Three USC programs received APR recognition honors from the NCAA!
Men's basketball came in at 912, but the Trojan hoopsters are not subject to penalty because no student-athlete was ineligible upon leaving the program. The men's hoops multi-year APR is expected to push above 950 next year with seven of eight seniors graduating the last two springs.
Women's golf, women's soccer and men's indoor track posted perfect (1,000) four-year APR scores, while men's golf, men's tennis, men's volleyball (pictured), men's water polo, women's swimming, women's tennis, women's volleyball and women's water polo were also perfect last year.Sixteen of USC's 19 athletic programs finished above the average multi-year mark in their respective sport for all of Division-1, which included football posting a 952.
The APR is now seven years old. Here's how the NCAA explains the academic rating system:
The Academic Progress Rate is a real-time measure of eligibility and retention of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team. The most recent APR scores are based on a multi-year rate that averages scores from the 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 academic years.
The Division I Board of Directors set cut scores of 925 and 900 (out of 1,000) as a threshold for teams to meet or face possible immediate and historical sanctions. An APR of 925 currently predicts an approximately 50 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and an APR of 900 currently predicts an approximately 40 percent GSR.The goal of the NCAA's academic performance program is improvement, not punishment. Not only does the program ensure accountability for student-athletes, teams and institutions, but also it provides fairness by considering individual circumstances per team and school.
