Baylor Displays Strong Academics with Latest NCAA APR Scores
5/22/2020 4:04:00 PM | General, Student-Athlete Center for Excellence
WACO, Texas – Baylor's academic excellence in Preparing of Champions for Life was on full display with the recent release of the Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
The APR, created to be a more real-time measurement of academic success than graduation rates, is a team-based metric through which scholarship student-athletes each term earn one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. At schools that don't offer scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked.
Nine teams, including men's cross country, men's golf, volleyball, women's cross country, women's golf, soccer, softball, women's tennis and women's track and field registered perfect one-year APR scores of 1,000, up from eight squads in 2019.
Men's cross country, men's golf and women's volleyball led the way as they received the prestigious NCAA Public Recognition Award for earning multi-year Academic Progress Rates in the top 10 percent for their sport.
The 2018-19 overall four-year rate for the Bears is 987, up two points from the four-year rate announced last year. Baylor has the highest multi-year rate for all Big 12 sponsored sports. The athletic department also boasts a single-year average of 988.
Eleven of 15 eligible teams have a multi-year score above the national average for their sport.
Men's basketball (972) has the highest multi-year rate among Power 5 schools in Texas, while football (974) and baseball (985) are tied for the top spot in the state.
Likewise, Baylor has six programs with the highest or tied for the highest multi-year rate in the Big 12 with baseball (985), men's cross country (1000), men's golf (1000), men's track and field (988), softball (997) and volleyball (1000) ranking tops in the conference.
The Bears four-year numbers in football (974), men's basketball (972) and baseball (985) are higher than the national averages of 964, 966 and 977 for each sport, respectively.
Women's tennis was the most improved program, jumping up 12 points to a four-year score of 985 in 2018-19.
No Baylor program has ever been subject to penalty.
To compete in the 2020-21 postseason, teams must achieve a 930 four-year APR. NCAA members chose the 930 standard because that score predicts, on average, a 50% graduation rate for teams at that APR level. Additionally, teams must earn at least a 930 four-year APR to avoid penalties.
The APR, created to be a more real-time measurement of academic success than graduation rates, is a team-based metric through which scholarship student-athletes each term earn one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. At schools that don't offer scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked.
Nine teams, including men's cross country, men's golf, volleyball, women's cross country, women's golf, soccer, softball, women's tennis and women's track and field registered perfect one-year APR scores of 1,000, up from eight squads in 2019.
Men's cross country, men's golf and women's volleyball led the way as they received the prestigious NCAA Public Recognition Award for earning multi-year Academic Progress Rates in the top 10 percent for their sport.
The 2018-19 overall four-year rate for the Bears is 987, up two points from the four-year rate announced last year. Baylor has the highest multi-year rate for all Big 12 sponsored sports. The athletic department also boasts a single-year average of 988.
Eleven of 15 eligible teams have a multi-year score above the national average for their sport.
Men's basketball (972) has the highest multi-year rate among Power 5 schools in Texas, while football (974) and baseball (985) are tied for the top spot in the state.
Likewise, Baylor has six programs with the highest or tied for the highest multi-year rate in the Big 12 with baseball (985), men's cross country (1000), men's golf (1000), men's track and field (988), softball (997) and volleyball (1000) ranking tops in the conference.
The Bears four-year numbers in football (974), men's basketball (972) and baseball (985) are higher than the national averages of 964, 966 and 977 for each sport, respectively.
Women's tennis was the most improved program, jumping up 12 points to a four-year score of 985 in 2018-19.
No Baylor program has ever been subject to penalty.
To compete in the 2020-21 postseason, teams must achieve a 930 four-year APR. NCAA members chose the 930 standard because that score predicts, on average, a 50% graduation rate for teams at that APR level. Additionally, teams must earn at least a 930 four-year APR to avoid penalties.
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