Women’s Tennis Earns NCAA Public Recognition Award
May 16, 2018 | Women's Tennis
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Ball State women's tennis team has received a Public Recognition Award from the NCAA for their efforts in the classroom.
The Cardinals are one of more than 1,200 teams from 312 Division I schools to be recognized for academic excellence after scoring in the top 10 percent of their sport in the most recent Academic Progress Rates. The Ball State women's tennis team made the top 10 list with a perfect score.
Ball State is the only women's tennis program from the Mid-American Conference to receive the honor this year and one of six from the state of Indiana.
The APR is an annual scorecard of academic achievement calculated for all Division I sports teams. Teams earning Public Recognition Awards increased to 1,284, up by 79 from the previous academic year, largely as a result of an increase in perfect scores. Of the teams recognized, 457 competed in men's or mixed sports, and 827 competed in women's sports. APRs for programs in the top 10 percent ranged from 985 to a perfect 1,000, and the number of teams posting perfect scores increased to 1,188, marking an increase of 98 teams from last year.
The NCAA will release the complete APR scores for all Division I teams on May 23.
