INDIANAPOLIS—In a follow-up release to last week's announcement of national public recognition awards, the NCAA revealed the overall Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores for each school and athletic program on Tuesday afternoon. The latest batch of data gives additional context to several areas in which Villanova student-athletes rank among the best and brightest nationwide for their combination of academic achievement and athletic prowess.  Last week saw the Wildcats have 14 of its sport programs earn public recognition for having a multi-year APR score that ranked within the top 10 percent of their sport nationally. 
 
Thirteen of the teams to earn a public recognition award posted a perfect 1000 score in the latest data, which spans the 2015-16 through 2018-19 academic years.  Those sport programs included men's basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country, golf, men's lacrosse, rowing, women's soccer, men's swimming & diving, women's swimming & diving, women's tennis, women's track & field, volleyball and water polo.  Now in its 15^th year collecting data for Division I schools, the APR metric provides a real-time measure of a sport program's academic performance based on points earned each semester by student-athletes for their academic standing and retention.  Villanova had an overall department APR of 997 in the latest release of data. 
 
Below are a few key highlights from Tuesday's release of data…
 

• Villanova was one of 10 schools nationwide to have at least 13 teams post a multiyear score of 1000
• Each of Villanova's sport programs met or exceeded the national average from all Division I schools
• Men's basketball was the lone BIG EAST program to have a multiyear score of 1000
• Football ranked third in CAA Football and in the top 20 among all FCS programs with a 983 score
• Four sport programs were the lone member of their conference to have a multiyear score of 1000

 
Every one of the Wildcats sport programs met or exceeded the overall national average of 983 across all Division I schools.  Villanova was also the lone BIG EAST program and one of just 10 schools nationwide to have as many as 13 teams earn a perfect multiyear score of 1000.  The men's basketball and men's lacrosse teams were each the only BIG EAST member in their sport to have a 1000 score, as was the rowing program in the Colonial Athletic Association and the water polo team in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.  The football team's multi-year score of 983 ranked third in CAA Football and in the top-20 nationally among all FCS programs. 
 
Villanova continues to stand out for its combination of success both in the classroom and in athletic competition.  Four sports – men's basketball, women's cross country, women's swimming & diving and women's track & field – combined a multiyear APR score of 1000 with winning a BIG EAST title during the 2018-19 academic year.  The men's basketball team was one of four schools within its sport to have a multiyear score of 1000 and play in last year's NCAA Tournament. 
 
Elite levels of academic achievement have long been a hallmark for Wildcats student-athletes, who continue to set new benchmarks for their success in the classroom.  The spring semester which just ended marked the 34^th consecutive grading period in which Villanova student-athletes had a GPA of 3.0 or better and the 11^th semester in a row with a GPA of 3.2 or higher.