INDIANAPOLIS – For the second year in a row, the University of South Alabama Athletics Department set a record after five teams received NCAA Public Recognition Awards for ranking among the top 10 percent of their sport based on the most recent Academic Progress Rates. The announcement was made by the NCAA office on Wednesday.
The programs recognized — based on APR multiyear rates from the 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic years — included baseball, men's and women's cross country, and men's and women's golf. This marks the third time in as many years that both cross country teams have been honored, while it's the second straight spring that the men's golf program has earned the distinction.