SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- The Rock athletic department recently received a pair of Diversity in Athletics Awards supported by the NCAA.

SRU was recognized in the categories of Overall Excellence in Diversity and African-American Graduation: Male Student-Athletes and Gender Diversity.

The awards were presented based on results of recent independent research conducted by the Laboratory for Diversity in Sport at Texas A&M University and supported by the NCAA.

"Award winners are those [colleges and universities] that have achieved the highest total combined scores in the areas of diversity strategy, gender diversity of departmental employees, racial diversity of departmental employees, value and attitudinal diversity of departmental employees, graduation of African-American female and male student-athletes and gender equity compliance," according to a press release issued by the NCAA.

SRU will receive its awards during a June 11 ceremony as part of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics convention in Dallas, Texas.