MADISON, Wis. — The NCAA announced on Wednesday that based on the most recent multiyear Academic Progress Rates, the Wisconsin football, men's soccer, men's tennis, women's golf and women's hockey teams all earned NCAA Public Recognition Awards for posting scores in the top 10 percent of their sport. 

The Badger football team joins Duke, Northwestern and Stanford as the only FBS football programs to earn APR Public Recognition Awards in each of the last five years.

The UW women's golf team earned a Public Recognition Award for the seventh-straight year, joining Northwestern as the only women's golf teams in the Big Ten with a streak that long.

Four of the five Wisconsin teams that were honored advanced to postseason play this season (football, men's tennis, women's golf and women's hockey) while the men's soccer team finished with an 11-4-4 record and advanced to the final of the Big Ten tournament, losing to No. 1 Maryland, 2-1.

The APR is an annual scorecard of academic achievement calculated for all Division I sports teams. APR scores for all Division I teams will be released May 10. 

The APR measures eligibility, graduation and retention each semester or academic term and provides a clear picture of the academic performance for each team in every sport. The most recent APRs are multiyear rates based on scores from the 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years.