INDIANAPOLIS – Illinois State's 17 athletics teams reached a new high Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR) score based on the latest data released Tuesday by the NCAA. The score of 985 was achieved by all 17 athletic teams for the 2018-2019 academic year.
A total of 11 teams equaled or exceeded the Division I national average in their respective sports, while seven of those teams earned perfect single-year APR scores (1000) for the 2018-19 year. The 11 Redbird programs that equaled or exceeded the Division I national average in their respective sport were baseball, men's golf, men's tennis, men's track & field, women's swimming and diving, gymnastics, women's golf, softball, women's tennis, soccer and volleyball.