INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA office released Multi-Year Academic Progress Rate scores Tuesday, and the University of South Alabama Department of Athletics once again had the highest combined figure in the Sun Belt Conference after posting a 986 total during the four-year reporting period.
Led by the men's and women's cross country and golf teams that received NCAA Public Recognition Awards a week ago for ranking among the top 10 percent of their sport based on the most recent APR data, the Jaguar men's and women's track and field teams also have compiled the best score in the league based on figures from the 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2918-19 academic years. South's men's tennis squad currently stands second in the Sun Belt, with the school's men's basketball, baseball, softball and women's tennis teams ranking in the top five in the conference as well.
Nine Jag programs — women's basketball, softball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis, and women's track and field — finished with a perfect 1,000 APR score during the 2018-19 campaign, and were joined in the top half of the SBC in the NCAA single-year data announced on Tuesday by South football and men's track and field.
In addition to having 151 student-athletes named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List and Academic Honor Roll for their performance in the classroom during the 2018-19 academic year, Jaguar women's golf and men's and women's tennis claimed league championships with eight other teams ending up in the top half of the conference in competition.
"This is a testament to the hard work and daily commitment of our student-athletes toward their academic success," South Senior Associate Athletic Director/Internal Operations Jason Kelly said. "These scores and our overall academic success reflect the commitment that the Jaguar Athletic Department places on academic excellence and ensuring our student-athletes earn their degree."
NCAA Academic Progress Rates are an annual scorecard of academic achievement that measures eligibility, graduation and retention each semester or academic term, providing a clear picture of the academic performance for each team in every sport.
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