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In releasing new APR scores, the NCAA says Division I academic progress is improving across all sports, while Dave Rose's BYU Basketball team is one of a pair of BYU programs singled out for recognition after another year of exemplary APR scores.
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As defined by the NCAA, APR (Academic Progress Rate) is "a term-by-term measure of eligibility and retention for Division I student-athletes that was developed as an early indicator of eventual graduation rates."
APR is to be considered a snapshot of academic progress, and not a timeline, such as what is known as Graduation Success Rate (GSR). Because of the number of BYU student-athletes who embark on two-year LDS Church missions, BYU's GSR numbers would often not accurately represent those student-athletes' academic progress.
Further defined, APR was "developed as a more real-time assessment of teams' academic performance than the six-year graduation-rate (GSR) calculation provides."
(The APR) awards two points each term to scholarship student-athletes who meet academic-eligibility standards and who remain with the institution. A team's APR is the total points earned by the team at a given time divided by the total points possible (multiplied by 1,000).
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Four-year ("multiyear") rolling APR scores of 925 or lower are subject to immediate penalties; multiyear scores of 900 or lower are subject to historical penalties (penalties for poor academic performance over time).
None of BYU's 21 sports have multiyear APR scores lower than 925, while two sports (Men's Basketball and Women's Golf) have scores in the highest 10 percent within their sport, earning public recognition.
Dave Rose's team has been honored for sixth consecutive season, with the hoopsters' APR at 991, compared to a DI Men's Basketball average of 945. Women's Golf has a perfect multiyear score of 1,000, bettering the DI average of 983.
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You can search the NCAA database for a listing of all BYU APR scores, and you will see that only two men's sports are within 10 APR points of being penalized; Football and Baseball.
The football program has a multiyear APR score of 929, after a very low 2009-10 academic year score of 898. The DI Football average is 946; 949 within the FBS.
The baseball team has an APR of 928, scoring a 900 in the 2009-10 academic year (the most recently reported academic year in the multiyear calculation). The DI Baseball average is 959.
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Across all 21 sports, BYU's average APR is 967; the NCAA Division I all-sports average is 970.
BYU's men's teams average an APR score of 953; the women's teams average an APR score of 979.
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Notably, seven of BYU's 21 teams earned perfect APR scores of 1,000 in the 2009-10 academic year:
Men's Cross Country
Men's Tennis
Women's Cross Country
Women's Golf
Softball
Women's Swimming/Diving
Women's Volleyball
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Note: APR numbers only account for student-athletes on scholarship. Walk-on roster members are not included in the measurements.
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