A record-tying SIX athletic teams received NCAA awards based on their latest Academic Progress Rate: men’s basketball, women’s basketball, gymnastics, volleyball, men’s golf and women’s golf. Each of these teams had a collective academic score that ranked in the top 10 percent of Division I schools. The APR assess a team’s academic eligibility, retention and graduation for scholarship players.
The men’s basketball team made the cut for the fifth consecutive year; women’s basketball qualified for the second year in a row.
“To again have nearly a third of our teams achieve top-10 APR scores and receive this national recognition is a testament to the hard work of our students and the commitment our coaches and staff make to support them,” AD Mitch Barnhart said in a press release.