Five Syracuse University athletics teams earned NCAA recognition for their perfect four-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) score, including men's basketball (second consecutive year), women's soccer (third consecutive year), men's cross country, men's track indoor/outdoor and women's tennis.
"The first multi-year APR rate came out in 2006, which rates teams based on their ability to keep their student-athletes eligible and retained at the university," said Tommy Powell, assistant provost for student-athlete academic development. "Over the past few years the most teams we've had with four-year perfect averages had been two. This year we're proud and excited to say we'll have five, which is the most in Syracuse University history.