University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Excel In NCAA's Academic Progress Report
June 9, 2010 | General
June 9, 2010
Chapel Hill - All 28 University of North Carolina varsity athletic programs met the standards for successful Academic Progress Ratings including 23 sports that exceeded the national average for their respective sports.
Six programs - men's and women's swimming and diving, women's fencing, women's golf, gymnastics and volleyball - scored a perfect 1,000 over the last four years.
Thirteen sports - baseball, men's basketball, men's golf, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's golf, gymnastics, women's lacrosse, softball and volleyball - scored a perfect 1,000 in 2008-09.
The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of each team's academic performance.
Carolina baseball, men's basketball, men's and women's swimming and diving, women's fencing, women's golf, gymnastics and volleyball rank in the Top 10 percent nationally in their respective sports.
Men's basketball, men's and women's swimming and diving, women's golf and volleyball had the highest APRs in the Atlantic Coast Conference in their respective sports for the four-year period from 2005-06 to 2008-09.
