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ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell University ranks among the best according to the annual NCAA Division I Academic Progress Report (APR) for 2009-10. The APR measures semester-by-semester records for every individual team in Division I with regard to each team members' continuing eligibility, retention and progress toward graduation. 

Cornell had 10 teams honored – baseball, football, men's basketball, men's golf, men's soccer, softball, women's fencing, women's gymnastics, women's soccer and women's tennis.

The NCAA "commends" teams that have APR scores in the top 10 percent within their sport, with the minimum necessary score ranging from 975 to a perfect mark of 1000 depending on the range of team scores within that sport. A total of 135 Ivy League teams were "commended" for an average of 16.9 teams per school. Ivy teams comprised 14.9 percent of the 909 teams honored from across the Division I ranks.

The APR awards two points each term to student-athletes who meet academic-eligibility standards and who remain with the institution. A team's APR is the total points earned by the team at a given time, divided by the total points possible.

Each of Cornell's 27 sports received a mark of 967 or better, with 12 scoring a 990 or better. Five teams received perfect scores of 1,000, with men's golf, women's fencing, women's gymnastics, women's soccer and women's tennis each posting perfect scores.

Since the NCAA started releasing the numbers, Cornell has had a total of 60 teams in 19 sports honored with public recognition. Five different sports (football, men's golf, softball, women's soccer and women's tennis) have been publicly recognized each year since the 2004-05 season.

Among the 2009-10 publicly recognized teams were the Ivy League champion and NCAA Sweet 16 participant men's basketball team and the Ivy champion softball team.

The Ivy League carries the top APR among all Division I conferences in 16 of its 29 sports that are NCAA-sponsored sports and are also considered conference-wide sponsored sports. According to the most recent figures released by the NCAA, the latest four-year Division I APR is 970, up three points over last year. The Ivy League's APR over that same period in its 29 League-sponsored sports is 993. The Ivy League was the only Division I conference to have recognition given to all (eight) of its football teams. Seven of the eight Ivy schools were recognized in four additional sports (men's basketball, softball, women's indoor track & field, women's outdoor track & field) and six Ivy schools were recognized in four more sports (baseball, women's golf, men's soccer and women's soccer).