Three Miami Teams Earn APR Public Recognition
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Three teams from the University of Miami were honored by the NCAA with Public Recognition Awards for outstanding performance in the classroom, the NCAA announced Wednesday. The Hurricanes’ men’s cross country, women’s golf and women’s tennis teams 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 985 to a perfect 1,000, depending on the sport.
“Our student-athletes continue to strive for excellence in the classroom, in competition and in life,” Director of Athletics Blake James said. “I couldn’t be prouder of our men’s cross country, women’s golf and women’s tennis teams for again achieving a perfect APR score. I would also like to thank our coaching staff and academic services staff for their support and dedication to these exceptional young men and women.”
Miami’s men’s cross country team received its fifth consecutive and ninth overall Public Recognition Award, while the women’s golf team collected its fourth consecutive and eighth total honor. The Hurricanes’ women’s tennis team was recognized for the second straight year.
As an athletics department, Miami has won at least three Public Recognition Awards in each of the last eight years.
Miami has received 44 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, 2018), 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, 2018), women’s cross country (2012, 2013, 2014), women’s swimming (2014, 2015), women’s tennis (2017, 2018), 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.
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