INDIANAPOLIS-- Three University of North Dakota teams earned perfect Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores and all 15 of North Dakota's teams exceeded the national threshold, according to data released on Wednesday by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Each of UND's 15 teams recorded multi-year APR scores above the four-year minimum score of 930 required to be eligible for the 2019-20 postseason. Additionally, teams must earn at least a 930 four-year APR to avoid other penalties.

Three of UND's teams earned perfect multi-year APR scores of 1,000: women's cross country and men's and women's golf. Those three teams received NCAA Public Recognition Awards earlier this month for scoring in the top 10 percent nationally. It was the fifth consecutive year in which North Dakota led its conference in NCAA Public Recognition Awards. 

Six UND teams etched perfect 1000 scores for the most-recent season (2017-18) with women's cross country, women's track and field and volleyball joining the three teams mentioned above. 

The APR, created to provide more of a real-time measurement of academic success than graduation rates offer, is a team-based metric where scholarship student-athletes earn one point each term for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. Schools that don't offer scholarships track their recruited student-athletes.

Every Division I sports team submits data to have its Academic Progress Rate calculated each academic year. The NCAA reports both single-year rates and four-year rates, on which penalties for poor academic performance are based. National aggregates are based on all teams with usable, member-provided data. APRs for each team, lists of teams receiving public recognition and those receiving sanctions are available online through the NCAA's searchable database.  

UND's 2017-18 multi-year APR Scores
Football: 954
Men's Basketball: 949
Men's Cross Country: 981
Men's Golf: 1000
Men's Hockey: 975

Men's Tennis: 935
Men's Track & Field: 982
Softball: 989
Women's Basketball: 987
Women's Cross Country: 1000

Women's Golf: 1000
Women's Soccer: 989
Women's Tennis: 958
Women's Track & Field: 992
Women's Volleyball: 989