ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell University ranks among the best according to the annual NCAA Division I Academic Progress Report (APR) for 2010-11. 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 11 teams honored – baseball, men's and women's basketball, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, men's and women's soccer and softball.

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 131 Ivy League teams were "commended" for an average of 16.4 teams per school. Ivy teams comprised 13.7 percent of the 954 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.

Full APR scores for all teams will be released on June 20.

Since the NCAA started releasing the numbers, Cornell has had a total of 71 teams in 20 sports honored with public recognition. Four different sports (football, men's golf, softball and women's soccer) have been publicly recognized each year since the 2004-05 season.