Tennis Team Paces NCAA Academic Success
5/21/2020 8:00:00 AM | Cross Country, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Softball, Swimming and Diving, Women's Tennis, Track & Field/XC, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Volleyball, Academics
DENTON — The Mean Green women's tennis team turned in its fifth-straight year of a perfect score in the Academic Progress Rate announced by the NCAA Tuesday. The tennis program earned a perfect 1,000 in the multi-year score that collects data over a four-year period, beginning in the 2015-16 academic year and ending in the 2018-19 year.
Every North Texas program was well above the required 930 APR score, to avoid NCAA penalties. The tennis program was the only team to have a perfect score in both single year and multi-year data. The men's cross country team received a perfect 1,000 for the most recent single year (2018-19) and its multi-year score improved from 977 to 991, giving that program the largest multi-year jump of all the Mean Green programs.
The men's and women's track program both made substantial single-year jumps from last year, improving 37 points for the women's program and 26 points for the men. The men's basketball team also took a big jump in its single-year score, improving from a 964 in 2017-18 to 981 in 2018-19.
"I'm proud of the effort of our academic support staff and coaches, but especially the student-athletes who make it a priority to be successful in the classroom," Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker said. "It will always be a focus of ours to improve each of our academic metrics as we continue to build champions and prepare leaders."
To see how each Mean Green team performed in the APR, find the full report here.
