Indiana University Athletics
Six Programs Earn NCAA APR Public Recognition Awards for Outstanding Academic Performance
5/20/2015 1:46:00 PM | Student-Athlete Services
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana University Department of Athletics announced that the men's basketball, men's cross country, men's golf, men's soccer, men's outdoor track and field and women's tennis programs are among an elite group of Division I sports teams being recognized for top academic performance as part of the NCAA's academic reform program.
Based on their most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rates (APR), these awards are given each year to teams that posted multi-year APRs in the top 10 percent of all squads in their sports.
The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester or quarter by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete. The APR includes eligibility, retention and graduation in the calculation and provides a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport. Full APRs for all teams, including access to postseason play and penalties for low-performing teams, will be released May 27.
"I want to congratulate these students for their outstanding work in the classroom, and commend head coaches Tom Crean, Ron Helmer, Todd Yeagley, Mike Mayer and Lin Loring for continuing to reinforce academic achievement as a top priority," said IU Vice President and Director of Athletics Fred Glass.
Men's golf is being honored for the eighth straight year, women's tennis for the fourth straight season, men's basketball and men's soccer for the third straight year, and men's cross country and men's outdoor track and field for the second straight season.
Each year, the NCAA tracks the classroom performance of student-athletes on every Division I team through the annual scorecard of academic achievement, known as APR. The rate measures eligibility, graduation and retention each semester or quarter and provides a clear picture of the academic performance in each sport. The most recent APRs are multi-year rates based on scores from the 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-2014 academic years.
"We could not be prouder of these programs for being publicly commended on their extraordinary academic ahievements," Glass added. "A result of high expectations set by our coaches, the support of our academic services unit, and the exceptional commitment to academics by our students, the success of these teams is typical of our programs, whose APR scores consistently exceed the NCAA acceptable minimum of 930 by a very large margin."
