W&M Athletes Ranked Among Academic Best

Tribe Has 13 Programs Singled Out for Public Recognition

04/26/07 6:00PM

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - A report issued by the National Collegiate Athletic Association this afternoon honored 13 William and Mary athletic squads as recipients of its public recognition award for 2006-07. To receive this recognition, the particular program must have posted an APR rating that finished within the top 10 percent of the national average for the sport.

“Our success in producing well-rounded student-athletes continues to be a source of pride for all involved with the athletics department and the William & Mary community” said Tribe Athletics Director Terry Driscoll. “That we continue to have success is testament to the commitment of our student-athletes, coaches and administrators to the William & Mary tradition of pursuing excellence in their academic and athletic lives.”

The Academic Progress Rate is a measurement of a program’s academic performance based on academic eligibility, retention, and graduation of student-athletes. A rate of 925, out of a highest possible score of 1000, equates to an approximate graduation rate of 60 percent and will be used as the threshold for future program evaluations.

The Tribe teams recognized are baseball, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball. Among those recognized, nine teams earned perfect scores: men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, women's indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball.

The complete listing of all schools' rankings can be found at www.ncaa.org, as it is currently the top story on the NCAA’s main page. It also can be found by clicking the “Media and Events” link and going through the “Press Room”, then “Recent News” links.

William and Mary's sport-by-sport APR (PDF)