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Bucknell Student-Athletes Surpass NCAA APR Standards; 11 Teams Maintain Perfect Scores
6/4/2024 1:09:00 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, 11 Bison programs boast perfect 1,000 scores, and 21 have marks of 980 or higher.
The APR is a formula created 20 years ago and 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 third year of publicly reported APRs after a one-year COVID-19 hiatus. In 2022, the Division I Board of Directors approved the release of APR scores but voted to continue the suspension of program penalties.
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 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 academic years. The NCAA evaluates programs based on a four-year rolling average.
According to the latest round of data, 11 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 and women's golf, men's soccer, men's swimming and diving, men's water polo, wrestling, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's tennis, and volleyball.
The national average for all sports held steady at 984.
The APR is a formula created 20 years ago and 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 third year of publicly reported APRs after a one-year COVID-19 hiatus. In 2022, the Division I Board of Directors approved the release of APR scores but voted to continue the suspension of program penalties.
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 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 academic years. The NCAA evaluates programs based on a four-year rolling average.
According to the latest round of data, 11 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 and women's golf, men's soccer, men's swimming and diving, men's water polo, wrestling, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's tennis, and volleyball.
The national average for all sports held steady at 984.
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