BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Saturday afternoon, a legendary head coach was immortalized on the Hill, commemorating 31 years and counting of volleyball success led by Travis Hudson.

“ Today, Travis joins the legendary WKU icon Ed Diddle as only the second person in WKU athletics history to have a statue in his honor,” WKU Director of Athletics Todd Stewart said. “Travis Hudson now has a distinction, the equivalent of being on the Mount Rushmore of WKU athletics, and deservedly so.”

Over 800 wins later, there are 14 conference tournament titles and 17 NCAA appearances that speak to the successes seen on the court for the teams that have played under Coach Hudson, but to be memorialized in a statue, that’s something that speaks much louder than statistics could ever do.

“He epitomizes leadership

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