DES MOINES, Iowa – Drake student-athletes have excelled in the classroom based on the most recent Academic Progress Report (APR) data, released on Tuesday, June 4 by the NCAA. Six Bulldog athletic programs earn perfect 1,000 APR scores for the 2022-23 academic year. 
 
The Drake athletic programs that earned a perfect APR score for the 2022-23 academic year were men's golf, softball, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's golf, and women's track and field.An additional six teams scored 990 or better including men's basketball, men's track and field, rowing, volleyball, women's soccer, and women's tennis.
 
Drake was matched by both Belmont and Valparaiso with six perfect scores, the most in the Missouri Valley. Combined with the seven perfect scores from last year's report, the Bulldogs' 13 combined perfect scores are the most in any two-year stretch by Drake since APR began being calculated.

Each academic year, every Division I sports team across the country calculates its APR using a simple and consistent formula. Each term, scholarship student-athletes can earn 1 point for remaining eligible and 1 point for staying in school or graduating. For schools that do not offer scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked. The Academic Performance Program has established an essential framework for academic excellence. The program provides measurable goals to ensure schools are fulfilling their commitment of equipping student-athletes with the tools and resources necessary to achieve academic success.
 
APRs for each team are available online through the NCAA's searchable database.