Lehigh University Athletics
13 Lehigh teams honored with APR awards
4/24/2008 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The NCAA released its Division I Academic Performance Program Awards on Thursday and 13 of Lehigh’s athletic programs were honored for their latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. The 13 Lehigh sports that were honored were baseball, men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, women’s basketball, women’s lacrosse, rowing, women’s soccer, softball, women’s indoor track and field, women’s outdoor track and field and volleyball. The Mountain Hawks 13 honored sports were the third most in the Patriot League behind Bucknell (15) and Holy Cross (14). Colgate and Lafayette also had 13 programs honored, while Navy (8), Army (2) and American (1) were next in line.
The Patriot League’s total of 79 honored sports was second among Division I conferences, trailing only the Ivy League. The Patriot League finished 30 teams ahead of the third-highest conference, the Big East.
The NCAA is honoring 712 Division I sports teams from 192 institutions with public recognition awards for their latest multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores. The teams recognized this year represent 11.4 percent of the 6,272 Division I teams. These teams 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. Last year, a total of 839 teams were recognized. There are fewer awards this year than last year because there are fewer teams with perfect scores. There were 84 Patriot League teams honored a year ago.
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. High-performing teams receiving awards posted APR scores ranging from 965 to a perfect 1,000 over the data collection period.
Multi-year APR scores for all 6,272 Division I sports teams, including the teams receiving public recognition awards, will be announced May 6.
