University of Minnesota Athletics
Latest APR Stats Shine Light on Gopher Success
5/23/2018 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
May 23, 2018
The NCAA released its most recent Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores on Wednesday, and Gopher teams once again shined.
Seven Gopher programs earned perfect multiyear scores, which aggregates data from four academic years, and 15 different Gopher programs earned a perfect APR score in the most recent reporting year, 2015-16. Nearly 80 percent of all Gopher teams (18 of 23) either matched or exceeded their APR single-year score from last year.
“I hope Gopher fans can take as much pride in the academic achievements of Gopher student-athletes as I do, because what they are accomplishing every day is amazing,” said Athletics Director Mark Coyle. “Gopher student-athletes graduate at the highest rate of any public school in the Big Ten with a degree from a world-class institution. Today’s APR news is just the latest opportunity to publicly celebrate the hard work those students invest in the classroom every single day.”
Last Wednesday, the NCAA honored seven U of M programs with Public Recognition Awards, which recognize these teams as holding multiyear APR scores that are among the top 10 percent nationally within their respective sports. Those seven teams – men’s hockey, women’s swimming and diving, baseball, women’s and men’s tennis, men’s cross country and women’s golf – all posted perfect single year and multiyear scores. In addition to these seven teams, men’s basketball, women’s hockey, volleyball, softball, men’s and women’s gymnastics, women’s cross country and soccer all eight put up a perfect 1,000 single year score.
Every Gopher program is well above the multiyear score cutline of 930. The latest multiyear scores include data for the 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years. The majority of Gopher teams – 16 of 23 – have multiyear scores of 990 or better.
APR scores are determined by eligibility and retention for each student-athlete on scholarship during a 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 2018
Men's Sports -- Multiyear Rate/2016-17 Single Year Score
Baseball -- 1,000/1,000
Basketball -- 957/1,000
Cross Country – 1,000/1,000
Football -- 983/956
Golf -- 983/946
Gymnastics -- 996/1,000
Hockey -- 1,000/1,000
Swimming & Diving -- 982/975
Tennis -- 1,000/1,000
Track & Field -- 985/995
Wrestling -- 981/990
Women's Sports -- Multiyear Rate/2016-17 Score
Basketball -- 980/984
Cross Country -- 996/1,000
Rowing -- 993/994
Golf -- 1,000/1,000
Gymnastics -- 995/1,000
Hockey -- 994/1,000
Softball -- 993/1,000
Soccer – 997/1,000
Swimming & Diving -- 1,000/1,000
Tennis – 1,000/1,000
Track & Field -- 995/993
Volleyball -- 994/1,000
Seven Gopher programs earned perfect multiyear scores, which aggregates data from four academic years, and 15 different Gopher programs earned a perfect APR score in the most recent reporting year, 2015-16. Nearly 80 percent of all Gopher teams (18 of 23) either matched or exceeded their APR single-year score from last year.
“I hope Gopher fans can take as much pride in the academic achievements of Gopher student-athletes as I do, because what they are accomplishing every day is amazing,” said Athletics Director Mark Coyle. “Gopher student-athletes graduate at the highest rate of any public school in the Big Ten with a degree from a world-class institution. Today’s APR news is just the latest opportunity to publicly celebrate the hard work those students invest in the classroom every single day.”
Last Wednesday, the NCAA honored seven U of M programs with Public Recognition Awards, which recognize these teams as holding multiyear APR scores that are among the top 10 percent nationally within their respective sports. Those seven teams – men’s hockey, women’s swimming and diving, baseball, women’s and men’s tennis, men’s cross country and women’s golf – all posted perfect single year and multiyear scores. In addition to these seven teams, men’s basketball, women’s hockey, volleyball, softball, men’s and women’s gymnastics, women’s cross country and soccer all eight put up a perfect 1,000 single year score.
Every Gopher program is well above the multiyear score cutline of 930. The latest multiyear scores include data for the 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years. The majority of Gopher teams – 16 of 23 – have multiyear scores of 990 or better.
APR scores are determined by eligibility and retention for each student-athlete on scholarship during a 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 2018
Men's Sports -- Multiyear Rate/2016-17 Single Year Score
Baseball -- 1,000/1,000
Basketball -- 957/1,000
Cross Country – 1,000/1,000
Football -- 983/956
Golf -- 983/946
Gymnastics -- 996/1,000
Hockey -- 1,000/1,000
Swimming & Diving -- 982/975
Tennis -- 1,000/1,000
Track & Field -- 985/995
Wrestling -- 981/990
Women's Sports -- Multiyear Rate/2016-17 Score
Basketball -- 980/984
Cross Country -- 996/1,000
Rowing -- 993/994
Golf -- 1,000/1,000
Gymnastics -- 995/1,000
Hockey -- 994/1,000
Softball -- 993/1,000
Soccer – 997/1,000
Swimming & Diving -- 1,000/1,000
Tennis – 1,000/1,000
Track & Field -- 995/993
Volleyball -- 994/1,000
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