INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The University of Memphis women's golf team received an NCAA Public Recognition Award for its Academic Progress Rate (APR). The NCAA released its list of institutions and athletics teams receiving Public Recognition Awards Wednesday.
For the Tigers women's golf program, it is the eighth-consecutive year it has earned an NCAA Public Recognition Award. Since the NCAA began awarding public recognition in 2004-05, Memphis women's golf has been honored a total of nine times (2004-05; 2009-10 through 2016-17).
The Tigers also performed well on the course in the 2017-18 campaign. Memphis placed fourth at the American Athletic Conference Championships in April, tying the program's best finish since joining the league in 2013.