University Southern California Trojans
USC Athletics Posts Impressive APR Scores
May 23, 2018 | Student-Athlete Academic Services, Features
Department-wide 981 APR is school's highest ever, fifth straight year it hits all-time high.
USC's cumulative 21-team NCAA Academic Progress Rate of 981 is the school's best ever, the fifth year in a row that Troy hit an all-time high, and 18 Trojan sports posted an APR that equaled or exceeded last year's score, including 9 whose figures were their program's all-time highs (5 had perfect 1000 scores), according to data that was released today (May 23) by the NCAA.
Also, 16 USC teams had an APR that was above the national average for their sport in the annual scorecard of academic achievement for all Division I teams.
A team's APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation to generate a measure of academic performance. Each year, the APR creates a snapshot of a team's academic success as it tracks the progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. Today's APR is a multiyear rate based on scores from the 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years. APR scores below 930 lead to penalties that include practice restrictions, playing season reductions and post-season ineligibility. The NCAA began tracking APR in 2004-05.
"Once again, I am delighted with the academic performance of our teams, highlighted by our impressive APR numbers," said Dr. Magdi El-Shahawy, USC's senior associate athletic director in charge of Student-Athlete Academic Services. "It speaks volumes to have 18 of our teams equal or improve their scores from last year, including half of those recording all-time bests. We see this translating to improved graduation rates, which within the next 2 years should be above 90 percent for all USC student-athletes. This is a testament to our student-athletes' hard work in the classroom and the support provided them by our coaches and the SAAS team in the Stevens Academic Center."
Thirteen Trojan teams had at least a 990 APR, including 5 at 1000 (men's track, men's volleyball, women's beach volleyball, women's golf and women's cross country). It was the fourth consecutive year that women's cross country hit the 1000 mark, while men's volleyball did so for the third year in a row and both women's beach volleyball and women's cross country scored 1000 for the second straight year.
Besides those 5 squads that recorded a perfect 1000 mark, the 4 other USC teams that this year posted or equaled their all-time high APR scores were football (973), men's basketball (973), women's swimming (992) and women's track (994).
USC's 18 squads that equaled or exceeded their score from last year were: football, men's basketball, men's golf, men's swimming, men's tennis, men's track, men's volleyball, men's water polo, women's basketball, women's beach volleyball, women's cross country, women's golf, women's lacrosse, women's rowing, women's swimming, women's track, women's volleyball and women's water polo.
USC's 16 teams whose multi-year APR exceeded the national average for their sport were: football, baseball, men's basketball, men's golf, men's tennis, men's track, men's volleyball, men's water polo, women's beach volleyball, women's cross country, women's golf, women's lacrosse, women's rowing, women's soccer, women's track and women's water polo.
In the 2016-17 single-year calculation that goes into the overall multiyear APR score, 13 USC teams registered a perfect 1000 score.
Last week, 5 USC teams received NCAA Public Recognition Awards for outstanding performance in the classroom: men's track, men's volleyball, women's beach volleyball, women's golf and women's cross country. Each team achieved an APR within the top 10 percent in their respective sports.
No USC sport was close to the NCAA APR of 930 that leads to penalties. In fact, all USC men's teams were at least 43 points above that baseline standard and all Trojan women's teams were at least 38 points above it.
El-Shahawy also noted that USC's all-sport grade point average for the just-completed spring semester was 2.95, the athletic department's second highest ever.
Also, 16 USC teams had an APR that was above the national average for their sport in the annual scorecard of academic achievement for all Division I teams.
A team's APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation to generate a measure of academic performance. Each year, the APR creates a snapshot of a team's academic success as it tracks the progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. Today's APR is a multiyear rate based on scores from the 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years. APR scores below 930 lead to penalties that include practice restrictions, playing season reductions and post-season ineligibility. The NCAA began tracking APR in 2004-05.
"Once again, I am delighted with the academic performance of our teams, highlighted by our impressive APR numbers," said Dr. Magdi El-Shahawy, USC's senior associate athletic director in charge of Student-Athlete Academic Services. "It speaks volumes to have 18 of our teams equal or improve their scores from last year, including half of those recording all-time bests. We see this translating to improved graduation rates, which within the next 2 years should be above 90 percent for all USC student-athletes. This is a testament to our student-athletes' hard work in the classroom and the support provided them by our coaches and the SAAS team in the Stevens Academic Center."
Thirteen Trojan teams had at least a 990 APR, including 5 at 1000 (men's track, men's volleyball, women's beach volleyball, women's golf and women's cross country). It was the fourth consecutive year that women's cross country hit the 1000 mark, while men's volleyball did so for the third year in a row and both women's beach volleyball and women's cross country scored 1000 for the second straight year.
Besides those 5 squads that recorded a perfect 1000 mark, the 4 other USC teams that this year posted or equaled their all-time high APR scores were football (973), men's basketball (973), women's swimming (992) and women's track (994).
USC's 18 squads that equaled or exceeded their score from last year were: football, men's basketball, men's golf, men's swimming, men's tennis, men's track, men's volleyball, men's water polo, women's basketball, women's beach volleyball, women's cross country, women's golf, women's lacrosse, women's rowing, women's swimming, women's track, women's volleyball and women's water polo.
USC's 16 teams whose multi-year APR exceeded the national average for their sport were: football, baseball, men's basketball, men's golf, men's tennis, men's track, men's volleyball, men's water polo, women's beach volleyball, women's cross country, women's golf, women's lacrosse, women's rowing, women's soccer, women's track and women's water polo.
In the 2016-17 single-year calculation that goes into the overall multiyear APR score, 13 USC teams registered a perfect 1000 score.
Last week, 5 USC teams received NCAA Public Recognition Awards for outstanding performance in the classroom: men's track, men's volleyball, women's beach volleyball, women's golf and women's cross country. Each team achieved an APR within the top 10 percent in their respective sports.
No USC sport was close to the NCAA APR of 930 that leads to penalties. In fact, all USC men's teams were at least 43 points above that baseline standard and all Trojan women's teams were at least 38 points above it.
El-Shahawy also noted that USC's all-sport grade point average for the just-completed spring semester was 2.95, the athletic department's second highest ever.
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