INDIANAPOLIS – A total of 10 of Illinois State's 17 athletics teams equaled or exceeded the Division I national average in their respective sport in the latest Academic Progress Rate report released by the NCAA Wednesday. Seven of those teams earned perfect single-year APR scores (1000) for the 2017-18 season including baseball, men's cross country, women's cross country, women's tennis women's golf, softball and volleyball.
The 10 Redbird programs that equaled or exceeded Division I national average in their respective sport are: baseball, men's and women's cross country, football, women's golf, gymnastics, softball, women's track & field, soccer, and volleyball.