William & Mary Athletics

The Tribe's athletic accomplishments do not come at the expense of its student-athlete's academic responsibilities, as William & Mary ranked second among all NCAA Division I public schools in Public Recognition Awards (14) and perfect 1,000 multi-year Academic Progress Rates (13) in 2024-25. The Tribe's APR for 2023-24 was 996 among its 21 programs, while its multi-year APR was 994, ahead of the national average of 984. The APR included data from the 2020-21 academic year through the 2023-24 academic year.

In 19 of the 20 years that the NCAA has tracked Federal Graduation Rate, W&M has produced the highest among all Division I public institutions. Tribe Athletics had an overall Federal rate of 88% for the most recent cohort, while W&M's NCAA GSR rate was 95%. The Tribe ranked ninth among all Division I institutions in the FGR. W&M was once again the nation's best public university athletic department for graduating its athletes, a distinction that W&M has earned all but one year since 2004-05.

W&M student-athletes posted a record cumulative GPA of 3.37 in 2023-24 and 20 of the Tribe's 21 programs posted team GPAs of 3.0 or better.  Through the 2024-25 academic year 201 student-athletes have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, while four Rhodes Scholars were W&M student-athletes.  In 2002-03, the CAA created a Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award in each of its sports, and not surprisingly, W&M set the pace with 74 winners through the 2016-17 academic year.  In 2017-18, the award changed to recognize two athletes from each school, with two of those school winners then earning the title of CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year.  In the first year of the program, men's basketball standout Paul Rowley was named the CAA Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and in 2018-19, swimmer Claire Williams was named the CAA Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In 2023-24, swimming's Conor Sokolowsky was the overall male scholar-athlete of the year.