CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Cleveland State men's basketball, women's cross country and indoor/outdoor track and field, women's fencing and women's tennis teams all received public recognition today by the NCAA for their latest multiyear Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores.

The six teams posted multiyear APRs in the top 10 percent of all squads in each sport.

Joe Jaketic's cross country team is one of 129 teams to earn the Public Recognition Award every year.

This is the seventh straight year that the Andy Tullener's women's fencing team has been honored and the fourth straight year for Gary Waters' men's basketball and Brian Etzkin's women's tennis programs.

The men's basketball team is one of just 14 teams to earn the honor in four straight years among Division I men's basketball programs.

The awards are presented each year to teams finishing among the top-10 percent of their respective sport based on the most recent multi-year APR. The calculation of APR tracks the academic progress of each student-athlete and includes eligibility, retention and graduation.

The 1,124 teams publicly recognized for high achievement represent 696 women's teams and 428 men's or mixed squads, the highest ever in the decade since the NCAA began the Public Recognition Awards program. In 2014, a total of 1,049 teams were recognized, marking an increase this year of 75 teams.

The scores required to be in the top ten ranged from 980 to a perfect 1,000, depending on the sport. This year, a record 953 teams earned public recognition with a perfect APR score.

The most recent APRs are multi-year rates based on scores from the 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 academic years.