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Hockey takes top spot in NCAA’s latest ‘Academic Progress Rate’ for men’s sports, second for women’s

By @MichaelCaples –

Looks like hockey players are still doing their homework.

The NCAA released their latest ‘Academic Progress Rate’ data on Wednesday, and men’s hockey holds the No. 1 spot for men’s sports, in terms of student-athletes successfully progressing towards their degree.

While men’s ice hockey tied fencing and water polo with a 985 APR average from 2010-14, there are a great deal more teams and players in hockey than the other two sports – 59 compared to 18 and 22 teams, respectively.

It’s the second year in a row that men’s ice hockey took the top spot in the NCAA study.“These NCAA statistics demonstrate again what exemplary young men are competing in Division I hockey today,” College Hockey Inc. Executive Director Mike Snee said in a release. “Our student-athletes are not only pursuing their dreams of playing hockey at the highest level, but also simultaneously earning the degrees that will serve them so well for the rest of their lives. We couldn’t be more proud of their accomplishments both on and off the ice.”Meanwhile, women’s ice hockey (35 total teams) finished just one APR average point below gymnastics, checking in at a four-year average of 990. Hockey also leads the way in the NCAA’s ‘Graduation Success Rate’ at 92.1 percent for student-athletes who enrolled in 2007.

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