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Eastern Athletics Remains Strong In NCAA's APR Report
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EMU had a total of seven teams record perfect single-year scores in 2022-23
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University Department of Athletics continues to thrive academically in the Academic Progress Rate (APR), as released by the NCAA today, June 4.
The APR marks are a four-year composite, covering the 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 school years, taking a real-time look at the academic success of scholarship student-athletes. The APR measures academic eligibility, retention, and graduation.
Every Division I sports team across the nation calculates its APR each academic year, similar to a report card. Each semester, scholarship athletes earn one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating.
The men's cross country, men's golf, and women's tennis teams posted perfect 1,000 multi-year rates in the latest report. Meanwhile, a total of seven teams (men's basketball, men's cross country, men's golf, women's cross country, women's gymnastics, women's tennis, and volleyball) had perfect single-year scores of 1,000 in 2022-23.
"We prepare our student-athletes to achieve academic and athletic excellence," EMU Vice President/Director of Athletics Scott Wetherbee said. "Consistent with our mission, we take great pride in how our student-athletes embody the highest standards of excellence in the classroom, on the field, and how they are engaged in the community. Our faculty, staff, coaches, and administration work tirelessly to assist our student-athletes in achieving their goals, including their academic and athletic endeavors."
The four-year Academic Progress Rate national average for Division I teams remained steady at 984 this year, as the division marked the 20th anniversary of APR data collection. During those 20 years, overall student-athlete academic success has risen substantially. Compared with the four-year period prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (2015-16 through 2018-19), the overall national four-year average across all sports increased one point.
Each academic year, every Division I sports team's APR is calculated using a simple and consistent formula. Scholarship student-athletes can earn 1 point for staying on course for a degree in their chosen major and 1 point for being retained (or graduating) at the end of each academic term. For schools that do not offer athletics scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked.
This is the third consecutive year of publicly reported APRs after a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the Division I board approved the release of APR scores but voted to continue the suspension of program penalties. After further review, the Committee on Academics is not enforcing the loss of access to postseason competition for teams that have scored lower than 930. Instead, a conditional waiver is being offered this year due to lingering impacts of COVID-19.
In all, 11 of EMU's sports posted multi-year scores equal to or better than the 2021-22 report. The largest increases came from the men's basketball program (improving from 928 to 952) and men's cross country (climbing from 985 to 1000). Men's track & field also improved five points to 958 .
Additionally, six of the Eagles' teams ranked in the top half of the Mid-American Conference.
Over the past 20 years, 21,365 former student-athletes have returned to the classroom after exhausting their athletics eligibility to complete degrees and earn APR points for their former team. Nearly 11,000 of these individuals returning to graduate were former football, baseball, and men's and women's basketball student-athletes. These student-athletes are typically not counted as graduates in the federal graduation rate or Graduation Success Rate calculations.
Dave Schnase, NCAA vice president of academic and membership affairs, said, "Student-athletes have achieved incredible success in the classroom over the last 20 years, mostly due to the hard work and commitment to academic achievement by student-athletes on campuses across the country. In addition, the unprecedented success is in part due to the work of the Committee on Academics and its predecessor, the Committee on Academic Performance. The policy changes they made, including initial-eligibility standards and progress-toward-degree requirements, along with on-campus support for student-athletes, contributed to the high rates we are seeing now."
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University Department of Athletics continues to thrive academically in the Academic Progress Rate (APR), as released by the NCAA today, June 4.
The APR marks are a four-year composite, covering the 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 school years, taking a real-time look at the academic success of scholarship student-athletes. The APR measures academic eligibility, retention, and graduation.
Every Division I sports team across the nation calculates its APR each academic year, similar to a report card. Each semester, scholarship athletes earn one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating.
The men's cross country, men's golf, and women's tennis teams posted perfect 1,000 multi-year rates in the latest report. Meanwhile, a total of seven teams (men's basketball, men's cross country, men's golf, women's cross country, women's gymnastics, women's tennis, and volleyball) had perfect single-year scores of 1,000 in 2022-23.
"We prepare our student-athletes to achieve academic and athletic excellence," EMU Vice President/Director of Athletics Scott Wetherbee said. "Consistent with our mission, we take great pride in how our student-athletes embody the highest standards of excellence in the classroom, on the field, and how they are engaged in the community. Our faculty, staff, coaches, and administration work tirelessly to assist our student-athletes in achieving their goals, including their academic and athletic endeavors."
The four-year Academic Progress Rate national average for Division I teams remained steady at 984 this year, as the division marked the 20th anniversary of APR data collection. During those 20 years, overall student-athlete academic success has risen substantially. Compared with the four-year period prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (2015-16 through 2018-19), the overall national four-year average across all sports increased one point.
Each academic year, every Division I sports team's APR is calculated using a simple and consistent formula. Scholarship student-athletes can earn 1 point for staying on course for a degree in their chosen major and 1 point for being retained (or graduating) at the end of each academic term. For schools that do not offer athletics scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked.
This is the third consecutive year of publicly reported APRs after a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the Division I board approved the release of APR scores but voted to continue the suspension of program penalties. After further review, the Committee on Academics is not enforcing the loss of access to postseason competition for teams that have scored lower than 930. Instead, a conditional waiver is being offered this year due to lingering impacts of COVID-19.
In all, 11 of EMU's sports posted multi-year scores equal to or better than the 2021-22 report. The largest increases came from the men's basketball program (improving from 928 to 952) and men's cross country (climbing from 985 to 1000). Men's track & field also improved five points to 958 .
Additionally, six of the Eagles' teams ranked in the top half of the Mid-American Conference.
Over the past 20 years, 21,365 former student-athletes have returned to the classroom after exhausting their athletics eligibility to complete degrees and earn APR points for their former team. Nearly 11,000 of these individuals returning to graduate were former football, baseball, and men's and women's basketball student-athletes. These student-athletes are typically not counted as graduates in the federal graduation rate or Graduation Success Rate calculations.
Dave Schnase, NCAA vice president of academic and membership affairs, said, "Student-athletes have achieved incredible success in the classroom over the last 20 years, mostly due to the hard work and commitment to academic achievement by student-athletes on campuses across the country. In addition, the unprecedented success is in part due to the work of the Committee on Academics and its predecessor, the Committee on Academic Performance. The policy changes they made, including initial-eligibility standards and progress-toward-degree requirements, along with on-campus support for student-athletes, contributed to the high rates we are seeing now."
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