Nine Auburn Athletics Teams Record Perfect Academic Progress Rate Scores

AUBURN, Ala. – Nine of Auburn's 19 Athletics teams posted a perfect 1,000 Academic Progress Rate score for the 2017-18 scoring period, according to NCAA APR scores released Wednesday.

Auburn's 19 sports safely scored within the multiyear Academic Progress Rate guidelines, with 89 percent of the programs posting a 980 or better.

Men's basketball, men's golf, women's cross country, women's golf, women's tennis, women's track and field, gymnastics and volleyball were awarded public recognition by the NCAA last week for earning multiyear Academic Progress Rates in the top 10 percent of their peers.

They were joined in the recent scoring period with perfect scores by men's tennis and women's swimming and diving.

Football's APR increased to 993 in 2017-18 from 978 in 2016-17. Baseball's APR improved to 990 in 2017-18 from 950 in 2016-17. Men's basketball achieved a perfect 1,000 APR score for the second straight year.

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.

"To have nine teams achieve perfect APR scores is an outstanding achievement," Director of Athletics Allen Greene said. "Fielding nationally competitive programs while balancing the demands of Auburn University's rigorous academics is a testament to the extraordinary efforts of our student-athletes, coaches and academic support staff."