Fourteen IU Programs Earn Perfect APR Scores

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University student-athletes had a tremendous year in the classroom, according to the latest NCAA Academic Progress Report (APR) data released today. Fourteen of IU's 22 programs earned perfect 1,000 APR scores for the 2017-18 academic year, and 20 programs equaled or improved their score from the previous year.

The fourteen IU programs that earned a perfect APR score for 2017-18 academic year are women's basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country, field hockey, men's golf, women's golf, rowing, women's soccer, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, women's tennis, women's track and field, volleyball and water polo. That is the most perfect single-year APR scores since 15 programs did it during the 2013-14 academic year.

The three IU programs that earned perfect multi-year scores of 1,000, meanwhile, were field hockey, men's golf and women's tennis. All of IU's 22 programs easily met the required four-year average of 930 to be eligible for NCAA Championship competition during the 2019-20 season.

In all, Indiana University Athletics' combined single-year APR score was 991, its second-highest score ever and the best mark since recording a 994 during the 2012-13 academic year.

The APR results come on the heels of an equally impressive Graduation Success Rate (GSR) performance in the fall. In November, the NCAA announced that IU scored a GSR of 91 percent, marking the sixth consecutive year that IU established a new record GSR score.

"Indiana University Athletics places an extremely high value on our students' academic successes, so I am very pleased by these results and by the exemplary academic performance by our students in all of our sports," said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass. "The number of perfect, as well as improving, APR scores for individual sports coupled with our record Graduation Success Rates are reflective of the priority our department places on excelling in the classroom and earning Indiana University degrees. We are very proud of our students."

Last week, the NCAA also gave the IU field hockey, men's golf and women's tennis programs special recognition their multi-year APR scores, which ranked in the top 10 percent of all squads in each sport based on the most recent APR reports (2014-15 through 2017-18).

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.

Noting The APR
• The most recent APR scores are based on a multi-year formula of scores from the 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic years.

• To compete in 2019-20 NCAA championships, teams must earn a 930 four-year average APR.

• The goal of the NCAA's academic performance program is improvement, not punishment. Not only does the program ensure accountability for student-athletes, teams and institutions, but it also provides fairness by considering individual circumstances.

IU Athletics Program – 2017-18 APR/Multi-Year APR (2014-15 through 2017-18)
Baseball: 971/974
Men's Basketball: 980/944
Women's Basketball: 1000/981
Men's Cross Country: 1000/990
Women's Cross Country: 1000/996
Field Hockey: 1000/1000
Football: 967/972
Men's Golf: 1000/1000
Women's Golf: 1000/986
Rowing: 1000/990
Men's Soccer: 990/981
Women's Soccer: 1000/995
Softball: 989/994
Men's Swimming and Diving: 1000/986
Women's Swimming and Diving: 1000/997
Men's Tennis: 971/969
Women's Tennis: 1000/1000
Men's Track and Field: 956/973
Women's Track and Field: 1000/991
Volleyball: 1000/995
Water Polo: 1000/981
Wrestling: 977/985

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