Conference USA Teams Recognized by the NCAA

[Harry]

Thirteen full-time Conference USA members fielded teams that received the NCAA Public Recognition Award, based on the NCAA Division I 2012-13 Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores released today. Affiliate members Colorado College for women's soccer and Tennessee for women's rowing were also recognized.

Rice led the pack with five teams ranked among the top 10 percentile of all teams for all sports nationally. The Owls men's golf and women's tennis teams were honored and also won conference championships this season. Both were repeat winners, along with the Rice women's basketball, women's cross country and women's soccer teams.

"The academic success of our student-athletes is a major priority and we are proud of the academic performance of these teams," C-USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky said. "Our expectation is the academic progress rates will continue to rise."

The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester or quarter by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete. The APR includes eligibility, retention, and graduation in the calculation and provides a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport. Below is a complete listing of Conference USA teams receiving the Public Recognition Award. For more information on the Academic Progress Rate, please log on to www.ncaa.org.

PUBLIC RECOGNITION AWARDS (*repeat selection from 2011-12)

Charlotte - *Men's Cross Country, *Men's Tennis, *Women's Tennis
East Carolina - *Women's Volleyball
FIU - Women's Basketball
Florida Atlantic - *Women's Golf
Marshall - *Women's Tennis
Middle Tennessee - *Men's Golf, Women's Golf
Old Dominion - *Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Men's Tennis
Rice - *Women's Basketball, *Women's Cross Country, *Men's Golf, *Women's Soccer, *Women's Tennis
Southern Miss - *Men's Golf
Tulane - Women's Basketball, *Men's Tennis, *Women's Swimming
Tulsa - *Women's Golf
UAB - *Women's Tennis
UTEP - *Softball

Affiliate Members

Colorado College - *Women's Soccer
Tennessee - *Women's Rowing

read more: http://www.conferenceusa.com/genrel/050714aaa.html

[rws69]

Just as I was wondering why UNT is not listed, I noticed this is for the 2012-2013 academic year. SMU and others who were in CUSA then, but have since left, are not listed.

Edited May 7, 2014 by rws69

[Mean Green 93-98]

So wouldn't it be much more relevant to learn which 2012-13 Sun Belt teams were so honored?

Here's what I found, anyway:

Men's Golf Middle Tennessee State University

Women's Basketball Florida International University

Women's Golf Florida Atlantic University

Women's Golf Middle Tennessee State University

Women's Golf University of Louisiana at Monroe

Women's Volleyball Western Kentucky University

http://web1.ncaa.org/maps/aprRecognitionAwards.jsp

Edited May 7, 2014 by Mean Green 93-98

[MeanGreen13]

if its old, then why is middle tennessee on there?

[Harry]

This article was dated May 7, 2014.

[Mean Green 93-98]

This article was dated May 7, 2014.

But it's for the previous year.

[10Eagle10]

if its old, then why is middle tennessee on there?

because C-USA claimed all the teams that are current members who won the award - which is why MUTS, F_U are on both lists

Harry,

you're right. It's a brand new article. The NCAA typically announces these a year after the fact

and MeanGreen 93-98 was right to look up Sun Belt from last year to see if we were honored.

we weren't - and now we can all see that the C-USA list had already listed all the current members who received the honor on their list

Edited May 7, 2014 by 10Eagle10

[MeanGreen13]

i would imagine our swimming team would be worthy of this at the very least...