May 24, 2011

PHILADELPHIA - La Salle teams continued to excel in the classroom as evidenced by the Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores announced today by the NCAA. The NCAA released sport specific data, which includes the most recent four years of collected data used to determine a rolling multi-year APR score for all athletic teams to provide a meaningful assessment of a team's academic performance.

Two teams, field hockey and women's rowing, recorded perfect 1000 multi-year scores, while an additional seven teams recorded scores greater than 990.

Men's basketball posted the fourth highest score in the Atlantic 10 while the women's basketball team had the second highest in the A-10.

Contemporaneous financial aid penalties can be applied if an athletic team's multi-year APR score is below 925. If a team's multi-year score is below 900, that team could be subject to historical penalties. No La Salle team will be penalized.

Last week, three Explorer teams - women's basketball, field hockey and women's rowing - earned NCAA Public Recognition Awards for having APR scores in the top 10 percent nationally for their respective sport.