Maryland Among Leaders in 2017-18 Academic Progress Rates
5/8/2019 1:18:00 PM | The Barry & Mary Gossett Center for Acad, Student Welfare & Career Development, Terrapin Athletics, General, Maryland Made
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Five sport programs earned perfect single-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 for the 2017-18 academic year, including the field hockey, wrestling, women's golf, gymnastics and women's tennis teams, as announced today in the latest report announced by the NCAA May 8.
For the second consecutive year, the women's tennis program earned a multi-year score of a perfect 1000, as well as an NCAA APR Public Recognition Award for excellence within the sport.
In total, eight intercollegiate sport programs at the University of Maryland maintained or improved their multi-year APR scores, while all 20 sport programs earned multi-year scores higher than .930.
Football earned a multiyear score of .965 and single-year APR score of .925. It points to a positive trend for the football program, which has made significant strides since 2009-10 when the multiyear was .922 and single-year was .905.
Women's basketball and men's basketball each earned multiyear rates of .964. The men's basketball program's single year .955 is second highest in the last three years, and it's multi-year score of .964 was its second-highest in the last seven years.
Five sport programs posted or tied their program's highest single year APR score since the inception of the APR in 2003 – wrestling, field hockey, women's golf, gymnastics, and women's tennis.
"I am incredibly proud of our sports programs for their achievements in the classroom both this past year and the previous four academic years," Maryland director of athletics Damon Evans said. "The positive academic progress rate results are a testament to the hard work of our student-athletes and academic support specialists. With the support of the newly named Barry and Mary Gossett Center for Academic and Personal Excellence, we expect the success of our student-athletes in the classroom and beyond to continue into the future."
The newly released multi-year APR scores are comprised of data submitted for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18. The APR index was developed by the NCAA to provide a "real time" snapshot on a semester-by-semester basis in order to measure the eligibility and retention of student-athletes in all Division I institutions. The APR is part of a larger package of initiatives, the NCAA Academic Performance Program, which was mandated by the NCAA Board of Directors to improve the academic performance of athletic teams.
In calculating the APR, all student-athletes receiving athletics financial aid are considered "counters" and each semester receive one point for retention/graduation and one point for meeting NCAA and University of Maryland eligibility standards for competition. The maximum number of APR points a student-athlete can earn in an academic year is four (2 in the fall semester and 2 in the spring semester). A team's APR is the total number of eligibility/retention points earned divided by the maximum number of points possible. This APR number is then multiplied by 1000. (For example, a team which receives 94 percent of all possible points would have a team APR of 940.)
For the second consecutive year, the women's tennis program earned a multi-year score of a perfect 1000, as well as an NCAA APR Public Recognition Award for excellence within the sport.
In total, eight intercollegiate sport programs at the University of Maryland maintained or improved their multi-year APR scores, while all 20 sport programs earned multi-year scores higher than .930.
Football earned a multiyear score of .965 and single-year APR score of .925. It points to a positive trend for the football program, which has made significant strides since 2009-10 when the multiyear was .922 and single-year was .905.
Women's basketball and men's basketball each earned multiyear rates of .964. The men's basketball program's single year .955 is second highest in the last three years, and it's multi-year score of .964 was its second-highest in the last seven years.
Five sport programs posted or tied their program's highest single year APR score since the inception of the APR in 2003 – wrestling, field hockey, women's golf, gymnastics, and women's tennis.
"I am incredibly proud of our sports programs for their achievements in the classroom both this past year and the previous four academic years," Maryland director of athletics Damon Evans said. "The positive academic progress rate results are a testament to the hard work of our student-athletes and academic support specialists. With the support of the newly named Barry and Mary Gossett Center for Academic and Personal Excellence, we expect the success of our student-athletes in the classroom and beyond to continue into the future."
The newly released multi-year APR scores are comprised of data submitted for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18. The APR index was developed by the NCAA to provide a "real time" snapshot on a semester-by-semester basis in order to measure the eligibility and retention of student-athletes in all Division I institutions. The APR is part of a larger package of initiatives, the NCAA Academic Performance Program, which was mandated by the NCAA Board of Directors to improve the academic performance of athletic teams.
In calculating the APR, all student-athletes receiving athletics financial aid are considered "counters" and each semester receive one point for retention/graduation and one point for meeting NCAA and University of Maryland eligibility standards for competition. The maximum number of APR points a student-athlete can earn in an academic year is four (2 in the fall semester and 2 in the spring semester). A team's APR is the total number of eligibility/retention points earned divided by the maximum number of points possible. This APR number is then multiplied by 1000. (For example, a team which receives 94 percent of all possible points would have a team APR of 940.)
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