Drake student-athletes have excelled in the classroom based on the most recent Academic Progress Report (APR) data, released on Tuesday, May 2 by the NCAA. Seven Bulldog athletic programs earn perfect 1,000 APR scores for the 2021-22 academic year.
The Drake athletic programs that earned a perfect APR score for the 2021-22 academic year were men's basketball, men's golf, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's golf, women's soccer and women's track & field. An additional three teams scored 989 or better: rowing, women's tennis, softball, men's track & field and volleyball.
The seven perfect scores rank as the second-most in the Missouri Valley Conference this year and are the most perfect APR scores in Drake Athletic Department history since APR was recorded in 2004.