| 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 2016-17: Beach Volleyball 2016-17: Women’s Golf 2016-17: Men’s Golf 2016-17: Men’s Tennis |
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The University of New Mexico tied a program with programs earning public recognition from the NCAA for having 2016-17 Academic Progress Rates in the top 10 percent of the NCAA in a sport. The Lobos had four programs earn public recognition for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years.
The four programs were women’s golf, men’s golf and men’s tennis and beach volleyball. Of those four, Women’s golf, men’s golf and men’s tennis all were honored last year as well. All for recorded perfect multiyear APRs of 1000 (counting scores from the 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years), and give New Mexico 18 public recognitions over the last five seasons.
UNM has now seen 27 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, May 30, 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 eighth 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.
The 2016-17 academic year marks the fifth straight year that both men’s tennis and women’s golf received public recognition, with men’s golf collecting its third straight. Overall, women’s golf has now been honored six times, equaling women’s tennis for the most honors at the school. Men’s tennis has earned five honors, the most among men’s programs at UNM.
New Mexico’s four selections were tied for third in the Mountain West. Boise State led the Mountain West with six, and Air Force had five. A league-record 35 teams were recognized by the NCAA on Wednesday.