. "It truly is an outstanding accomplishment. These student-athletes have demonstrated that they are as serious about their academic accomplishments as they are of their athletic success and we are extremely proud of them as well as of their coaches and the academic support staff."
 
APRs for all Division I teams will be released May 14. The APR is an annual scorecard of academic achievement calculated for all Division I sports teams nationally. Teams must meet a certain academic threshold to qualify for the postseason, and they also can face penalties for continued low academic performance.
 
The 1,049 teams publicly recognized for high achievement represent 631 women's teams and 418 men's or mixed squads. In 2013, 976 teams were recognized.
 
The scores required to be in the top ten ranged from 980 to a perfect 1,000, depending on the sport, with the majority of top 10 teams earning a perfect APR.
 
"Each year, more and more teams are achieving perfect APR scores," said NCAA president Mark Emmert. "We are proud of our member schools' commitment to providing tremendous opportunities for student-athletes so they can succeed on the field, in the classroom, and in life."
 
The NCAA honors are the latest academic accolades bestowed upon Fordham student-athletes.  In 2013-2014, two student-athletes Abigail Corning (Women's Basketball), and  Bret Biestek (Football) were all named Capital One Academic All-District with Biestek going on to earn First Team Capital One Academic All-America^® honors. Biestek also was named one of two Division I Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) Scholar-Athletes of the Year and will receive a $5,000 scholarship for graduate school. Biestek was also named Academic All-Patriot League for football, along with Stephen Hodge and Dan Light, while Anisa Arsenault (Women's Cross Country), Maria Rodenberg (Volleyball) and Steve Sholdra (Men's Swimming) were all named Academic All-Atlantic 10. Additionally, ten water polo student-athletes (Bobby Wurtz, Sean Sullivan, Nicholas Allen, Dan Kearney, Eric Mullery, R.J. Simmons, Landon Kern, Mike Hay, Patrick Lenihan, and Davis DeFontes) were honored with Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches All-Academic awards and were also named to the Collegiate Water Polo Association Varsity Scholar Athlete Team.
 
In the fall, 22 football student-athletes were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, 130 student-athletes were named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for the fall semester (fourth among the 13 conference schools) and 329 student-athletes were honored at the 2014 Breakfast for Champions for compiling a 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher. The 345 student-athletes honored represented 67% of the student-athletes at Fordham.
 
The Atlantic 10 ranked fifth in number of teams recognized among 31 Division I leagues. The league also ranked fifth in the NCAA's Graduation Success Rate, which was released last fall.
 
"Year in and year out, our student-athletes and teams prove their dedication to success in all aspects of their college life, but most especially academics," stated A-10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade. "Having 58 of our teams recognized for being in the top 10 percent of the NCAA in APR scores for their sport should be commended. All of the credit goes to the student-athletes and athletic departments in the Atlantic 10 that emphasize a commitment to scholastic success."
 
Nearly every Atlantic 10 sport (20 of 21) had at least one team receive public recognition. Women's tennis had the most teams of any sport on the NCAA list with eight. Three sports had five teams recognized (men's golf, men's tennis, and women's cross country). Volleyball and women's indoor and outdoor track and field each had four teams represented.