According to the NCAA, the Prairie View A&M University men’s cross country and men’s tennis teams received accolades for achieving a perfect score on the Academic Progress Report (APR) for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school year.The APR, which was implemented by the NCAA during the 2003-04 school year, determines whether the team is subject to scholarship reductions because of its student-athletes’ academic performance. Each semester, the APR is computed and scholarship athletes can earn two points for maintaining their academic eligibility and re-enrolling in school the next semester. An APR of 1,000 is perfect but any score below 925 subjects a team to possible scholarship reductions.
Both squads were among 453 men’s and 595 women’s teams across the country to earn a perfect APR score. In addition, both teams represented two of the three men’s teams in the Southwestern Athletic Conference to make the list.
“We’re pleased with the APR rate of those two teams,” said Prairie View athletic director Charles McClelland. “Our ultimate goal is to have all of our teams at that level and we’re going to work diligently to achieve those goals.