HAMPTON, Va. -- With the latest APR numbers released by the NCAA this past Thursday, the Hampton University football team boasts the best such number for a MEAC football program ever -- at 956.

The Pirates have the fifth-best APR number among Div. I programs in Virginia.
 
Read more about the football program's APR improvement in the Daily Press article "With MEAC football needing to improve its APR numbers, HU is the perfect role model." 

In addition, the NCAA has recognized Hampton's men's cross country, softball, and women's tennis programs for having multi-year APR scores that rank in the top 10 percent nationally through the 2014-15 academic year.

Of the 350 student-athletes at Hampton, 143 of them made the Dean's List in the fall semester. The 2015-16 academic year is the first in which Hampton has received money from the NCAA in the form of the Accelerating Academic Success Program, allowing the department to hire more academic counselors and an eligibility specialist.

"This shows the process was already in effect and the turnaround was coming," Marshall said. "This is another way to ensure we stay in that direction."