison Square Garden and NIT Final Four!
#GoTops
While they didn’t have C-USA’s top Player, Defensive Player, Setter, Freshman, Libero, or Coach of the Year based on votes by league coaches, No. 19
@WKUVolleyball
improved to 21-0 by winning the C-USA Tournament and advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the 6th time in 7 seasons!
No “load management” for Michael Jordan. Amazing that in each season in 1996, 1997 & 1998 (at ages 33, 34 and 35), MJ started all 82 games, led league in scoring, was named 1st-team All-Defense, and led Bulls to the NBA title while starting an additional 58 more playoff games.
Congratulations to
@WKUFootball
all-time sack leader and 2-time C-USA Defensive Player of the Year Deangelo Malone on being selected in the 3rd round by the
@AtlantaFalcons
with the 82nd overall selection!
Proud of the resiliency and toughness of the
@WKUFootball
players and coaches in getting a really good road win to start conference play! And congratulations to
@Coach_Helton
on first career win!
#GoTops
Congratulations to
@WKUFootball
players and coaches on tonight’s
@NewOrleansBowl
win over South Alabama! Marks consecutive years with a bowl victory over a 10-win team and the program’s 6th bowl win since 2014!
Headed to Stillwater, how about last night’s NIT win at USC!
@WKUBasketball
now with 26 wins (most since 2008) including 11 against teams with 20+ wins, victories against Big 10, ACC and Pac 12 opponents, and multiple NIT wins for first time since 1948!
#GoTops
Congratulations to the NCAA’s all-time leader in single-season passing yards and passing TDs
@baileyzappe04
on being selected in the 4th round by the 6-time Super Bowl Champion New England
@Patriots
! Marks the 12th
@WKUFootball
player drafted since 2013!
As Tennessee basketball seeks to add a game, the middle of next week makes a lot of sense.
Three nearby options with midweek availability: MTSU, Eastern Kentucky and Western Kentucky
Congratulations to
@baileyzappe04
on becoming only the 6th quarterback in college football history to pass for 5,000 yards and 50 TDs in the same season! Joins a small and elite group - you are known by the company you keep!!
Shout out to the 2023
@WKUFootball
players and coaches! Today’s win after trailing 28-0 (4th largest comeback in bowl history) on
@espn
in the Famous Toastery Bowl marked the program’s 3rd straight year with a bowl win and 7th bowl victory in the last 10 seasons!
#GoTops
Congratulations to
@TravisHudsonWKU
on career win number 700! 35th most in NCAA history, and only 10 active head coaches have reached this milestone with only 4 achieving it at one institution!
Hoping to have Diddle Arena as one of 16 venues selected to host NCAA Volleyball 1st/2nd Rounds.
@WKUVolleyball
is No. 15 in the nation in RPI, No. 19 in the coaches poll and No. 1 in the nation in wins (31), winning pct. (.969), consecutive wins (27), and sweeps (22).
#GoTops
It was great to recognize
@WKUVolleyball
head coach
@TravisHudsonWKU
prior to today’s game for becoming 1 of only 15 active head coaches with 650 career wins!
59-38!! Congratulations to the entire 2021
@WKUFootball
team on capping off a season of resilience and success with today’s
@BocaBowl
win over App. State, the program’s 5th bowl win over the last 8 seasons!
#GoTops
#BGStrong
32-1 with an NCAA Tournament victory! Congratulations to
@WKUVolleyball
players and coaches and thank you to the Hilltopper Nation for a record turnout and making Diddle Arena electric tonight!
#GoTops
Great job by
@WKUBasketball
closing out regular season with good road win tonight and securing No. 2 seed in C-USA Tournament. Marks 46th season with 20+ wins in program history, only Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, UCLA, Kansas and Louisville have more.
#GoTops
Big win for
@WKUBasketball
over UAB to advance to the Conference USA tournament championship game! Hilltoppers also improve to 20-6 marking the 47th season in program history with 20+ wins, the 7th most in college basketball history!
#GoTops
Thanks to
@CageTheElephant
and President
@caboni
for their commitment to making this happen! The home opener for the 100th season of
@WKUFootball
will be an awesome day on The Hill!
I don’t recall Michael Jordan needing “Load Management” when he started all 82 regular season games for three consecutive seasons and led the Bulls to NBA titles at age 33, 34 and 35.
👇 A decade of accomplishments for
@WKUFootball
- 8 bowl games, 5 bowl victories, 3 seasons with a conference championship and 2 national top 25 finishes!
Thank you to the
@NCAAVolleyball
committee for rewarding the nation’s winningest team,
@WKUVolleyball
, with the opportunity to host and enable a record setting 9,537 fans to see great teams compete at the highest level over the last two days. Let’s do it again next year!
The announced attendance for the NCAA Volleyball Tournament Second Round match between WKU and Louisville was 5,023, which is the new record for a volleyball game held in Diddle Arena. The previous record of 4,514 was set on Thursday night against Kennesaw State.
You are known by the company you keep! Most all-time college basketball conference championships:
1. Kansas 62
2. Kentucky 51
3. WKU 43
4. North Carolina 41
Great crowd, great atmosphere and great performance by
@WKUBasketball
in 79-62 win over Boston College! Thanks Hilltopper Nation! Now 25 victories with wins over Big 10 and ACC opponents and still playing!
#GoTops
Tonight’s
@WKUFootball
attendance is 2️⃣0️⃣,3️⃣0️⃣4️⃣
That's the 10th-largest crowd in Houchens-Smith Stadium dating back to 2008 (WKU’s FBS Era).
#GoTops
Extremely proud of the toughness and togetherness of
@WKUBasketball
in rallying to beat previously undefeated Arkansas in overtime tonight! Huge win in front of the largest crowd of the season, great night for the Tops!!
Really looking forward to the Last Dance documentary beginning tonight on
@espn
! Was an awesome experience meeting the GOAT in 1989! Pretty amazing that in the 10 seasons MJ led the NBA in scoring, he was also named 1st-team All-Defense 9 times!