University of Memphis Athletics
Academic Success Continues For Memphis Athletics
Apr 25, 2016 | General
School's APR average score is 982 for its 17 sports.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Last week, three University of Memphis athletics programs – men's cross country, rifle and women's golf – were honored by the NCAA for posting Academic Progress Rates (APR) among the top-10 percent of their respective sports in the nation.
This week, the Memphis Athletics Department released the APRs for all of its 17 sports programs, and the news continues to be positive for the school. For the first time since APR has been calculated, the member institutions combined the indoor and outdoor track and field teams into one score.
All 17 programs had APRs of 940 or higher, resulting in no penalties from the NCAA. The current APR is based on the multi-year period from 2011-12 through 2014-15. Memphis' institutional average of scores for its 17 sports is 982.
The following are some Memphis athletics APR highlights:
The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation, and provides a measure of each team's academic performance.
Every Division I sports team calculates an APR each academic year. Scholarship student-athletes each semester receive one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating.
Teams scoring below certain thresholds can face consequences intended to require additional focus on academics, including practice restrictions, playing season reductions and postseason ineligibility.
In order to compete in the 2016-17 postseason, teams had to earn a 930 multi-year APR score. NCAA member campuses and conferences in Division I decided to move to the 930 standard because it predicts roughly a 50 percent graduation rate.
This week, the Memphis Athletics Department released the APRs for all of its 17 sports programs, and the news continues to be positive for the school. For the first time since APR has been calculated, the member institutions combined the indoor and outdoor track and field teams into one score.
All 17 programs had APRs of 940 or higher, resulting in no penalties from the NCAA. The current APR is based on the multi-year period from 2011-12 through 2014-15. Memphis' institutional average of scores for its 17 sports is 982.
The following are some Memphis athletics APR highlights:
- Three programs with highest (or tied for highest) APR scores among American Athletic Conference schools: baseball, men's cross country, women's golf
- Men's track and field had the third-highest APR score among the league's institutions
- Football's 968 score, the highest in program history (previous best was 955 in 2006-07)
- Baseball's 990 score, the fifth-straight year with a 990 or higher score
- Men's cross country's second-straight year with a perfect 1000 score
- Men's golf's 981 score, the fifth-consecutive year with a 980 or higher score
- Rifle's second-straight year and third overall with a perfect 1000 score
- Softball's 984 score, the eighth out of last 10 years with a 980 or higher score
- Women's cross country's 984 score, the highest in program history (previous best was 981 in 2013-14)
- Women's golf's sixth-consecutive year with a perfect 1000 score
- Women's tennis' 991 score, the fifth-straight year with a 990 or higher score
- Women's track and field's 985 score, the highest in program history (previous years were divided into indoor and outdoor; indoor previous best, 979/outdoor previous best, 984)
- Volleyball's 989 score, the ninth-straight year with a 989 or higher score
The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation, and provides a measure of each team's academic performance.
Every Division I sports team calculates an APR each academic year. Scholarship student-athletes each semester receive one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating.
Teams scoring below certain thresholds can face consequences intended to require additional focus on academics, including practice restrictions, playing season reductions and postseason ineligibility.
In order to compete in the 2016-17 postseason, teams had to earn a 930 multi-year APR score. NCAA member campuses and conferences in Division I decided to move to the 930 standard because it predicts roughly a 50 percent graduation rate.
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