Three Teams Post Perfect Multi-Year APR Scores
5/19/2020 1:21:00 PM | CROSS COUNTRY, ATHLETICS, MEN'S BASKETBALL, MEN'S GOLF, MEN'S SOCCER, MEN'S TENNIS, SOFTBALL, TRACK AND FIELD, WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, WOMEN'S SOCCER, WOMEN'S TENNIS, WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Women's basketball, men's golf and men's tennis each record perfect rates
CHICAGO – The NCAA released the latest Academic Progress Rate report with three DePaul programs posting multi-year rates of 1,000. Women's basketball, men's golf and men's tennis each recorded perfect rates while 12 programs at DePaul surpassed the NCAA overall APR of 983. The overall four-year Academic Progress Rate for Division I student-athletes concluding with the 2018-19 academic year held steady at 983 for the third consecutive year.
Men's golf posted a perfect rate for the 14th time in 15 years while women's basketball held a 1,000 APR for the 10th consecutive year and 11th time overall. Men's tennis achieved a perfect mark for the third time in-a-row and fourth overall.
Women's track and field registered a mark of 999 followed by softball (997) and volleyball (997), women's soccer (994), women's tennis (992), women's cross country (990), men's soccer (986), men's track and field (986), men's cross country (984) and men's basketball (968).
To compete in the 2019-20 postseason, teams had to achieve a 930 four-year APR. NCAA members chose the 930 standard because that score predicts, on average, a 50 percent graduation rate for teams at that APR level. Additionally, teams must earn at least a 930 four-year APR to avoid penalties.
The APR, created to provide more of a real-time measurement of academic success than graduation rates offer, is a team-based metric where scholarship student-athletes earn one point each term for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. Schools that don't offer scholarships track their recruited student-athletes.
Every Division I sports team submits data to have its Academic Progress Rate calculated each academic year. The NCAA reports both single-year rates and four-year rates, on which penalties for poor academic performance are based. National aggregates are based on all teams with usable, member-provided data. The four-year rates include student-athletes who were in school between the 2015-16 and 2018-19 academic years.
Last week, three DePaul programs were recognized with Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA for having multi-year Academic Performance Rate (APR) scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. Women's basketball, men's golf and men's tennis were all recognized by the NCAA.
Men's golf posted a perfect rate for the 14th time in 15 years while women's basketball held a 1,000 APR for the 10th consecutive year and 11th time overall. Men's tennis achieved a perfect mark for the third time in-a-row and fourth overall.
Women's track and field registered a mark of 999 followed by softball (997) and volleyball (997), women's soccer (994), women's tennis (992), women's cross country (990), men's soccer (986), men's track and field (986), men's cross country (984) and men's basketball (968).
To compete in the 2019-20 postseason, teams had to achieve a 930 four-year APR. NCAA members chose the 930 standard because that score predicts, on average, a 50 percent graduation rate for teams at that APR level. Additionally, teams must earn at least a 930 four-year APR to avoid penalties.
The APR, created to provide more of a real-time measurement of academic success than graduation rates offer, is a team-based metric where scholarship student-athletes earn one point each term for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. Schools that don't offer scholarships track their recruited student-athletes.
Every Division I sports team submits data to have its Academic Progress Rate calculated each academic year. The NCAA reports both single-year rates and four-year rates, on which penalties for poor academic performance are based. National aggregates are based on all teams with usable, member-provided data. The four-year rates include student-athletes who were in school between the 2015-16 and 2018-19 academic years.
Last week, three DePaul programs were recognized with Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA for having multi-year Academic Performance Rate (APR) scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. Women's basketball, men's golf and men's tennis were all recognized by the NCAA.
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