UAPB Athletics Receives Historic $900,000 Grant from NCAA

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The grant, known as the Accelerating Academic Success Program (AASP), is a comprehensive (multi-year) grant dispersed over a period of three years.  UAPB is one of just three schools nationally which saw its application for the award approved and one of just two athletics programs that were awarded the maximum amount of $900,000.  Southern University, like UAPB, is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference and was also awarded a $900,000 AASP grant. Morgan State University, a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, was awarded $887,700.

"We're elated to receive the multi-year comprehensive grant from the NCAA," UAPB Chancellor Lawrence B. Alexander said.  "This award honors the supportive academic environment that exists in our athletics department and it recognizes the broad university-wide support for even greater academic achievement by student-athletes across campus units."

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