Thirty-seven Summit League packages earn excellent NCAA Academic Progress Rates

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Summit League noticed its complete variety of packages with an ideal multi-year Academic Progress Rate enhance to 37 following the 2024-25 tutorial yr in information launched Tuesday by the NCAA nationwide workplace.

For the third straight yr, St. Thomas led the best way amongst League establishments with 10 of its groups incomes excellent charges of 1000 throughout that point span. With 5 charges of 1000, males’s golf and ladies’s tennis shared the benchmark amongst all packages with an total excellent rating.

Overall, the League produced 81 packages at or above the nationwide common with Omaha and St. Thomas pacing all members with 13 packages at 984 or higher within the newest report. South Dakota was proper behind the Mavericks and Tommies with 12 packages reaching that threshold.

Perfect Rates of 1000 (37)

Denver (1)

Women’s Golf

Eastern Illinois (1)

Women’s Swimming and Diving*

Kansas City (1)

Women’s Tennis

North Dakota (8)

Men’s Cross Country

Women’s Cross Country

Men’s Golf

Women’s Golf

Women’s Tennis

Men’s Track & Field

Women’s Track & Field

Volleyball

North Dakota State (4)

Women’s Cross Country

Men’s Golf

Women’s Golf

Volleyball

Omaha (3)

Women’s Golf

Softball

Women’s Tennis

Oral Roberts (3)

Men’s Golf

Women’s Tennis

Volleyball

St. Thomas (10)

Men’s Cross Country

Women’s Cross Country

Men’s Golf

Men’s Soccer

Women’s Soccer

Softball

Men’s Swimming & Diving

Women’s Tennis

Women’s Track & Field

Volleyball

South Dakota (5)

Women’s Basketball

Men’s Cross Country

Men’s Golf

Men’s Track & Field

Volleyball

South Dakota State (1)

Women’s Basketball

*associates program

APR Public Recognition Awards (38)

Teams earn the APR Public Recognition Award for ending inside the highest 10 % of groups inside their sports activities.

Selections by Universities: St. Thomas (10), North Dakota (8), South Dakota (5), North Dakota State (5), Oral Roberts (3), Omaha (3), South Dakota State (2), Denver (1), Kansas City (1).

Selections by Sport: Men’s Golf (5), Women’s Tennis (5), Volleyball (5), Women’s Golf (4), Women’s Cross Country (3), Baseball (2), Women’s Basketball (2), Men’s Cross Country (2), Softball (2), Men’s Track & Field (2), Women’s Track & Field (2), Men’s Soccer (1), Women’s Soccer (1), Men’s Swimming & Diving (1), Women’s Swimming & Diving (1).

Each tutorial yr, each Division I sports activities group’s APR is calculated utilizing a easy and constant method. Scholarship student-athletes can earn one level for staying on the right track for a level of their chosen main and one level for being retained (or graduating) on the finish of every tutorial time period. For colleges that don’t supply athletics scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked. 

This is the fifth consecutive yr of publicly reported APRs after a one-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

A full listing of APRs for every group might be accessed by utilizing the APR searchable database.

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