INDIANAPOLIS – Six athletic teams from the New Mexico State Athletic Department scored a perfect 1,000 for its single-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) according to the NCAA for the 2016-17 academic year.
Those six teams for NM State include women's tennis, women's golf, women's cross country, women's volleyball, men's tennis and men's golf. This is the seventh-time both women's golf and women's tennis have tallied a perfect 1,000 single-year APR. Women's cross country has now earned a 1,000 six times since the program started while volleyball has reached the mark five times. Men's golf and men's tennis have reached the 1,000 mark four times apiece.