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 ninth-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 10 times (2004-05; 2009-10 through 2017-18).
The Tigers also performed well on the course in the 2018-19 campaign. Memphis placed third at the American Athletic Conference Championships in April, the program's best finish since joining the league in 2013.