| UNM Sports Receiving Public Recognition All-time since 2004-05 |
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| 2004-05: Women’s Golf 2004-05: Women’s Tennis 2005-06: Women’s Tennis 2006-07: Women’s Tennis 2007-08: Women’s Tennis 2008-09: Men’s Cross Country 2009-10: Men’s Cross Country 2009-10: Women’s Basketball 2010-11: Men’s Cross Country 2012-13: Men’s Basketball 2012-13: Men’s Tennis 2012-13: Women’s Golf 2013-14: Men’s Tennis 2013-14: Women’s Cross Country 2013-14: Women’s Golf 2013-14: Women’s Tennis 2014-15: Men’s Tennis 2014-15: Men’s Golf 2014-15: Women’s Golf 2014-15: Women’s Tennis 2015-16: Women’s Golf 2015-16: Men’s Golf 2015-16: Men’s Tennis |
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Three athletic programs at the University of New Mexico earned public recognition from the NCAA for having 2015-16 Academic Progress Rates in the top 10 percent of the NCAA in a particular sport.
The three programs — women’s golf, men’s golf and men’s tennis — all recorded perfect multiyear APRs of 1000 (counting scores from the 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years), and give New Mexico 14 public recognitions over the last four seasons.
UNM has now seen 23 sports recognized by the NCAA for superior APR scores since the first APR Public Recognition announcement in 2006.
Full APR scores will be released next Wednesday, April 10, and UNM is expected to have all 22 sports reach the 930 threshold established by the NCAA for the multiyear rate. That would mark the seventh straight year that all UNM programs have achieved the 930 benchmark.
The APR provides a real-time look at a team’s academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of each team’s academic performance.
It’s the fourth straight year that both men’s tennis and women’s golf received public recognition, with men’s golf collecting its second straight.
New Mexico’s three selections are also tied for the second-most by a single school in the Mountain West, trailing only Boise State (four). A league-record 28 teams were recognized by the NCAA on Wednesday.