The NCAA slapped postseason bans on 18 Division I teams on Tuesday for failing to meet its academic-progress requirements. All but three of those teams are at historically black colleges.
New Orleans, LA - Xavier University of Louisiana has added Destiny Jackson of Gaston, S.C., and Emily Reuther of Metairie, La., to its women's volleyball roster for the 2013 season.
Augusta, GA - Baiesha Johnson, a 2013 NCAA championship qualifier and May graduate of Paine College with a degree in
accounting, hopes to transition into a professional career in
athletics, as is a long held dream.
Greensboro, NC - The NCAA released its single-year and
multiyear annual Academic Progress Rate report and North Carolina A&T State
University learned that NCAA sanctions will be lifted from Aggies football.
Birmingham, AL - 15 programs within seven member institutions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference have been penalized based on its NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate data for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Indianapolis, IN -Over the past two years there has been the dramatic increase in Academic Progress Rates posted by limited-resource schools and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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