BOWLING GREEN, Ky. ⁠— Western Kentucky University Athletics announced its part of the university's restart plan draft May 28, proposing several dates for bringing student athletes back to campus. 

The first proposed date, June 8, would include a partial return of the WKU football team for voluntary workouts. 

More members of the football team, along with other fall sport athletes, are slated to return to campus for workouts come early July. Men's and women's basketball would return days later, and other sports would return in August. 

"We are excited to welcome back portions of our student-athletes and staff to campus this summer under safe, strategic guidelines set forth by numerous governing bodies and medical advisors," WKU Director of Athletics Todd Stewart said. "We understand that Athletics will lead the way in many respects in our university's restart, and it's a responsibility we take seriously. We feel very confident in the plan we've set forth as we begin a staggered restart this summer and work toward regularly scheduled fall activities on campus."

The staggered plan was put together with input from the government, conference and NCAA. Discussions were also had with in-state, regional and national peers. The plan includes guidelines introduced by the state of Kentucky for healthily reopening businesses, fitness centers and atheltic activities.  

The plan, which will be treated as a living document, was also developed under the advisory of WKU Athletics' team physicians and sports medicine/athletic training staff. 

Included in the plan are a myriad of WKU Athletics' strategies for personal protective equipment, initial return screening, cleaning procedures and more. 

WKU Athletics also convened a subcommittee to plan and implement gameday event operations, especially focused on football. 

The university's final approved plan will be released in the coming days.