University of Minnesota Athletics
Golden Gopher Athletics Ranked High In APR
5/14/2014 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
May 14, 2014
MINNEAPOLIS – The University of Minnesota reported nine athletic programs with perfect multi-year Academic Progress Rates (APR) in 2012-13 while 22 of Minnesota’s 25 teams maintained or improved their multi-year scores, according to the NCAA.
Overall, the University of Minnesota ranked fourth among FBS institutions with the highest percentage of teams earning APR Awards. The Golden Gophers, who held 48 percent, ranked behind only Northwestern (63), Notre Dame (58) and Duke (54).
The most recent rates, which include data for the 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 academic years, show all 25 Gopher programs above the 930 cutline. Among the 22 Minnesota programs that maintained or improved their multi-year APR for 2012-13, football, again rose from last year’s numbers. The Gopher football team continued to improve to a school-record 962 points, which bettered both the 2011-12 mark of 955 and 932 in 2010-11. A single-year score of 994 tied last year’s points, also a school record. Men’s basketball had a perfect 1,000 score in the 2012-13 season. The newest multi-year APR scores also gave women’s soccer its fifth-straight season with a perfect score of 1,000.
Additionally, the Gophers athletic department boasted nine programs –baseball, men’s gymnastics, men’s tennis, women’s cross country, women’s golf, women’s gymnastics, soccer, women’s swimming and volleyball -- with perfect multi-year scores of 1,000. All nine 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, 18 Golden Gopher programs scored a perfect 1,000 for the 2012-13 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 2014
Men’s Sports – Multi-Year Rate/2012-13 Score
Baseball – 1,000/990
Basketball – 960/1,000
Cross Country – 984/1,000
Football – 962/994
Golf – 984/1,000
Gymnastics – 1,000/1,000
Hockey – 989/1,000
Swimming & Diving – 968/982
Tennis – 1,000/1,000
Track & Field (indoor) – 995/1,000
Track & Field (outdoor) – 994/1,000
Wrestling – 993/992
Women’s Sports – Multi-Year Rate/2012-13 Score
Basketball – 995/978
Cross Country – 1,000/1,000
Rowing – 979/992
Golf – 1,000/1,000
Gymnastics – 1,000/1,000
Hockey – 986/988
Softball – 988/1,000
Soccer – 1,000/1,000
Swimming & Diving – 1,000/1,000
Tennis – 992/1,000
Track & Field (indoor) – 991/1,000
Track & Field (outdoor) – 992/1,000
Volleyball – 1,000/1,000
