INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—The Naval Academy had 11 varsity sports programs – football, men's cross country, men's golf, men's lacrosse, men's track & field, wrestling, women's cross country, women's golf, women's rowing, women's swimming & diving and volleyball --  receive NCAA recognition for ranking among their sport's top 10 for Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. 

The 11 teams honored were nearly twice as many as the other two Service Academies combined (Air Force and Army had three each).

The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each recruited student-athlete. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention rate and graduation to provide a measure of each team's academic performance. This year's APR report is a multi-year rate based on scores from the academic years 2015-16 through 2018-19.

*Navy was one of just 13 football programs recognized and one of two schools in the American Athletic Conference (Cincinnati was the other).

*The Mids were one of 89 men's cross country programs recognized, including six in the Patriot League (Boston, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross and Lehigh).

*Navy was one of 107 men's golf teams recognized, including four in the Patriot League (Colgate, Holy Cross and Lehigh).

*The Mids were one of just eight men's lacrosse programs recognized and one of three in the Patriot League (Colgate and Holy Cross)

*Navy was one of 30 men's track & field programs honored, including three in the Patriot League (Lehigh and Holy Cross).

*The wrestling program was one of just eight programs to be honored and was the only team from the EIWA that made the list.

*The women's cross country team was one of 124 teams recognized, including eight in the Patriot League (American, Boston, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lehigh and Loyola).

*The women's golf program was one of 152 programs honored, including four in the Patriot League (Boston, Bucknell and Holy Cross).

*The women's rowing program was one of 12 teams recognized, including four from the Patriot League (Colgate, Georgetown, Lehigh).

*The women's swimming & diving team was one of 49 teams honored, including five from the Patriot League (American, Colgate, Holy Cross and Lafayette).

*The volleyball team was one of 91 teams recognized, including three in the Patriot League (Colgate and Loyola)..