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Women's Golf Earns NCAA Public Recognition Award
May 16, 2018 | General, Women's Golf
Eighth-straight year the program has received the NCAA honor.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The University of Memphis women's golf team received an NCAA Public Recognition Award for its Academic Progress Rate (APR). The NCAA released its list of institutions and athletics teams receiving Public Recognition Awards Wednesday.
For the Tigers women's golf program, it is the eighth-consecutive year it has earned an NCAA Public Recognition Award. Since the NCAA began awarding public recognition in 2004-05, Memphis women's golf has been honored a total of nine times (2004-05; 2009-10 through 2016-17).
The Tigers also performed well on the course in the 2017-18 campaign. Memphis placed fourth at the American Athletic Conference Championships in April, tying the program's best finish since joining the league in 2013.
The Academic Progress Rate is a real-time measure of eligibility and retention of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team. The most recent APR scores are based on a multi-year rate that averages scores from the 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years.
Based on their most recent multiyear Academic Progress Rate, teams earn NCAA Public Recognition Awards for posting scores in the top-10 percent of their sport. 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. Earning a perfect APR score were 1,188 teams from across the nation. This marked the 13th year of APR for most athletics programs.
Overall, more than 1,200 NCAA Division I sports teams were recognized for outstanding performance in the classroom. The 1,284 teams publicly recognized for high achievement include 827 women's teams and 457 men's or mixed squads.
APR scores for all Division I teams will be released May 23. All teams must meet an academic threshold of 930 to qualify for postseason in their respective sports and can face penalties for continued low academic performance.
Since the NCAA began honoring athletics programs in 2004-05, Memphis has had eight teams receive public recognition a total of 27 times.
Prior to 2015-16, Memphis had a run of five-consecutive years (2010-11 to 2014-15) of having three or more programs earn NCAA Public Recognition Awards. The Tigers athletics department had its most NCAA Public Recognition Award recipients with four in each of the 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic years.
Memphis has had at least one team receive an NCAA Public Recognition Award each year since 2008-09. The last year the Tigers did not have at least one team earn a Public Recognition Award was 2007-08.
For the Tigers women's golf program, it is the eighth-consecutive year it has earned an NCAA Public Recognition Award. Since the NCAA began awarding public recognition in 2004-05, Memphis women's golf has been honored a total of nine times (2004-05; 2009-10 through 2016-17).
The Tigers also performed well on the course in the 2017-18 campaign. Memphis placed fourth at the American Athletic Conference Championships in April, tying the program's best finish since joining the league in 2013.
The Academic Progress Rate is a real-time measure of eligibility and retention of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team. The most recent APR scores are based on a multi-year rate that averages scores from the 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years.
Based on their most recent multiyear Academic Progress Rate, teams earn NCAA Public Recognition Awards for posting scores in the top-10 percent of their sport. 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. Earning a perfect APR score were 1,188 teams from across the nation. This marked the 13th year of APR for most athletics programs.
Overall, more than 1,200 NCAA Division I sports teams were recognized for outstanding performance in the classroom. The 1,284 teams publicly recognized for high achievement include 827 women's teams and 457 men's or mixed squads.
APR scores for all Division I teams will be released May 23. All teams must meet an academic threshold of 930 to qualify for postseason in their respective sports and can face penalties for continued low academic performance.
Since the NCAA began honoring athletics programs in 2004-05, Memphis has had eight teams receive public recognition a total of 27 times.
Prior to 2015-16, Memphis had a run of five-consecutive years (2010-11 to 2014-15) of having three or more programs earn NCAA Public Recognition Awards. The Tigers athletics department had its most NCAA Public Recognition Award recipients with four in each of the 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic years.
Memphis has had at least one team receive an NCAA Public Recognition Award each year since 2008-09. The last year the Tigers did not have at least one team earn a Public Recognition Award was 2007-08.
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