Eagle Athletics Teams Continue to Improve APR Scores

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Published on Tuesday, 24 May 2011 14:02

STATESBORO, Ga. -- Ten Georgia Southern athletics teams improved their multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores, according to the most recent data provided by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), with all but two of the 15 achieving scores above the 925 standard. Later today, May 24th, the NCAA will release multi-year and single-year APR scores for the reporting period that ended with the 2009-2010 academic year.

Two Eagle squads posted perfect single-year scores of 1000 as both Cross Country and Swimming and Diving teams duplicated their efforts from the previous 2008-09 reporting period. Both the Eagle Men's Basketball and Football teams made strides in multi-year scores with the Football program increasing for the third-straight year to 921 and men's basketball posting a second-straight increase for a 905 score.

The NCAA initiated APR as a means for providing intercollegiate athletics programs with a snapshot of a team's academic success and progress of individual student-athletes, accounting for eligibility, retention and graduation. APR for each institution is calculated as follows: each student-athlete on scholarship, full or partial, in every intercollegiate sport, accounts for four APR "points" every academic year - two for the fall semester and two for the spring semester. One point is given for a student-athlete remaining academically eligible and the other point is given for continued enrollment at the respective institution. Each student-athlete can earn a maximum of four points each year.

Single-year APR data covers the 2009-2010 academic year only and is calculated by dividing the number of points earned by its student-athletes by the number of points possible and then multiplying by 1000 for a team's single-season APR. The multi-year number is an average of the APR scores of each sport from the past four academic years: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10. Thirteen of Georgia Southern's teams achieved single-year scores above the 925 mark with Men's Soccer and Football just below at 919 and 914, respectively.

Comparing the current data set to last year's data, improvements were made in the multi-year scores for 10 sports. Of the five teams that did not record increases in multi-year APR scores, none had more than a nine-point difference from the multi-year APR score reported last year based on the 2008-09 data set. The Eagle Football program accepted a reduction of 4.47 scholarships during the 2010-2011 year as a penalty for its multi-year score for the 2009-2010 reporting period.

"With this latest increase in the multi-year APR score for football and men's basketball, and having announced that this past year was one of the best years academically in the history of the department, we are encouraged that we will continue to make progress toward reaching the benchmarks," said Keith Roughton, Associate Athletics Director for Compliance and Eligibility and interim Director of Student-Athlete Services. "With more resources now in place, a new center for academics, additional staff members, and the commitment from Coach Monken and Coach Young and their staffs, we are in a much better position to meet the needs of our student-athletes. The results of these efforts will continue to have a positive impact on all our teams."

2009-10 APR (MULTI-YEAR APR)
Baseball - 935 (952)
Men's Basketball - 930 (905)
Women's Basketball - 953 (980)
Cross Country - 1000 (968)
Football - 914 (921)
Golf - 947 (955)
Men's Soccer - 919 (931)
Women's Soccer - 956 (970)
Softball - 987 (971)
Swimming & Diving - 1000 (982)
Men's Tennis - 964 (989)
Women's Tennis - 969 (985)
Track & Field (Indoor) - 959 (955)
Track & Field (Outdoor) - 964 (962)
Volleyball - 961 (957) 

Eagle Field (Soccer) at Erk Russell Athletic Park

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Published on Monday, 24 September 2007 17:13

On the southeast end of campus lies Georgia Southern’s state-of-the-art soccer complex, Eagle Field. Completed and dedicated in 2005, Eagle Field is the official home of GSU’s men's and women's soccer teams and is shared with the track & field program.

The home of Georgia Southern Soccer features a main stand with seating for 500 fans as well as grassy areas for fans to bring lawn chairs to watch the match. Air conditioned locker rooms are located behind the main stand. The stadium's press box features internet connections for media and a filming deck for the coaching staffs. 

A project to install a MUSCO lighting system was completed during the 2012 soccer season and allowed the team's to play their first night games at Eagle Field that season.

Eagle Athletics Teams Post Highest GPA

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Published on Sunday, 22 May 2011 19:55

STATESBORO, Ga. - Georgia Southern's Athletics teams posted their highest composite grade point average in department history with a 2.93 GPA for the Spring 2011 semester and a 2.88 for the 2010-2011 academic year. The Eagle men's teams tied their highest single-semester GPA, earning a 2.78 for Spring 2011 to match their previous best GPA from the Spring of 2009.

All 15 sports teams were represented among the list of 174 student-athletes who earned GPAs of 3.0 or higher. Twenty-three individuals achieved perfect 4.0 GPAs for President's List honors with 61 taking Dean's List honors (3.5 GPA or higher) for the recently completed Spring 2011 semester.

Leading the way for the department, the Georgia Southern Volleyball Eagles earned a 3.46 team GPA. That GPA was the highest single-semester mark for the program and its 3.37 GPA for the 2010-2011 academic year was not only a program best, but tied the Men's Tennis team for the top GPA in the department. Eight members of the 2010 Southern Conference volleyball championship team were named to the Dean's List with GPAs of 3.5 or better and three were named to the President's List for 4.0 GPAs for Spring 2011.

Women's Basketball, Football, Men's Tennis, and Swimming and Diving also had three student-athletes each on the President's 4.0 List. Two student-athletes each from the Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Cross Country/Track & Field and Women's Tennis programs also earned 4.0 GPAs.

The Eagle Football team recorded a program-best 2.65 for the Spring 2011 semester and best-ever 2.53 team GPA for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Georgia Southern student-athletes must be enrolled full-time with a minimum of 12 credit hours during the course of a semester as a requirement of their participation. The GPAs comparisons are based on semester grades since Georgia Southern converted from the quarter system following the 1997-98 academic year.

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Eagle Field (Track & Field) at Erk Russell Athletic Park

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Published on Monday, 24 September 2007 17:13

On the southeast end of campus lies Georgia Southern’s state-of-the-art track & field complex, Eagle Field. Completed and dedicated in 2005, Eagle Field is the official home of GSU’s track & field team and is shared with both the men’s and women’s soccer teams.

The 400m, 8-lane track surface is made of Mondo, which is the same high-quality material used at the Olympic Games and the World Championships. The complex’s features include: two multi-directional long jump pits; a multi-directional 100m and hurdles track, two pole vault runways (one on the infield as well as one on the north side of the track); a javelin runway that extends off of the high jump apron; and a combination cage that encloses the hammer and discus rings, located adjacent to the shot put ring, that throws southeast.

Georgia Southern Track & Field plays host to an Invitational event each March and has served as the host institution for the Southern Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships three times, most recently in 2013.