April 20, 2016 Twenty-three of Navy's 24 NCAA sponsored varsity sports programs rank above their respective sports national average in the Academic Progress Rate report released today by the NCAA including four teams with perfect scores: men's cross country, women's lacrosse, women's soccer and men's tennis.
Seventeen teams scored 10 or more points above the national average in their respective sport: Baseball, Women's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Football, Men's Golf, Men's Gymnastics, Men's Lacrosse, Women's Lacrosse, Rifle, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Men's Swimming, Men's Tennis, Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field, Women's Volleyball and Wrestling.
Men's Track & Field had the biggest difference from their counterparts, scoring 30 points higher than the national average of men's track & field teams, while Men's Cross Country (23), Men's Soccer (21), Men's Tennis (21) and Men's Lacrosse (20) all scored 20 or more points than the national average of their respective sport.
"Our student-athletes strive to set the bar in everything they do" said Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk. "The support and encouragement they receive through the Commandant and his staff and the academic dean's office and his staff is extraordinary and provides tremendous motivation to be successful across the board. We are all proud that our student-athletes are not only leaders on the field of competition and in Bancroft Hall, but in the classroom as well."
The Academic Progress Rate is a real-time measure of eligibility and retention of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team. The APR awards two points each term to student-athletes who meet academic-eligibility standards and who remain with the institution. A team's APR is calculated by the total points earned by the team at a given time divided by the total points possible.
The report is based on NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate data submitted by the institution for the 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years.
APR COMPARISON
Naval Academy APR Average APR For Division I
Baseball 987 970
Men's Basketball 973 964
Women's Basketball 995 978
Men's Cross Country 1000 977
Women's Cross Country 989 986
Football 982 964
Men's Golf 996 983
Women's Golf 978 989
Men's Gymnastics 996 986
Men's Lacrosse 997 977
Women's Lacrosse 1000 989
Rifle 993 981
Women's Rowing 996 988
Men's Soccer 995 974
Women's Soccer 1000 984
Men's Swimming 990 980
Women's Swimming 995 990
Men's Tennis 1000 979
Women's Tennis 987 985
Men's Track 999 969
Women's Track 992 981
Women's Volleyball 996 984
Water Polo 991 984
Wrestling 989 970
