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INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- University of Delaware student-athletes have consistently performed well in the classroom in all 23 Blue Hens sports, according to the NCAA Academic Progress Report (APR) that was released on Tuesday.

The APR, now in its fourth year, measures the eligibility, retention, and graduation of student-athletes competing on every sports team at all 329 NCAA Division I institutions. It also serves as a predictor of graduation success. The most recent APR scores are based on a multi-year rate that averages scores from the 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, and 2006-07 academic years.

The Division I Board of Directors set cut scores of 925 and 900 (out of 1,000) as a threshold for teams to meet or face possible immediate and historical sanctions. An APR of 925 translates to approximately 60 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and an APR of 900 translates to approximately a 45 percent GSR.

All 23 University of Delaware sports teams recorded a score of at least 934 with the Blue Hen women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, and men’s cross country teams each scoring a 997 or above to earn special recognition for outstanding performance. Those four teams were among 721 squads nationally that were recognized for ranking among the top 10 percent in their respective sports back in April. Fifteen of Delaware’s 23 sports placed among the top 50 percent in their respective sports.

Those Blue Hen teams ranking among the top 10-20 percent in their respective sports were men’s swimming, men’s indoor track & field, and men’s outdoor track & field, those ranking in the top 20-30 percent were baseball, football, and volleyball, those ranking in the top 30-40 percent were women’s cross country, field hockey, women’s swimming, women’s indoor track & field, and women’s outdoor track & field, and those ranking in the top 40-50 percent were men’s basketball, men’s golf, men’s lacrosse, and softball.

Delaware has had 71 student-athletes earn Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll notice this season with the spring and winter awards still to be announced.

Volleyball standout Colleen Walsh, football All-American lineman Mike Byrne, and men’s swimmer Adam Blomberg were named their respective sport’s CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year, while Walsh and Mike Byrne were each named to the ESPN The Magazine/College Sports Information Directors of America District 2 All-Academic team.