University of Minnesota Athletics
Golden Gopher Athletics Excel in Latest Academic Progress Rates
6/11/2013 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
June 11, 2013
MINNEAPOLIS - The University of Minnesota reported five athletic programs with perfect multi-year Academic Progress Rates (APR) in 2011-12 while 22 of Minnesota's 25 teams maintained or improved their multi-year scores, according to the NCAA.
The most recent rates, which include data for the 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 academic years, show all 25 Gopher programs are above the 930 cutline. Teams falling below the 930 cutline may be subject to scholarship reductions and barred from participating in the postseason, including all NCAA tournaments and football bowl games, under guidelines passed by the NCAA Board of Directors in October of 2011.
Among the 22 Minnesota programs that maintained or improved their multi-year APR for 2011-12, football saw the biggest improvement - jumping 23 points from 932 in 2010-11 to 955 in 2011-12. The mult-year APR, as well as football's 2011-12 single-year score of 994, are both program records. The newest multi-year APR scores also give women's soccer its fourth-straight season with a perfect score of 1,000.
Additionally, The Gophers athletic department boasted five programs -- baseball, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's gymnastics, women's soccer -- with perfect multi-year scores of 1,000. All five programs were honored last week with APR Public Recognition Awards for scoring in the top 10 percent in each sport based on their most recent multi-year APR. Furthermore, 14 Golden Gopher programs scored a perfect 1,000 for the 2011-12 single-year APR score.
APR scores are determined by eligibility and retention for each student-athlete on scholarship during a particular academic year. Student-athletes are awarded one point for each semester they are enrolled and one point for each semester they are 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.
The 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 actual 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 will not be 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 the APR, please visit the NCAA website at NCAA.org.
University of Minnesota Academic Progress Rate Report - Spring 2013
Men's Sports - Multi-Year Rate/2011-12 Score
Baseball - 1,000/1,000
Basketball - 955/981
Cross Country - 980/1,000
Football - 955/994
Golf - 984/1,000
Gymnastics - 992/1,000
Hockey - 987/1,000
Swimming & Diving - 965/962
Tennis - 1,000/1,000
Track & Field (indoor) - 989/1,000
Track & Field (outdoor) - 987/995
Wrestling - 979/990
Women's Sports - Multi-Year Rate/2011-12 Score
Basketball - 1,000/1,000
Cross Country - 997/1,000
Rowing - 981/978
Golf - 987/1,000
Gymnastics - 1,000/1,000
Hockey - 989/989
Softball - 984/1,000
Soccer - 1,000/989
Swimming & Diving - 989/1,000
Tennis - 992/1,000
Track & Field (indoor) - 984/996
Track & Field (outdoor) - 984/996
Volleyball - 983/977
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