Three Blue Demon Programs Post Perfect Academic Progress Rate
5/2/2023 12:00:00 PM | ATHLETICS, MEN'S TENNIS, WOMEN'S TENNIS, WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY, ACADEMICS
CHICAGO – The NCAA released its latest Academic Progress Rate report, Tuesday afternoon. DePaul had three programs post a perfect multi-year rating of 1,000 – men's tennis, women's cross country and women's tennis. A total of eight teams surpassed the national four-year academic progress rate of 984.
The women's tennis program received a perfect mark for the 13th consecutive year while men's tennis achieved its for the fifth time in a row and sixth overall. Women's cross country received their first perfect mark since 2017-18 and fifth overall.
Men's soccer received a mark of 996 followed by softball (995), women's basketball (994), volleyball (993), women's soccer (988), men's golf (982), women's track and field (982), men's cross country (978), men's track and field (957) and men's basketball (941).
Each academic year, every Division 1 sports team across the country calculates its APR using a simple and consistent formula. Each term, scholarship student-athletes earn one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. For schools who do not offer scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked.
The minimum APR academic standard for each team is 930. Typically, teams that score below the benchmark face penalties that encourage an emphasis on prioritization of academics. However, due to the current penalty suspension in place, teams falling below the minimum 930 score will not be subjected to penalties this yar. Normal APR operations with program penalties and loss of access to postseason competition will resume in spring 2024.
