General | May 27, 2015

PHILADELPHIA - La Salle teams continue 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 data collected (2010-11 to 2013-14) to determine a rolling multi-year APR score that provides a meaningful assessment of a team's academic performance.

The Academic Progress Rate (APR) provides a four-year "snapshot" of a team's academic success by looking at current academic progress of every student-athlete. The APR measures eligibility, retention, and graduation as factors in the rate calculation and provides a much clearer picture of the current academic culture in each sport.

Five La Salle programs received a NCAA Public Recognition Award for ranking in the top 10% of teams nationally in their sport, including the men's basketball team. The men's tennis, women's tennis, women's soccer and the softball teams were also recognized.

The men's basketball team posted a perfect score of 1000 in 2013-14 for the third straight year. Ten other programs also posted perfect scores last season (men's swimming, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's cross country, softball, women's soccer, women's swimming, women's tennis, women's indoor track, and women's outdoor track).