Army West Point Athletics
Three Army Teams Earn National Academic Recognition
April 24, 2008 | General
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. The NCAA cited three Army teams as a part of its multi-year Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR) public recognition initiative on Thursday afternoon. Rifle, volleyball and women’s basketball were among 712 Division I teams to be honored.
The APR provides a real-time look at a team’s academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete. The APR includes eligibility, retention, and graduation in the calculation and provides a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport.
The teams recognized this year represent 11.4 percent of the 6,272 Division I teams. The list includes 401 women’s teams and 311 men’s or mixed squads. A total of 192 Division I institutions had at least one team on the top APR list.
The teams comprising the list posted multi-year APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. The public recognition awards are part of the broad Division I academic reform effort, which began in 2006.
The Patriot League finished second nationally with 89 total teams earning the citation. The conference was preceded by the Ivy League (150 teams) and followed by the Big East (37). By sport, women’s tennis featured the most teams (46), followed by women’s volleyball (41) and women’s golf (39). The men’s sport with the highest number of teams were basketball and cross country (both with 33) and golf (32).
