Rutgers gets NCAA recognition for academics
April 22, 2009 9:08 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett
Rutgers received public recognition from the NCAA today for its Academic Progress Rate scores for the second straight year.
The Scarlet Knights football program was the only state university to be ranked in the top 10 percent nationally in APR, which measures athletes' progress and retention toward a degree. These public recognition is given out each year to teams scoring in the top 10 percent of APRs in each sport.
The other five FBS teams joining the Scarlet Knights on the list were Duke, Rice, Stanford, Air Force and Navy.
