May 7, 2014

WASHINGTON - For the fifth-straight year, the Georgetown University Athletics Department had at least 13 teams honored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) with Public Recognition Awards for high Academic Progress Rate scores. Hoya athletic teams were among a group of more than 950 Division I sports teams honored for their multi-year APR scores, which are given each year to teams scoring in the top 10 percent in each sport.

The Hoyas had 13 teams recognized for their performance in the classroom, the most of any team in the BIG EAST Conference.

Georgetown teams publicly recognized by the NCAA included: baseball, field hockey, men's golf, softball, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's golf, women's lacrosse, women's rowing, women's soccer, women's swimming, women's indoor track & field and women's volleyball.

This is the fifth-straight year, dating back to 2009-10, that Georgetown had at least 13 teams recognized publicly. Last year, there were 14 teams honored and in 2011-12, the Hoyas had 15 recognized, the most since the start of the awards.

Several Georgetown teams have been honored in multiple years recently with three teams being recognized in each of the last nine years (field hockey, women's golf and women's swimming & diving). Georgetown was one of only 61 schools nationally to be singled out for having teams that have been recognized in eight-consecutive years.

"I'm very proud of how our student-athletes and coaches continue to demonstrate success both in the classroom and on the field of play," Georgetown Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Lee Reed said. "Student and athlete are not mutually exclusive goals at Georgetown and we remain committed to a standard of excellence in both areas. Our University community expects excellence and we expect nothing less of ourselves."

The 1,049 teams publicly recognized for high achievement represent 631 women's teams and 418 men's or mixed squads. The scores required to be in the top 10 ranged from 980 to a perfect 1,000, depending on the sport, with the majority of top 10 teams earning a perfect APR.

"Each year, more and more teams are achieving perfect APR scores," said NCAA president Mark Emmert. "We are proud of our member schools' commitment to providing tremendous opportunities for student-athletes so they can succeed on the field, in the classroom, and in life."

In 2013, 976 teams were recognized.

Each year, the NCAA tracks the classroom performance of student-athletes on every Division I team through the annual scorecard of academic achievement, known as APR. The rate measures eligibility, graduation and retention each semester or quarter and provides a clear picture of the academic performance in each sport. The most recent APRs are multi-year rates based on scores from the 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-2012 and 2012-13 academic years.