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Nine Athletic Programs Post Perfect APR Scores
5/27/2015 11:29:00 AM | Track & Field/XC, General, Men's Golf, Men's Soccer, Softball, Swimming and Diving, Women's Basketball, Women's Soccer, Volleyball, Women's Rifle, Athletic Foundation
STATESBORO, Ga. – Nine of Georgia Southern University's 16 athletic programs posted perfect scores of 1,000 in the 2013-14 academic year and nearly all programs showed an increase in their score from the previous report.
In the Multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR), 11 of 15 programs posted an increase or remained the same and all programs surpassed the 930 multi-year threshold for possible sanctions.
Georgia Southern's newest athletic program, women's rifle, posted a perfect 1,000 in its first year of competition but did not count in the multi-year report.
"The recent APR report shows that our coaches and student athletes are committed to academic success and illustrates the great job our academic services program does with retention of our student athletes," Athletics Director Tom Kleinlein said.
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 2013-2014 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 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 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.
Team – Single Year (Multi-Year)
Baseball - 961 (951)
Football - 883 (943)
Men's Basketball - 958 (940)
Men's Golf - 1000 (994)
Men's Soccer - 1000 (984)
Men's Tennis - 958 (973)
Softball - 1000 (994)
Women's Basketball - 1000 (980)
Women's Cross Country - 1000 (977)
Women's Soccer - 1000 (973)
Swimming and Diving - 1000 (990)
Women's Tennis - 964 (992)
Women's Track and Field, Indoor - 968 (964)
Women's Track and Field, Outdoor - 969 (971)
Volleyball - 1000 (995)
Women's Rifle - 1000 (1000)
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, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting GSEagles.com.
In the Multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR), 11 of 15 programs posted an increase or remained the same and all programs surpassed the 930 multi-year threshold for possible sanctions.
Georgia Southern's newest athletic program, women's rifle, posted a perfect 1,000 in its first year of competition but did not count in the multi-year report.
"The recent APR report shows that our coaches and student athletes are committed to academic success and illustrates the great job our academic services program does with retention of our student athletes," Athletics Director Tom Kleinlein said.
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 2013-2014 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 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 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.
Team – Single Year (Multi-Year)
Baseball - 961 (951)
Football - 883 (943)
Men's Basketball - 958 (940)
Men's Golf - 1000 (994)
Men's Soccer - 1000 (984)
Men's Tennis - 958 (973)
Softball - 1000 (994)
Women's Basketball - 1000 (980)
Women's Cross Country - 1000 (977)
Women's Soccer - 1000 (973)
Swimming and Diving - 1000 (990)
Women's Tennis - 964 (992)
Women's Track and Field, Indoor - 968 (964)
Women's Track and Field, Outdoor - 969 (971)
Volleyball - 1000 (995)
Women's Rifle - 1000 (1000)
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, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting GSEagles.com.
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