Loyola athletic teams earn NCAA academic honors
Posted by loyolastudentdispatch on May 14, 2010
Five Loyola University Chicago athletics programs earned Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA for their academic performance, according to the University Athletic Department. The teams receiving recognition from the NCAA are in the top 10 percent of their respective sports’ multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR).
The Loyola teams honored were men’s basketball, men’s cross country, men’s indoor track and field, men’s outdoor track and field and softball. Men’s basketball and softball were one of two Horizon League teams recognized in their respective sport. Men’s cross country, men’s indoor track and field and men’s outdoor track and field were the only Horizon League teams in their respective sport to be hailed with a Public Recognition Award.
Each year the NCAA honors selected Division I sports teams by publicly recognizing their latest multi-year APR. This announcement is part of the overall Division I academic reform effort and is intended to highlight teams who demonstrate a commitment to academic progress and retention of student-athletes by achieving the top APRs within their respective sports. Specifically, these teams posted multi-year 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.
Multi-year APRs for all Division I sports teams, including the teams receiving public recognition, will be announced at a later date. That announcement also will include immediate and historical penalties for low-performing teams. The most recent APRs are multi-year rates based on scores from the 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 academic years.
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