INDIANAPOLIS – Texas A&M athletics posted its highest single-year and multi-year scores in the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate (APR), the NCAA announced Wednesday. Figures released cover the four-year period extending from the 2013-14 through 2016-17 school years.
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"I am proud of our student-athletes, who have shown the ability to excel both in the classroom and in competition," Texas A&M Director of Athletics Scott Woodward said. "This is a result of the commitment to academic success shown by our student-athletes, academic support staff, coaches and university faculty."
For the first time in the 14-year history of the APR program, Texas A&M had three teams receive public recognition from the NCAA for their APR scores figuring in the top-10 percentile nationally among teams in those sports. Men's basketball, women's cross country and softball earned the public recognition awards, marking the fourth straight year at least one Texas A&M program has been honored with public recognition.
Across all varsity sports, Texas A&M posted a school-record single-year APR of 990, up six points from the 2015-16 numbers, and a multi-year total of 983, another school record. A total of 10 Texas A&M programs had their highest multi-year scores during the 2013-17 span.
Two Texas A&M programs, women's cross country and softball, scored a perfect 1,000 on their multi-year totals. Those two programs were joined by the women's swimming & diving (998), volleyball (995), men's basketball (994), women's tennis (993), equestrian (992) and women's golf (991) teams among the eight Texas A&M programs with a multi-year score above 990.
Men's swimming (989), soccer (987), women's basketball (981) and men's golf (981) were among the programs that posted a total of 980-or-better.
Scoring a perfect 1,000 on the 2016-17 numbers were a school-record 12 programs, including the men's basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country, equestrian, men's golf, women's golf, soccer, softball, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, women's tennis and women's track & field teams.
"We are extremely proud to see the success of our student-athletes reflected in the APR," Associate Athletic Director for Academic Services Joe Fields said. "Our goal is to continue improving the academic success of each of our student-athletes, preparing them for graduation and life beyond academics."
The Academic Progress Rate measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team. It also serves as a predictor of graduation success. The NCAA's Division I Board of Directors set cut scores of 930 (out of 1,000) as a threshold for teams to meet or face possible immediate and historical sanctions. An APR of 930 translates to approximately a 50 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR).
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"I am proud of our student-athletes, who have shown the ability to excel both in the classroom and in competition," Texas A&M Director of Athletics Scott Woodward said. "This is a result of the commitment to academic success shown by our student-athletes, academic support staff, coaches and university faculty."
For the first time in the 14-year history of the APR program, Texas A&M had three teams receive public recognition from the NCAA for their APR scores figuring in the top-10 percentile nationally among teams in those sports. Men's basketball, women's cross country and softball earned the public recognition awards, marking the fourth straight year at least one Texas A&M program has been honored with public recognition.
Across all varsity sports, Texas A&M posted a school-record single-year APR of 990, up six points from the 2015-16 numbers, and a multi-year total of 983, another school record. A total of 10 Texas A&M programs had their highest multi-year scores during the 2013-17 span.
Two Texas A&M programs, women's cross country and softball, scored a perfect 1,000 on their multi-year totals. Those two programs were joined by the women's swimming & diving (998), volleyball (995), men's basketball (994), women's tennis (993), equestrian (992) and women's golf (991) teams among the eight Texas A&M programs with a multi-year score above 990.
Men's swimming (989), soccer (987), women's basketball (981) and men's golf (981) were among the programs that posted a total of 980-or-better.
Scoring a perfect 1,000 on the 2016-17 numbers were a school-record 12 programs, including the men's basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country, equestrian, men's golf, women's golf, soccer, softball, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, women's tennis and women's track & field teams.
"We are extremely proud to see the success of our student-athletes reflected in the APR," Associate Athletic Director for Academic Services Joe Fields said. "Our goal is to continue improving the academic success of each of our student-athletes, preparing them for graduation and life beyond academics."
The Academic Progress Rate measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team. It also serves as a predictor of graduation success. The NCAA's Division I Board of Directors set cut scores of 930 (out of 1,000) as a threshold for teams to meet or face possible immediate and historical sanctions. An APR of 930 translates to approximately a 50 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR).
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| Men's Sports | Single Year | Multi-Year | Women's Sports | Single Year | Multi-Year | |
| Baseball | 960 | 970 | Basketball | 981 | 981 | |
| Basketball | 1000 | 994 | Cross Country | 1000 | 1000 | |
| Cross Country | 1000 | 973 | Equestrian | 1000 | 992 | |
| Football | 965 | 963 | Golf | 1000 | 991 | |
| Golf | 1000 | 981 | Soccer | 1000 | 987 | |
| Swimming and Diving | 1000 | 989 | Softball | 1000 | 1000 | |
| Tennis | 944 | 941 | Swimming and Diving | 1000 | 998 | |
| Track and Field | 988 | 967 | Tennis | 1000 | 993 | |
| Track and Field | 1000 | 973 | ||||
| Volleyball | 982 | 995 |