INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Three Rutgers teams received public recognition from the NCAA for top academic performance for their multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores, the NCAA announced Wednesday. It marked the second-consecutive year that the Scarlet Knights football, women’s tennis and men’s cross country programs were cited by the NCAA.

The Rutgers football program was the lone state university on the list to be ranked in the top 10 percent nationally in APR.

“We are extremely proud of the continued academic growth and success of our student-athletes at Rutgers,” said Tim Pernetti, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. “These achievements are just another example of our commitment to excellence in academics and athletics, and the hard work of our coaches and academic support staff.”

These awards are given each year to teams scoring in the top 10 percent in each sport with their APRs.

Rutgers Football was one of only six Football Bowl Subdivision programs to be ranked in the top 10 percent in the APR scores. RU was the only institution in the nation to have its football team ranked in the top 10 percent of the APR and win a bowl game in each of the last two seasons. Rutgers defeated NC State in the PapaJohns.com Bowl for its third consecutive postseason victory last December.

Among the FBS teams joining the Scarlet Knights on the list were Duke, Rice, Stanford, Air Force and Navy.




Schiano has really done a great job in this regard. The academic disaster from when he first arrived to what it is now is night and day.

Good news for Rutgers. WVU has some good news on a similar vein...

MSNsportsNET Wrote:Seven Make NFF Honor Society
By Kevin Kinder Publisher
Posted: Apr 23, 2009



Continuing its strong tradition of academic success, West Virginia University placed seven players on the 2009 National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society.

Graduating seniors Tito Gonzales, Adam Hughes, Dorrell Jalloh, Pat Liebig, Doug Slavonic and Ryan Stanchek, along with rising senior Reed Williams, were named to the society, which is made up of a total of 564 players from all divisions of play. West Virginia, with seven total selections, far outpaced all other Big East conference schools.

To qualify for the society, players had to maintain a 3.2 GPA or better, be a starter or a significant substitute in one's last year of eligibility at an accredited NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Championship Subdivision, Division II, Division III, or an NAIA college or university, and meet all NCAA-mandated progress towards degree requirements.

This is always stuff that's good to see means that the programs are being built up in the right fashion. Additionally, you don't hear about WVU and RU players being all over the police blotters.