The Cardinals’ GSR, most recently reported for freshmen who entered in the 2014-15 academic year, has risen 25% since the reporting began 17 years ago.Ìý
Ìý
Nineteen of the Cardinals’ 23 sports attained a GSR above 80% in the most recent report, including baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, women’s rowing, women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball.
Ìý
All UofL student-athletes combined to produce an average grade point average of 3.0 or better for each of the last 21 straight semesters.Ìý Cardinal student-athletes achieved an impressive 3.256 collective GPA for 2020-21 academic year.Ìý A total of 360 student-athletes were 2020 Red and Black Scholars, representing a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or better.
Ìý
Five Louisville athletic teams – men’s and women’s basketball, women’s cross country, women’s golf and volleyball – received public recognition through the NCAA Academic Performance Program for ranking in the top 10% in the 2015-19 (most recent) multiyear Academic Progress Rate scores, which measures academic eligibility, retention and graduation for student-athletes. Fourteen UofL programs produced perfect APR scores for the most recent single-year figures.

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 grade point average for 22 of the last 24 semesters, including a 3.160 cumulative team mark for the Spring 2020 semester under head coachÌý.Ìý



It is the third-straight year that the Cardinals’ women’s basketball team has received public recognition through the NCAA Academic Performance Program. Four team members earned their degrees this semester, includingÌýÌý(M.S. in Sport Administration),ÌýÌý(B.S. in Criminal Justice),ÌýÌý(B.S. in Criminal Justice with a minor in Communication), andÌýÌý(B.A. in Communication with a minor in Sociology). ÌýThe team achieved a 3.688 grade point average for the 2020 Spring semester GPA, highest in the CoachÌýÌýera over the last 13 years, and its 2019-20 academic year GPA of 3.415 was the second-highest.

The Cardinals have earned a GPA above 3.0 for the last 12 straight semesters and 11 of 16 team members made the Dean’s List for the Spring semester (3.5+ GPA). ÌýandÌýÌýwere both named to the All-ACC Academic Team.



This marks the fourth consecutive year that the women’s cross country team is earning the honor. Under head coachÌý, the team earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors this fall with a team GPA of 3.30. Three members of the team, Bailey Beery, Brittney Hansen and Lauren Radenhausen, earned their undergraduate degrees this semester. Two-time All-American Dorcas Wasike was named the ACC Women’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year while also being named to the 2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.



The women’s golf program is receiving the recognition for the 10th consecutive year. The team has produced 19 semesters in a row with a GPA of 3.4 and eight with a 3.5 or higher. Coached byÌý, the Cardinals achieved a 2020 Spring GPA of 3.58. ÌýLast summer, four golfers were named Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholars, including Olivia Cason, Lauren Hartlage, Delaney Shah and Lauren Thibodeau.



UofL’s volleyball team, which reached its first-ever NCAA Elite Eight in 2019, posted an impressive 3.845 GPA for the 2020 Spring semester, with all 15 student-athletes achieving above a 3.0. In addition, 11 of coachÌý‘s student-athletes made Red and Black Scholars List with cumulative GPAs above 3.25. Six volleyball players made the Dean’s Scholar List with a perfect 4.0 GPA and a total of seven students made Dean’s List with a 3.5 GPA or better. Ìý,Ìý,Ìý,Ìý,ÌýÌýandÌýÌýwere named to the All-ACC Academic list with McHenry being awarded the ACC Postgraduate Scholarship for Volleyball.



A total of 83 teams from Atlantic Coast Conference member schools were honored with APR Public Recognition Awards, second-most among Power 5 conferences. The ACC is one of two Power 5 conferences to have at least two teams recognized from each of its member schools. ÌýThe ACC has led all Power 5 conferences in 14 of the 15 years since the NCAA began APR public recognition of Division I teams. ÌýA total of 525 ACC teams have earned APR Public Recognition Awards over the past six years, which leads all Power 5 conferences.

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.ÌýÌýMultiyear APRs for the most-recent single-year figures from 2018-19 for all Division I sports teams will be released on May 19.ÌýÌýThe process for determining an Academic Progress Rate score is included atÌý.

UofL’s men’s and women’s basketball, women’s cross country, and men’s and women’s golf are among the top 10 percent in their respective sports in the latest APR, which measures academic eligibility, retention, and graduation for student-athletes.

It is the sixth-straight year that the Cardinals’ men’s basketball team has received public recognition through the NCAA Academic Performance Program.Ìý Louisville is one of just nine schools in the nation, including only three from Power 5 conferences, whichÌýhas earned the recognition each ofÌýthe lastÌýsix years.

Five men’s basketball players —Ìý,Ìý,Ìý,ÌýÌýandÌýÌý— were named to the 2018 All-ACC Academic Team and a league-best 25 Cardinals have earned that recognition over the last four years. The men’s basketball team has produced a combined GPA above 3.0 for 19 of the last 20 semesters, with nine of 14 student-athletes earning a 3.0 or better GPA in the 2017 fall semester.

Women’s basketball student-athletesÌý,ÌýÌýandÌýÌýwere honored on the 2018 ACC All-Academic Team. Nine of the 12 team members were above a 3.0 GPA for the 2018 spring semester, the eighth straight the Cardinals achieved a combined GPA above 3.0. Their collective 3.472 GPA in the spring was the highest ever for a spring semester and the second-best GPA overall for the Cardinals, who reached the 2018 Final Four.Ìý Their collective 3.433 GPA for the 2017-18 academic year was the highest in the last 11 years.

The women’s cross country team is earning the honor for the second-consecutive season. The Cardinals, who compiled a remarkable 3.92 GPA in the spring, had 10 student-athletes attain a 4.0 GPA that term for Dean’s Scholar honors.Ìý, part of that collective group, earned all-ACC Academic Cross Country Team honors. Over the course of the 2017-18 academic year, Louisville achieved a 3.77 cumulative GPA.

The men’s golf team posted a 3.37 team GPA for the UofL 2017 fall semester, with eight of nine players named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. Last year,ÌýÌýand J.D. Lehman were named to the Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars squad by the GCAA, where the team was honored as a Golf Coaches Association All-Academic Team for the second-straight year. UofL was one of 39 schools to earn the President’s Special Recognition Status for a men’s golf team above a 3.5 GPA.

The women’s golf team is earning the honor for the eighth-consecutive year. Notably, Louisville is one of only two women’s golf programs in the ACC to earn the Public Recognition Award each year since 2009-10.

Under the watch of head coachÌý, the Cardinals capped the spring with a collective 3.544 GPA, the 15th-consecutive semester attaining at least a 3.4 as a team.Ìý, one of seven student-athletes receiving Dean’s List accolades in the spring, graduated with her bachelor’s degree in accounting and received her diploma during Louisville’s spring commencement in May.

Multiyear APRs for the most-recent single-year figures from 2016-17 for all Division I sports teams will be released on May 23.