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APR Scores Signal Memphis Athletics' Academic Success

Quote:The NCAA national office announced its latest NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR) data on Wednesday and the statistical numbers continue to reflect the success of University of Memphis student-athletes in the classroom.

All of Memphis' teams earned scores of 950 or better for the latest four-year data, which encompasses through the 2013-14 academic year. Memphis' institutional average of scores for sports from the 2013-14 academic year is 984.

Last week, it was announced that Memphis had four of its athletic programs receive NCAA Public Recognition Awards. This week's release of information revealed that Men's Cross Country, Mixed Rifle, Women's Golf and Women's Volleyball all earned perfect scores of 1,000 for their multiyear APRs in the latest public report. This is the fifth straight year Women's Golf has received a perfect score while Mixed Rifle and Women's Volleyball registered perfect scores for the second time in the 10 years data has been collected and shared.

In addition to the four programs which received NCAA Public Recognition Awards, Women's Tennis scored a 992 while Baseball scored a 990, marking the fourth-straight year each program has scored a 990 or better.

Men's Tennis (992) as well as both Men's Indoor Track and Field (979) and Men's Outdoor Track and Field (983) recorded their highest scores in the 10 years data has been collected.

Women's Basketball (981) and Women's Cross Country (981) each earned the highest score in the past six years while Football's score (951) was its highest in five years.

The multiyear score for Men's Basketball (985) is 25 points higher than the Division I average for the sport.

Every Division I sports team calculates its APR each academic year. Scholarship student-athletes each semester receive one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating.

Teams scoring below certain thresholds can face consequences intended to require additional focus on academics, including practice restrictions, playing season reductions and postseason ineligibility. Rates are an average of the past four years' performance.

In order to compete in the 2015-16 postseason, teams must achieve a 930 multi-year APR. NCAA member campuses and conferences in Division I decided to move to the 930 standard because it predicts roughly a 50 percent graduation rate.

We have a mixed rifle team?

Pretty danggone gud right thur!

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(05-28-2015 04:55 AM)holyterror Wrote: [ -> ]We have a mixed rifle team?

Nationally ranked.

APR Champs again!! Josh should coordinate a video of the guys studying and taking tests.

Somebody tell Texas.

(05-28-2015 10:44 AM)MemphisTiger15 Wrote: [ -> ]APR Champs again!! Josh should coordinate a video of the guys studying and taking tests.

Grades don't matter.

(05-28-2015 11:22 AM)TigerBill Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-28-2015 10:44 AM)MemphisTiger15 Wrote: [ -> ]APR Champs again!! Josh should coordinate a video of the guys studying and taking tests.

Grades don't matter.

They really don't if you have a bs major

The APR is really just another way for the NCAA to have a "feel good" dog and pony show to convince themselves and the public that "student-athletes" are being successfully educated while also playing major college sports. If the scandals at UNC, Syracuse, UTk and even the stuff at Memphis show that schools will do what they have to do.

This goes way back to the "rocks for jocks" classes and the jokes about guys taking Basket Weaving.

(05-28-2015 04:55 AM)holyterror Wrote: [ -> ]We have a mixed rifle team?

That's exactly my 1st thought


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(05-29-2015 02:28 PM)salukiblue Wrote: [ -> ]The APR is really just another way for the NCAA to have a "feel good" dog and pony show to convince themselves and the public that "student-athletes" are being successfully educated while also playing major college sports. If the scandals at UNC, Syracuse, UTk and even the stuff at Memphis show that schools will do what they have to do.

This goes way back to the "rocks for jocks" classes and the jokes about guys taking Basket Weaving.

That's really true.

(05-30-2015 12:23 AM)450bench Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-29-2015 02:28 PM)salukiblue Wrote: [ -> ]The APR is really just another way for the NCAA to have a "feel good" dog and pony show to convince themselves and the public that "student-athletes" are being successfully educated while also playing major college sports. If the scandals at UNC, Syracuse, UTk and even the stuff at Memphis show that schools will do what they have to do.

This goes way back to the "rocks for jocks" classes and the jokes about guys taking Basket Weaving.

That's really true.

Maybe so but they can use it to screw you up. Look at UCONN basketball and TSU can't play in the postseason for football because of APR.

(05-30-2015 07:25 AM)tnzazz Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-30-2015 12:23 AM)450bench Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-29-2015 02:28 PM)salukiblue Wrote: [ -> ]The APR is really just another way for the NCAA to have a "feel good" dog and pony show to convince themselves and the public that "student-athletes" are being successfully educated while also playing major college sports. If the scandals at UNC, Syracuse, UTk and even the stuff at Memphis show that schools will do what they have to do.

This goes way back to the "rocks for jocks" classes and the jokes about guys taking Basket Weaving.

That's really true.

Maybe so but they can use it to screw you up. Look at UCONN basketball and TSU can't play in the postseason for football because of APR.

Also true.

Even more reason for big schools to rig it.