Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Athletics Teams Again Surpass NCAA Academic Performance Standards
6/20/2012 8:00:00 AM | General
June 20, 2012
LEWISBURG, Pa. –The NCAA on Wednesday released its eighth annual set of Academic Performance Rate (APR) data, representing a recently implemented formula that is used to track student-athlete eligibility and retention. And for the eighth year in a row, Bucknell graded very well in the APR report, with all 27 of its varsity programs easily meeting the 925-point cutoff. Scores under 925 could result in certain NCAA-imposed penalties, including loss of scholarships.
Under the APR system, a student-athlete can be awarded two points per semester – one for remaining academically eligible throughout the semester and another for being retained for the next term. Team percentages are then calculated to determine its APR.
The latest APR data represents a four-year average for the 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 academic years. The NCAA evaluates programs based on a four-year rolling average.
Bucknell reported APR data in all 27 varsity programs, and 15 of those teams have perfect 1,000 scores in the four-year average. Those programs are baseball, women's basketball, field hockey, men's cross country, women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, women's rowing, women's soccer, men's and women's tennis, men's indoor track and field, men's outdoor track and field, men's water polo and volleyball. Every Bison program received a score of at least 969, including men's basketball (995). Looking at single-year data, men's basketball scored a perfect 1,000 for the third year in a row.
In addition, all 27 Bucknell teams compiled a score above the national Division I average, and 22 of 27 scored above 990.
Recently, the NCAA issued Public Recognition Awards to 954 Division I teams ranking in the top 10 percent nationally in their respective sport, based on APR scores. Bucknell had 17 teams honored, tied for fourth-most in the entire nation. Bucknell annually ranks among the national leaders in graduation rates, and it ranks fifth among all Division I programs in total number of Academic All-Americans with 121.
Bucknell is a highly-selective, privately endowed liberal arts institution with an enrollment of 3,583 undergraduate students. Bucknell competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the Patriot League and has full membership along with American, Army, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy. Bucknell has won the Presidents' Cup, signifying the Patriot League's all-sports champion, in 17 of 22 years, including 13 of the last 15.
