OMAHA, Neb. – Thirteen of Omaha's 15 teams earned perfect Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores for the year of 2020-21.
 
In 2020-21, baseball, men's basketball, men's golf, hockey, men's soccer, men's tennis, women's basketball, cross country, women's golf, women's soccer, women's tennis, track & field, and volleyball saw perfect 1,000 scores.
 
Women's swimming posted an APR score of 991, while softball finished with a 987 APR. Omaha's single-year average was 998 across the 15 programs.
 
The national four-year APR for Division I student-athletes is 984, up one point from the last publicly reported rate in May 2020. Twelve Omaha teams exceeded the national four-year average.
 
Women's tennis, men's tennis, women's golf, and cross country achieve a perfect APR multi-year score.
 
Hockey finished with a 998, while women's soccer was one point shy of matching with a 997. Women's basketball came in at 991, while men's basketball and men's golf each finished at 990. Track & field achieved a score of 987 followed by baseball and men's soccer with a score of 985.
 
The public announcement of APRs returned after a one-year hiatus. This spring, the Division I Board of Directors voted to continue to suspend APR penalties for an additional year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, it supported the public release of the APR data.
 
Each academic year, every Division I sports team across the country calculates its APR using a simple and consistent formula. Each term, scholarship student-athletes can earn 1 point for remaining eligible and 1 point for staying in school or graduating. For schools that do not offer scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked.
 
The Academic Performance Program has established an essential framework for academic excellence. The program provides measurable goals to ensure schools are fulfilling their commitment of equipping student-athletes with the tools and resources necessary to achieve academic success.