Kansas University’s athletic department is one of 10 universities to receive the “Overall Excellence in Diversity Award” for 2006-07 from the Laboratory for Diversity in Sport at Texas A&M University.

The Diversity in Athletics awards recognize excellence in seven areas: diversity strategy, sex diversity of department employees, racial diversity of department employees, value and attitudinal diversity of department employees, graduation of African American male student athletes, graduation of African American female student athletes, Title IX compliance, and overall excellence in diversity.

KU received awards in three of the categories: overall excellence, diversity strategy and Title IX compliance.