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APR Release Includes 10 Arizona Teams with Perfect Single-Year Scores
Story Links TUCSON, Ariz. – The NCAA released the latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) through the 2023-24 academic year and Arizona Athletics had 10 programs earn a perfect single-year score of 1,000, which continues the legacy of supporting student-athletes in the classroom as well as in competition. Soccer, women’s […]
TUCSON, Ariz. – The NCAA released the latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) through the 2023-24 academic year and Arizona Athletics had 10 programs earn a perfect single-year score of 1,000, which continues the legacy of supporting student-athletes in the classroom as well as in competition.
Soccer, women’s cross country and men’s basketball all earned the Public Recognition Award after finishing in the top 10% of their sport. It’s the second time men’s basketball has received honor (2013-14) while it’s the first time for both Soccer and Women’s Cross Country.
The teams that posted a perfect single year score in 2023-24 include Men’s Basketball, Women’s Golf, Gymnastics, Soccer, Softball, Men’s Swimming and Diving, Women’s Tennis, Women’s Cross Country, Beach Volleyball and Triathlon.
Arizona had 12 programs set or tied program records for single-season APR:
Baseball, Men’s Basketball, Football, Women’s Golf, Gymnastics, Soccer, Softball, Men’s Swimming & Diving, Women’s Tennis, Women’s Cross Country, Beach Volleyball and Triathlon
And five programs set or matched their program record for multi-year APR, including Football, Soccer, Women’s Track and Field, Women’s Cross Country and Triathlon. Men’s Basketball posted it’s highest multi-year APR since 2015 while Gymnastics multi-year score of 995 is tied for the second-best in program history. The Softball team’s multi-year score of 996 is also tied for second-best in program history.
As Men’s tennis was on its way to the Pac-12 Tournament Championship in 2023-24, they were also recording an APR of 993, which is the second-best multi-year score in program history. Women’s Tennis also came close to matching their record, finishing with a multi-year score of 992, just one point shy of their all-time high.
Click here for more information on what goes into the Academic Progress Rate from the NCAA.