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Naval Academy Ranks At The Top Of The APR Report

All 23 of Navy's NCAA sponsored varsity sports teams is above the national average

Senior slot back Zerbin Singleton carried a 3.12 GPA in Aerospace Engineering and was the Brigade Commander for the second semester

May 7, 2008

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-All 23 of Navy's NCAA sponsored varsity sports are above the national average in the Academic Progress report released yesterday by the NCAA. Navy had a nation's best 12 teams rank in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sport and had four teams with perfect scores.

"Our student-athletes continually strive to set the standard in military performance, academics and conduct," said Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk. "The support and encouragement they receive through the Commandant and her staff and the academic dean's office is extraordinary and provides tremendous motivation to be successful across the board. We are all proud to be leaders on the field of competition, but even more so when we can prove to be leaders in the classroom as well, clearly defining the meaning of a midshipman who is truly a scholar-athlete."

The APR is the fulcrum upon which the entire academic-reform structure rests. Developed as a more real-time assessment of teams' academic performance than the six-year graduation-rate calculation provides, the APR awards two points each term to student-athletes who meet academic-eligibility standards and who remain with the institution. A team's APR is the total points earned by the team at a given time divided by the total points possible.

APR COMPARISON

Naval Academy APR Average (Division I Average)

Baseball 981 (932)

Men's Basketball 978 (932)

Men's Cross Country 995 (967)

Football 979 (936)

Golf 994 (962)

Gymnastics 1000(955)

Men's Lacrosse 998 (960)

Men's Soccer 985 (954)

Men's Swimming 990 (968)

Tennis 1000(961)

Indoor Track 998 (953)

Outdoor Track 996 (954)

Water Polo 974 (939)

Wrestling 983 (929)

Women's Basketball 988 (963)

Women's Cross Country 989 (966)

Women's Crew 1000(988)

Women's Soccer 985 (973)

Women's Swimming 995 (978)

Women's Indoor Track 985 (961)

Women's Outdoor Track 986 (962)

Women's Volleyball 991 (971)

Rifle 1000 (929)