UofL Men’s Basketball Among Nation’s Top Academic Leaders
Cardinals have ranked among the nation’s top 10 percent in the APR in seven of the last eight years
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville men’s basketball team is among five Cardinal athletic teams which rank among the nation's leaders within their sports in the most recent Academic Progress Rate (APR) data released by the NCAA on Tuesday.
UofL’s men’s and women’s basketball, women’s cross country, women’s golf and volleyball teams are among the top 10 percent in their respective sports in the latest multiyear APR, which measures academic eligibility, retention, and graduation for student-athletes.
It is the seventh occasion in the last eight years the Cardinals’ men’s basketball team has received public recognition through the NCAA Academic Performance Program. Louisville and Stanford are the only two schools from Power Five conferences that have earned the APR recognition in at least seven of the last eight years.
The men’s basketball team has attained a collective 3.0 GPA in 22 of the last 24 semesters, including a 3.160 cumulative team mark for the Spring 2020 semester. Ten of the Cardinals’ 16 student-athletes on the 2019-20 roster attained a 3.0 or better GPA for the most recent UofL Spring 2020 semester, including Jordan Nwora and Samuell Williamson achieving a perfect 4.0. Eight Cardinals earned a 3.6 or better GPA in the Spring semester.
The Cardinals won major individual academic awards as well over the past year. Nwora was named to the 2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-America second team -- just the fourth Louisville player ever to attain the honor -- and earned his third straight All-ACC Academic Team honor. A league-high matching five Cardinals, including Nwora, Williamson, Lamarr “Fresh” Kimble, Ryan McMahon and Darius Perry, were named to the 2020 All-ACC Academic Team. UofL has produced an ACC-best 36 All-ACC Academic Team selections over its six years in the conference.
Four members of the Cardinals’ 2019-20 roster will earn degrees from UofL this summer, including Kimble (master’s degree in criminal justice), Nwora (bachelor’s in exercise science), Perry (bachelor’s in sport administration) and Grant Williams (bachelor’s in sport administration). In addition to those new graduates, UofL’s roster also featured three others who had earned bachelor’s degrees a year ago in Steven Enoch (communication), McMahon (marketing) and Dwayne Sutton (sport administration).
Louisville’s five teams are among nearly 1,400 teams from 326 Division I universities that were recognized for academic excellence for ranking among the top 10 percent of their sports in the most recent APR. Multiyear APRs for the most-recent single-year figures from 2018-19 for all Division I sports teams will be released on May 19. The process for determining an Academic Progress Rate score is included at this link.
Cardinals have ranked among the nation’s top 10 percent in the APR in seven of the last eight years
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville men’s basketball team is among five Cardinal athletic teams which rank among the nation's leaders within their sports in the most recent Academic Progress Rate (APR) data released by the NCAA on Tuesday.
UofL’s men’s and women’s basketball, women’s cross country, women’s golf and volleyball teams are among the top 10 percent in their respective sports in the latest multiyear APR, which measures academic eligibility, retention, and graduation for student-athletes.
It is the seventh occasion in the last eight years the Cardinals’ men’s basketball team has received public recognition through the NCAA Academic Performance Program. Louisville and Stanford are the only two schools from Power Five conferences that have earned the APR recognition in at least seven of the last eight years.
The men’s basketball team has attained a collective 3.0 GPA in 22 of the last 24 semesters, including a 3.160 cumulative team mark for the Spring 2020 semester. Ten of the Cardinals’ 16 student-athletes on the 2019-20 roster attained a 3.0 or better GPA for the most recent UofL Spring 2020 semester, including Jordan Nwora and Samuell Williamson achieving a perfect 4.0. Eight Cardinals earned a 3.6 or better GPA in the Spring semester.
The Cardinals won major individual academic awards as well over the past year. Nwora was named to the 2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-America second team -- just the fourth Louisville player ever to attain the honor -- and earned his third straight All-ACC Academic Team honor. A league-high matching five Cardinals, including Nwora, Williamson, Lamarr “Fresh” Kimble, Ryan McMahon and Darius Perry, were named to the 2020 All-ACC Academic Team. UofL has produced an ACC-best 36 All-ACC Academic Team selections over its six years in the conference.
Four members of the Cardinals’ 2019-20 roster will earn degrees from UofL this summer, including Kimble (master’s degree in criminal justice), Nwora (bachelor’s in exercise science), Perry (bachelor’s in sport administration) and Grant Williams (bachelor’s in sport administration). In addition to those new graduates, UofL’s roster also featured three others who had earned bachelor’s degrees a year ago in Steven Enoch (communication), McMahon (marketing) and Dwayne Sutton (sport administration).
Louisville’s five teams are among nearly 1,400 teams from 326 Division I universities that were recognized for academic excellence for ranking among the top 10 percent of their sports in the most recent APR. Multiyear APRs for the most-recent single-year figures from 2018-19 for all Division I sports teams will be released on May 19. The process for determining an Academic Progress Rate score is included at this link.
