INDIANAPOLIS - All 21 University of Alabama varsity athletic teams scored well above the national cutoff standard of 925 in the latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) the NCAA announced Tuesday. In addition, 15 Crimson Tide teams posted scores that either matched or were above the national Division I average in their respective sports. Figures released covered the four-year period extending from the 2006-07 through 2009-10 school years.
The Tide women's golf team, which finished eighth nationally this year, recently received public recognition from the NCAA for its APR score figuring in the top 10 percentile nationally among teams in that sport, with a perfect 1000 APR.
The women's golf team was joined by the back-to-back SEC Champion softball team (994), the NCAA and SEC Champion gymnastics team (991) as well as the men's golf (993), women's swimming & diving (987), women's tennis (985), women's cross country (983), men's swimming & diving (982), men's tennis (981) and soccer (980) teams in achieving the highest scores by Alabama teams.
The Tide football team's APR continues to rise, going to 963 this year, 17 points higher than the national football average. The men's basketball team, which has posted three straight 1,000 single-year APR scores, moved to a 973 four-year mark, which puts them 28 points above the national average for men's basketball.
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