INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — For the seventh consecutive year, The University of New Mexico had all 21 sports easily above the mandated 930 mark in the NCAA Academic Progress Rate Institutional Report. The Lobos had all 21 sports score at least a 950 for the first time in school history.
Those reports were released publicly by the NCAA. The report, which is the 2015-16 report, does not contain sand volleyball, which is only in its third season.
Last Wednesday, UNM had three programs; men’s tennis, men’s golf and women’s golf earn public recognition from the NCAA for finishing in the top 10% of all Division I schools in a particular sport in APR. APR data for the 2015-16 report is a four-year rolling score that include APR data from 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16. The 2015-16 single-year data replaces the 2011-12 single-year data for this report.
APR is a combination of eligibility and retention scores. For each semester, a student-athlete can account for two points, one for returning to school, and one for being eligible. The total points accumulated is divided by the total points possible, and then multiplied by 1000 to get the raw score.
While men’s golf, men’s tennis and women’s golf all had perfect 1000s for APR, they weren’t the only highlights. Baseball (954), football (958), men’s soccer (980), softball (982) and volleyball (984) all set program records while men’s golf (1000), men’s tennis (1000), women’s golf (1000) and women’s track (996) all tied program highs. Last year six programs either set or tied records. This is the 11th year of that APR scores have been issued.
“Having all of our programs score above 950 is a tremendous accomplishment,” said Vice President for Athletics Paul Krebs. “This is our seventh consecutive year of excellent APR scores, and it’s a tribute to our student-athletes, who have a tremendous drive to succeed in the classroom. It also shows that our coaches are recruiting strong student-athletes who excel in the classroom as well as on the court. Additionally, it shows that The University of New Mexico has a terrific faculty, and this classroom success is a reflection of them as well.”
One of the keys to UNM’s APR success is the Lobo Center for Student-Athlete Success, which houses UNM’s athletics’ Student Success Managers, who oversee the academic progress of UNM’s student-athletes. The LCSAS has two complete computer labs, meeting and private study spaces, classroom, and tutoring stations as well as housing UNM’s Student Success Staff.
| Men’s Sports | Mutil-Year Rate (change from 2014-15) |
| Baseball | 954 (up 5) |
| Football | 958 (up 7) |
| Basketball | 975 (down 5) |
| Cross Country | 989 (up 20) |
| Golf | 1000 (same) |
| Skiing | 971 (down 1) |
| Soccer | 980 (up 19) |
| Tennis | 1000 (same) |
| Track and Field | 990 (up 3) |
| Women’s Sports | |
| Basketball | 972 (down 1) |
| Cross Country | 996 (up 4) |
| Golf | 1000 (same) |
| Skiing | 986 (down 6) |
| Soccer | 991 (down 2) |
| Softball | 982 (up 9) |
| Swimming & Diving | 976 (down 2) |
| Tennis | 991 (down 9) |
| Track and Field | 992 (same) |
| Volleyball | 984 (up 16) |