Three Miami Teams earn APR Public Recognition
INDIANAPOLIS – Three teams from the University of Miami were among the 1,203 Division I sports teams honored by the NCAA with Public Recognition Awards for outstanding performance in the classroom, the NCAA announced Wednesday.
The University of Miami men’s cross country team, women’s golf team and women’s tennis team each posted perfect scores on their most recent multiyear Academic Progress Rate (APR). The APR is an annual scorecard of academic achievement calculated for all Division I sports teams nationally. The scores required to be in the top 10 ranged from 984 to a perfect 1,000, depending on the sport.
There were 1,090 teams that earned a perfect APR score.
“Our young men and women at the University of Miami continue to define what it means to be a student-athlete,” said Miami Athletics Director Blake James. “I could not be more proud of the academic excellence our teams demonstrate in the classroom.”
Hurricanes men’s cross country received its fourth consecutive and eighth overall Public Recognition Award, while women’s golf collected its third consecutive and seventh total honor. Women’s tennis was recognized for the first time.
The Canes have won at least three Public Recognition Awards in each of the last seven years.
“I would like to recognize our men’s cross country, women’s golf and women’s tennis teams for achieving national excellence with a perfect APR score,” James added. “In addition to our student-athletes’ dedication in the classroom, I also would like to thank our coaching staff and academic staff in guiding our student-athletes to be the very best in the classroom, community, competition and in life.”
Miami has received 41 public APR awards in 12 sports since the program was instituted 12 years ago – baseball (2011, 2012) women’s golf (2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017), indoor men’s track & field (2009), outdoor men’s track & field (2006, 2008, 2009), men’s cross country (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), women’s cross country (2012, 2013, 2014), women’s swimming (2014, 2015), women’s tennis (2017), men’s diving (2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016), football (2010, 2011, 2012), men’s tennis (2011) and men’s basketball (2013, 2014, 2015).
Each year, the NCAA honors select NCAA Division I sports teams by publicly recognizing their latest multiyear NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate. This announcement is part of the overall Division I academic reform effort and is intended to highlight teams that demonstrate a commitment to academic progress and retention of student-athletes by achieving the top APRs within their respective sports. Specifically, these teams posted multiyear APRs in the top-10 percent of all squads in each sport.
The APR provides a real-time look at a team’s academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of each team’s academic performance.
Multiyear APRs for all Division I sports teams, including the teams receiving public recognition, will be announced May 10.
