Georgia Southern Athletics Programs Continue APR Climb
5/14/2014 3:00:00 PM | Track & Field/XC, Football, General, Softball, Women's Tennis, Volleyball
STATESBORO, Ga. – Multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores for six Georgia Southern athletics programs, including football and men's basketball, improved for the reporting period ending with the 2012-2013 academic year, according to the most recent data provided by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). All 15 programs surpassed the 930 multi-year threshold for possible sanctions.
Five programs, including football, improved their single-year scores, while Southern Conference 2012-13 champions volleyball (regular-season) and softball (tourney) posted perfect scores of 1,000. Women's tennis notched a 1,000 for the third consecutive season, and the program has tallied a perfect single-year score six times since the NCAA began tracking the data in 2003-04.
"Our goal is for every Georgia Southern student-athlete to win a conference championship ring and earn their diploma, and having two teams that won championships and recorded a perfect 1,000 APR indicates that we are reaching that objective," said Director of Athletics Tom Kleinlein. "We also recently had recognition of 134 student-athletes for achieving an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher, so our academic staff, led by Ali Ruff, continues to push to provide the resources and the motivation for our student-athletes to succeed academically. While we still have work to do, I am excited about the direction we are heading."
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 2012-2013 academic year only and is calculated by dividing the number of points earned by an individual sport's student-athletes by the number of points possible and then multiplying by 1000. The most recent multi-year APR scores are based on a rate that averages scores from the 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 academic years. Under the revised penalty structure, the Division I Board of Directors has set a multi-year cut score of 930 as a threshold for teams to meet or face possible sanctions. This year marks the 10th year of APR data for most teams.
2012-13 APR (MULTI-YEAR APR)
Baseball - 944 (944)
Football - 974 (958)
Men's Basketball - 909 (932)
Men's Golf - 977 (982)
Men's Soccer - 988 (966)
Men's Tennis - 944 (974)
Softball - 1000 (991)
Women's Basketball - 966 (968)
Women's Cross Country - 944 (979)
Women's Soccer - 949 (959)
Swimming & Diving - 986 (989)
Women's Tennis - 1000 (992)
Track & Field (Indoor) - 962 (965)
Track & Field (Outdoor) - 971 (969)
Volleyball - 1000 (985)
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics, and its new "Eagles GATA" mobile app for Android and iOS. To purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events, call 1-800-GSU-WINS or visit GSEagles.com and click on tickets in the top menu.
Five programs, including football, improved their single-year scores, while Southern Conference 2012-13 champions volleyball (regular-season) and softball (tourney) posted perfect scores of 1,000. Women's tennis notched a 1,000 for the third consecutive season, and the program has tallied a perfect single-year score six times since the NCAA began tracking the data in 2003-04.
"Our goal is for every Georgia Southern student-athlete to win a conference championship ring and earn their diploma, and having two teams that won championships and recorded a perfect 1,000 APR indicates that we are reaching that objective," said Director of Athletics Tom Kleinlein. "We also recently had recognition of 134 student-athletes for achieving an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher, so our academic staff, led by Ali Ruff, continues to push to provide the resources and the motivation for our student-athletes to succeed academically. While we still have work to do, I am excited about the direction we are heading."
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 2012-2013 academic year only and is calculated by dividing the number of points earned by an individual sport's student-athletes by the number of points possible and then multiplying by 1000. The most recent multi-year APR scores are based on a rate that averages scores from the 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 academic years. Under the revised penalty structure, the Division I Board of Directors has set a multi-year cut score of 930 as a threshold for teams to meet or face possible sanctions. This year marks the 10th year of APR data for most teams.
2012-13 APR (MULTI-YEAR APR)
Baseball - 944 (944)
Football - 974 (958)
Men's Basketball - 909 (932)
Men's Golf - 977 (982)
Men's Soccer - 988 (966)
Men's Tennis - 944 (974)
Softball - 1000 (991)
Women's Basketball - 966 (968)
Women's Cross Country - 944 (979)
Women's Soccer - 949 (959)
Swimming & Diving - 986 (989)
Women's Tennis - 1000 (992)
Track & Field (Indoor) - 962 (965)
Track & Field (Outdoor) - 971 (969)
Volleyball - 1000 (985)
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics, and its new "Eagles GATA" mobile app for Android and iOS. To purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events, call 1-800-GSU-WINS or visit GSEagles.com and click on tickets in the top menu.
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