| 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 2017-18: Women’s Golf 2017-18: Men’s Golf 2018-19: Men’s Basketball 2018-19: Women’s Golf 2018-19: Men’s Golf |
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Three programs at The University of New Mexico, men’s basketball, men’s golf and women’s golf, have been honored with public recognition by the NCAA for having its 2018-19 Academic Progress Rates in the top 10 percent of the NCAA in its respective sport. It’s a seventh consecutive season for women’s golf to be honored and a fifth straight for men’s golf.
Men’s basketball was honored for the first time since 2014, which was for the 2012-13 academic year.
Overall, UNM has now seen 32 sports recognized by the NCAA for superior APR scores since the first APR Public Recognition announcement in 2006.
The 2018-19 cohort marks the seventh straight year that UNM has had at least two programs honored with public recognition. Both men’s golf and women’s golf recorded perfect multiyear APRs of 1000 (counting scores from the 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic years). Men’s basketball achieved a 995 APR score and the three honors gives New Mexico 23 public recognitions over the last six seasons.
Full APR scores will be released next Tuesday, May 19, and UNM is expected to have every sport reach the 930 threshold established by the NCAA for the multiyear rate. That would mark the 10th 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.
Overall, women’s golf has now been honored eight times, two more than women’s tennis for the most honors at the school. Men’s golf picked up its fifth honor while men’s basketball picked up its second.
New Mexico’s three of selections were tied for second in the Mountain West. The three programs honored were just one away from tying the school record for a single year, which is four, set three previous times. Colorado State led the Mountain West with four. Overall, The Mountain West had 23 programs earn public recognition.