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UConn Athletics Meets APR Standards
Kevin Duffy
Issue date: 5/11/08 Section: Sports
The NCAA announced Tuesday that UConn met Academic Progress Rate (APR) standards in all 24 of its sports programs.
The APR is based on the grades of players in each sport over the last four years. While many teams ranked high in the scoring system, the men's golf team was the only team to score a perfect 1000. Field hockey, women's rowing, women's lacrosse, women's ice hockey and women's tennis all scored above 990.
"Our priority has always been to ensure that our UConn student-athletes have every opportunity to achieve academic success during their careers," said Director of Athletics Jeff Hathaway in a press release.
We will continue to focus our efforts on a high level of academic success."
The men's and women's basketball teams also finished above the national average, with the women posting a mark of 972 and the men a rate of 946.
Contact Kevin Duffy at Kevin.R.Duffy@UConn.edu.
The APR is based on the grades of players in each sport over the last four years. While many teams ranked high in the scoring system, the men's golf team was the only team to score a perfect 1000. Field hockey, women's rowing, women's lacrosse, women's ice hockey and women's tennis all scored above 990.
"Our priority has always been to ensure that our UConn student-athletes have every opportunity to achieve academic success during their careers," said Director of Athletics Jeff Hathaway in a press release.
We will continue to focus our efforts on a high level of academic success."
The men's and women's basketball teams also finished above the national average, with the women posting a mark of 972 and the men a rate of 946.
Contact Kevin Duffy at Kevin.R.Duffy@UConn.edu.
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John Miller
posted 5/13/08 @ 1:38 PM EST
The APR is not based on the grades of the players. There are only two criteria: (1) Did the player stay eligible? (2) Did the player return for the next semester (or graduate)?
It makes absolutely no difference in a team's APR if every player gets all C's or if every player gets straight A's. (Continued…)
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