Marshall University Athletics
Conference USA Teams Continue to Make the Grade
5/12/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
May 12, 2010
IRVING, Texas - Seventeen athletic teams from Conference USA schools received the NCAA Public Recognition Award, based on the NCAA Division I 2009-10 Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores released today and Marshall University's women's golf program is among them.
The NCAA Public Recognition Award goes to programs that rank among the top 10 percent nationally in APR scores in their respective sports.
Complete Release in PDF Format Eight Conference USA schools - East Carolina, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB and UTEP - each fielded teams that were recognized. Rice led the pack with six teams ranked among the top 10 percentile of all teams for all sports nationally, and all six repeated the recognition from one year ago. The Owls football team was one of only five FBS teams to be recognized. Conference USA men's cross country champion UTEP also showed its success in the classroom and on the course.
"We are very proud of the success we are seeing in this area," C-USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky said. "Our Academic Progress Rates continue to rise, and half of our student-athletes have grade point averages of 3.0 or better. This is at the heart of what we do in intercollegiate athletics."
The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester or quarter by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete. The APR includes eligibility, retention, and graduation in the calculation and provides a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport. A complete listing is below of teams receiving the Public Recognition Award. For more information on the Academic Progress Rate, please log on to www.ncaa.org.
PUBLIC RECOGNITION AWARDS *repeat recipient
East Carolina - Volleyball
Marshall - Women's Golf
Memphis - Volleyball
Rice - *Women's Basketball
Rice - *Women's Cross Country
Rice - *Football
Rice - *Women's Swimming
Rice - *Women's Indoor Track
Rice - *Women's Outdoor Track
Southern Miss - Women's Golf
Tulane - Men's Cross Country
Tulane - Men's Outdoor Track
Tulane - Women's Indoor Track
Tulane - Women's Tennis
UAB - Women's Tennis
UTEP - *Men's Cross Country
UTEP - Men's Golf