UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa – Penn State student-athletes continue to excel in the classroom and surpass Division I national averages, according to Academic Progress Rate (APR) data released today by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Penn State's all-sport APR average for 2021-22 was 986, which meets one of the academic achievement unit benchmarks for the NCAA.
The NCAA reported 17 Penn State teams earned perfect APR scores of 1,000 during the 2021-22 academic year. The teams earning a perfect single-year APR are baseball, men's cross country, women's cross country, men's fencing, women's fencing, field hockey, women's golf, women's gymnastics, men's hockey, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, men's soccer, women's swimming & diving, men's tennis, women's track & field, men's volleyball and women's volleyball.
In addition, eight Penn State squads earned perfect multi-year (2018-19 through 2021-22) APR scores of 1,000: field hockey, women's fencing, women's golf, women's gymnastics, men's hockey, women's lacrosse, softball and men's volleyball.