April 24, 2008

ORONO, Maine--The University of Maine had four teams honored by the NCAA on Thursday, April 24 with public recognition for their latest multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores. The Maine women's cross country team, softball team, women's swimming team and women's outdoor track and field teams were all honored.

These teams posted multi-year APR scores that were in the top 10 percent of all teams in their respective sports. The APR provides a look at a team's academic success by tracking academic progress of each student-athlete. The APR includes eligibility, retention and graduation in the calculation.

The teams honored this year for high achievement represent 11.4 percent of the approximately 6,272 Division I teams. This list includes 401 women's teams and 311 men's or mixed teams. A total of 192 institutions, out of 329 Division I colleges and universities, placed at least one team on the top APR list.

For more information, visit the ncaa website at www.ncaa.org (.)

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