West Virginia's APR Score Released
May 06, 2008 04:05 PM | General
May 6, 2008
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University’s combined varsity athletic teams have an Academic Progress Rate (APR) score of 956 according to data released today by the NCAA.
The APR is based upon eligibility and retention of student-athletes over a four-year period. The NCAA uses the APR as an assessment of real-time academic success; in the past, graduation rates were the primary gauge of academic success.
An APR score of 925 or higher is what teams first look to meet to avoid contemporaneous penalties (involving the possible loss of grants-in-aid). Any student-athlete receiving athletic aid in a varsity sport can earn up to four points for being academically eligible and remaining enrolled in the institution. A team’s APR is the total points of the roster divided by that squad’s total possible points, multiplied by 1,000. Penalties for teams falling below the specified mark may include the loss of scholarships up to a cap of 10% of the team’s total NCAA scholarship aid available. Loss of aid will generally be in one-year increments to those sports.
The current APR scores for WVU’s varsity teams: baseball 928; men’s basketball 932; women’s basketball 924; cross country 1,000; football 935; gymnastics 970; rifle 984; rowing 919; men’s soccer 898; women’s soccer 988; men’s swimming 956; women’s swimming 974; tennis 985; indoor track 987; outdoor track 988; volleyball 980; and wrestling 905.
Fourteen of WVU’s 17 athletic teams will not receive scholarship reductions. In 2008-09, men’s soccer will be granted 9.78 out of a maximum 9.9 in athletic scholarships, wrestling will be granted 9.02 out of a maximum 9.9 in athletic scholarships and rowing will be granted 18.99 out of a maximum 20.0 in athletic scholarships.
“Overall, I am pleased with our APR scores for the year,” says director of athletics Ed Pastilong. “The scores are strong, and our teams have made good academic progress as evidenced by more than 400 student-athletes being named to the Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll. I want to congratulate the cross country team for its perfect score. As far as the teams who fell below the 925 score, those issues have been addressed with each program, and I am confident in their improvement plans for the future. Overall, our 956 APR score is strong.”
