Men’s Basketball Improves Four Year APR Total
5/14/2014 3:23:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Eagles record best-ever four year APR score
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STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern Men's Basketball continued to make strides off the court as the Eagles improved on their NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) numbers for the third-straight season. The Eagles recorded the program's highest four-year APR rate of 932 as the numbers were announced for the 2012-13 academic year. For the 2012-13 season only, the Eagles posted a 909 single year APR which measures the program's academic success and progress towards graduation.
The numbers include the spring 2013 semester in which the Men's Basketball team recorded the program's best spring semester GPA since the University made the switch from the quarters system. Not included in the numbers is another record breaking semester in the fall of 2013 in which the Eagles continued to make strides in the classroom.
"One of team objectives has been success in the classroom, and it is good to see the guy's hard work pay off," said Men's Basketball Head Coach Mark Byington. "Since I came to Georgia Southern last spring, our team has set semester GPA records for the spring and fall of 2013. This spring we had all four seniors earn their degree which is a testament to their hard work."
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.
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