Bucknell Athletics Continues to Surpass National Standards in NCAA APR Report
5/2/2023 3:02:00 PM | General
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The NCAA on Tuesday released its annual Academic Progress Rate (APR) report, and once again every Bucknell varsity athletics team easily surpassed the NCAA's benchmark of a 930 score. In fact, seven Bison programs have maintained perfect 1,000 scores, and 21 have marks of 980 or higher.
The APR is a formula created 19 years ago, and it is used by the NCAA to measure teams' academic performance in terms of eligibility and retention. Scores under 930 previously resulted in certain NCAA-imposed penalties, including loss of scholarships and ineligibility for postseason play. This is the second year of publicly reported APRs after a one-year COVID-19 hiatus. Last spring, the Division I Board of Directors approved the release of APR scores but voted to continue the suspension of program penalties.
Normal Academic Performance Program operations with program penalties and loss of access to postseason competition will resume in spring 2024. This will also include the public recognition of high-performing teams.
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 their APR.
The latest APR data represents a four-year average for the 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 academic years. The NCAA evaluates programs based on a four-year rolling average.
According to the latest round of data, seven of 25 Bison teams (indoor and outdoor track & field are considered one sport in the formula) have perfect 1,000 scores in the four-year average. Those programs are field hockey, men's soccer, men's water polo, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's golf, and women's tennis.
The national average for all sports is 984, which is the same as last year's report.
The APR is a formula created 19 years ago, and it is used by the NCAA to measure teams' academic performance in terms of eligibility and retention. Scores under 930 previously resulted in certain NCAA-imposed penalties, including loss of scholarships and ineligibility for postseason play. This is the second year of publicly reported APRs after a one-year COVID-19 hiatus. Last spring, the Division I Board of Directors approved the release of APR scores but voted to continue the suspension of program penalties.
Normal Academic Performance Program operations with program penalties and loss of access to postseason competition will resume in spring 2024. This will also include the public recognition of high-performing teams.
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 their APR.
The latest APR data represents a four-year average for the 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 academic years. The NCAA evaluates programs based on a four-year rolling average.
According to the latest round of data, seven of 25 Bison teams (indoor and outdoor track & field are considered one sport in the formula) have perfect 1,000 scores in the four-year average. Those programs are field hockey, men's soccer, men's water polo, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's golf, and women's tennis.
The national average for all sports is 984, which is the same as last year's report.
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