JOURNAL SPORTS

RUSTON — Louisiana Tech matched a program record with seven teams earning a perfect single-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) score of 1,000, according to data released this week by the NCAA.

The seven perfect marks for the academic year 2024-25 tie for the most in school history and highlight continued academic success across Louisiana Tech Athletics. The programs achieving a 1,000 APR included men’s basketball (fourth time), women’s basketball (fourth time in the last seven years), bowling (15th time), women’s cross country (ninth time in the last 10 years), softball (fourth time in the last seven years), women’s tennis (10th time in the last 13 years), and women’s track and field (first time in program history).

All 16 Louisiana Tech Division I programs remained penalty-free, continuing a department-wide standard of academic achievement.

As a whole, Tech posted a combined multi-year APR of 979.8. Nine programs recorded multi-year scores of 980 or higher, including men’s cross country and women’s tennis, which both achieved perfect 1,000 multi-year rates. Women’s soccer (989) and women’s track and field (988) also set or matched program-best multi-year marks.

The APR measures the eligibility, retention, and graduation of student-athletes and serves as a key indicator of academic success and progress toward graduation.