Texas State Athletic Teams Succeeding In Academic and Athletic Performances

SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State Athletics teams enjoyed a landmark year in the classroom and was one of the top athletic programs in the Sun Belt Conference during the 2016-17 academic year.

The NCAA announced Wednesday that eight Bobcat teams posted a perfect 1,000 Academic Progress Rate (APR) in 2016-17. Last year, Texas State also finished as the runner-up school in the Sun Belt Conference's Bubas Cup standings behind South Alabama, which fields one more team than the Bobcats.

The Bobcats had 10 teams with single-year APR scores of 990 or better during 2016-17. The eight teams with perfect scores were men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, women's basketball, soccer,…