Gophers Post Record-Setting APR Scores
5/19/2020 1:54:00 PM | Athletics
The NCAA released its most recent Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores on Tuesday and Minnesota once again showed its academic excellence.
Six Gopher programs earned a perfect 1,000 multiyear rate, which collects data from four academic years. Those six programs included baseball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's tennis and women's golf.
The Gophers also had a record-setting 19 programs earn a perfect APR score in the most recent reporting year, 2018-19: baseball, women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, rowing, soccer, softball, women's track & field, volleyball and wrestling. The previous school record of 18 was set during the 2012-13 academic year.
"The University of Minnesota consistently shows its academic commitment and this year's record-setting 2018-19 single year perfect scores continue to showcase these efforts," said J.T. Bruett, director of the Lindahl Academic Center. "Year after year, our student-athletes excel in the classroom and our academic staff and coaches continue to support their academic ambitions."
Last Wednesday, the NCAA also honored six Minnesota programs with Public Recognition Awards, which highlighted multiyear APR scores that are in the top 10 percent nationally within their respective sports. Those six were: baseball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's tennis and women's golf. Full release on their accomplishments HERE.
Each Gopher program was well above the multiyear score cutline of 930. The latest multiyear scores include data from the 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic years.
APR scores are determined by eligibility and retention for each student-athlete on scholarship during a specific academic year. Each student-athlete earned one point for each semester he or she is enrolled and one point for each semester he or she is eligible for intercollegiate competition. A student-athlete can earn a maximum of four points during an academic year. Additional points are not given for student-athletes that graduate at the end of the semester, rather the student-athlete is awarded one point for retention and one point for eligibility.
APR is then calculated by taking the number of possible points for a particular sport for the four years and dividing that number by the total number of points earned from student-athlete retention and eligibility over the same period of time. The percentage is then multiplied by 1,000 to obtain the multiyear rate used in the report.
The purpose of the APR, according to the NCAA, is to provide a "real-time snapshot" of each team's academic performance. The NCAA requires teams to maintain a minimum multiyear APR of 930 to avoid contemporaneous penalties that include postseason bans and the possibility of losing grant-in-aid for the period of one year if a student-athlete leaves school while academically ineligible. Institutions are not allowed to award the grant-in-aid from the ineligible student-athlete to a different student-athlete. The contemporaneous penalties only apply when a team below the 930 cutline does not retain an academically ineligible student-athlete.
For more information on APR, please visit the NCAA website at NCAA.org.
University of Minnesota Academic Progress Rate Report -- Spring 2020
Men's Sports -- Multiyear Rate/2018-19 Single Year Score
Baseball – 1,000/1,000
Basketball – 977/982
Cross Country – 1,000/1,000
Football – 980/1,000
Golf -- 984/1,000
Gymnastics -- 992/1,000
Hockey – 997/980
Swimming & Diving -- 988/1,000
Tennis – 1,000/1,000
Track & Field – 984/982
Wrestling – 988/1,000
Women's Sports -- Multiyear Rate/2018-19 Score
Basketball – 995/1,000
Cross Country – 1,000/1,000
Rowing – 990/1,000
Golf – 1,000/1,000
Gymnastics -- 995/1,000
Hockey –992/979
Softball -- 993/1,000
Soccer -- 997/1,000
Swimming & Diving -- 998/1,000
Tennis – 1,000/1,000
Track & Field -- 997/1,000
Volleyball – 995/1,000
Six Gopher programs earned a perfect 1,000 multiyear rate, which collects data from four academic years. Those six programs included baseball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's tennis and women's golf.
The Gophers also had a record-setting 19 programs earn a perfect APR score in the most recent reporting year, 2018-19: baseball, women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, rowing, soccer, softball, women's track & field, volleyball and wrestling. The previous school record of 18 was set during the 2012-13 academic year.
"The University of Minnesota consistently shows its academic commitment and this year's record-setting 2018-19 single year perfect scores continue to showcase these efforts," said J.T. Bruett, director of the Lindahl Academic Center. "Year after year, our student-athletes excel in the classroom and our academic staff and coaches continue to support their academic ambitions."
Last Wednesday, the NCAA also honored six Minnesota programs with Public Recognition Awards, which highlighted multiyear APR scores that are in the top 10 percent nationally within their respective sports. Those six were: baseball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's tennis and women's golf. Full release on their accomplishments HERE.
Each Gopher program was well above the multiyear score cutline of 930. The latest multiyear scores include data from the 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic years.
APR scores are determined by eligibility and retention for each student-athlete on scholarship during a specific academic year. Each student-athlete earned one point for each semester he or she is enrolled and one point for each semester he or she is eligible for intercollegiate competition. A student-athlete can earn a maximum of four points during an academic year. Additional points are not given for student-athletes that graduate at the end of the semester, rather the student-athlete is awarded one point for retention and one point for eligibility.
APR is then calculated by taking the number of possible points for a particular sport for the four years and dividing that number by the total number of points earned from student-athlete retention and eligibility over the same period of time. The percentage is then multiplied by 1,000 to obtain the multiyear rate used in the report.
The purpose of the APR, according to the NCAA, is to provide a "real-time snapshot" of each team's academic performance. The NCAA requires teams to maintain a minimum multiyear APR of 930 to avoid contemporaneous penalties that include postseason bans and the possibility of losing grant-in-aid for the period of one year if a student-athlete leaves school while academically ineligible. Institutions are not allowed to award the grant-in-aid from the ineligible student-athlete to a different student-athlete. The contemporaneous penalties only apply when a team below the 930 cutline does not retain an academically ineligible student-athlete.
For more information on APR, please visit the NCAA website at NCAA.org.
University of Minnesota Academic Progress Rate Report -- Spring 2020
Men's Sports -- Multiyear Rate/2018-19 Single Year Score
Baseball – 1,000/1,000
Basketball – 977/982
Cross Country – 1,000/1,000
Football – 980/1,000
Golf -- 984/1,000
Gymnastics -- 992/1,000
Hockey – 997/980
Swimming & Diving -- 988/1,000
Tennis – 1,000/1,000
Track & Field – 984/982
Wrestling – 988/1,000
Women's Sports -- Multiyear Rate/2018-19 Score
Basketball – 995/1,000
Cross Country – 1,000/1,000
Rowing – 990/1,000
Golf – 1,000/1,000
Gymnastics -- 995/1,000
Hockey –992/979
Softball -- 993/1,000
Soccer -- 997/1,000
Swimming & Diving -- 998/1,000
Tennis – 1,000/1,000
Track & Field -- 997/1,000
Volleyball – 995/1,000