Fordham University Teams Honored by NCAA for High Academic Achievement

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Bronx, N.Y. – Ten Fordham University athletic teams were publicly recognized by the NCAA for their latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores, posting a perfect 1,000 in the multi-year APR rating ending in 2023-2024. The Rams led all Atlantic 10 schools with ten teams honored with a perfect APR score.
 

The Fordham water polo squad was recognized for the ninth straight year, while women’s swimming and diving was honored for the seventh consecutive year, the eighth overall. Joining those two teams was men’s basketball, which was recognized for the third straight season and was the lone Atlantic 10 men’s basketball program to record a 1,000 APR, women’s cross country, honored for the second straight season, along with men’s cross country, men’s soccer, men’s track & field, softball, women’s tennis, and women’s track & field.
 
Women’s tennis achieved the 1,000 APR score for the 18^th time in 19 years, while water polo was recognized for the 13^th time. Women’s track and field recorded a perfect APR for the 14^th time while women’s swimming has accomplished the feat for the eleventh time. Men’s soccer (10), men’s track & field (9), and softball (6) also have multiple seasons with a 1,000 APR score.
 
The national four-year Academic Progress Rate for Division I teams remained steady at 984 for a fourth consecutive year. National sport averages either increased or held steady, as well. Men’s basketball remained at 968, with baseball (979), football (964) and women’s basketball (982) all increasing by one point from last year’s reported APR scores. 
 
Five other Fordham programs earned an APR score of 990 or higher: baseball, women’s basketball, women’s soccer, rowing, and volleyball. Additionally the football program posted a score above the national average.
 
“These results are a testimony to the tremendous job done by Fordham student-athletes in the classroom,” said Fordham Athletic Director Charles Guthrie. “To have ten programs with a perfect APR score and to have 16 of the 17 scoring at or above the national APR average for that sport shows that the Fordham student-athlete is able to handle the rigors of Division one athletics with a demanding class load. Helping our student-athletes graduate has always been one of our priorities. But this wouldn’t be possible without help from our academic advisors and coaching staffs.”
 
The APR is an annual scorecard of academic achievement calculated for all Division I sports teams.
 
Among conferences, the Atlantic 10 was tied for fourth-highest score among all 32 Division I Conferences, posting a rate of 991. The A-10 also had 165 teams at or above the national average in their sport, representing 69 percent of the leagues’ total teams. Additionally, there were 58 programs recorded a perfect rate of 1,000, which ranks sixth among the 31 full conferences.
 
Fordham recorded the highest number of teams that posted perfect multi-year APR scores with 10. Saint Joseph’s had eight and Davidson had seven team post perfect scores.  Richmond and Dayton each had six. In total, the 58 teams with perfect scores represents 24.6 percent of all A-10 teams, an increase of four points over 2023-24.

The most recent APRs are multiyear rates based on scores from the 2019-20, 2021-22, and 2022-23, and 2023-24 academic years.