Eastern Michigan Athletics
Football Continues to Make Strong Academic Strides
6/5/2018 5:06:00 PM | Football
EMU posted its best single-year APR, multi-year APR, term GPA, and cume GPA in latest release
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) - The Eastern Michigan University football team recorded a program best single year Academic Progress Rate (APR) for the 2016-17 season.
Tied for second in the Mid-American Conference, the Eagles had an APR of 982. The team's APR record well surpassed the NCAA Division I football single year average of 966.
EMU football also raised the team GPA from a 2.656 in the winter semester of 2014 to the highest term GPA in program history of 2.986 in winter 2018. The team cumulative GPA was also at its best in program history (2.987).
Eastern Michigan has made tremendous strides in changing the culture and mind-set surrounding the football program since 2013. Over the past few seasons, Head Coach Chris Creighton and his staff have helped EMU student-athletes continue to improve on the field, in the community, and in the classroom.
"We are really proud of what our guys have achieved in the classroom and still believe that we can get a 3.0 as a team," added Creighton. "I also want to compliment our coaches on the APR score. We have recruited good people who love Eastern Michigan and who staying and graduating. There is always work to do but we are on a really good track."
Coming in with a program single year APR of 932 in 2013, the EMU football staff have helped its student-athletes to their most successful year in the classroom, increasing its overall APR by 5.36 percent.
The APR, or Academic Progress Rate, holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term.
The APR is calculated as follows:
• Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one point for staying in school and one point for being academically eligible.
• A team's total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by 1,000 to equal the team's Academic Progress Rate.
• In addition to a team's current-year APR, its rolling four-year APR is also used to determine accountability.
Tied for second in the Mid-American Conference, the Eagles had an APR of 982. The team's APR record well surpassed the NCAA Division I football single year average of 966.
EMU football also raised the team GPA from a 2.656 in the winter semester of 2014 to the highest term GPA in program history of 2.986 in winter 2018. The team cumulative GPA was also at its best in program history (2.987).
Eastern Michigan has made tremendous strides in changing the culture and mind-set surrounding the football program since 2013. Over the past few seasons, Head Coach Chris Creighton and his staff have helped EMU student-athletes continue to improve on the field, in the community, and in the classroom.
"We are really proud of what our guys have achieved in the classroom and still believe that we can get a 3.0 as a team," added Creighton. "I also want to compliment our coaches on the APR score. We have recruited good people who love Eastern Michigan and who staying and graduating. There is always work to do but we are on a really good track."
Coming in with a program single year APR of 932 in 2013, the EMU football staff have helped its student-athletes to their most successful year in the classroom, increasing its overall APR by 5.36 percent.
The APR, or Academic Progress Rate, holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term.
The APR is calculated as follows:
• Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one point for staying in school and one point for being academically eligible.
• A team's total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by 1,000 to equal the team's Academic Progress Rate.
• In addition to a team's current-year APR, its rolling four-year APR is also used to determine accountability.
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