Five Georgia State teams posted APRs above 980 in scores released by the NCAA on Wednesday, with one team receiving a penalty of what is expected to be a one-year postseason ban for not reaching the NCAA’s requirement of a four-year rolling average of 930 or two-year average of 940. The APR average encapsulates four years ending in 2012-13.
Men’s golf, which scored a perfect 1,000, was joined by softball (995), court volleyball (984), cross country (982) and women’s soccer (980) as teams that were among the top-10 percent among Division I teams. Men’s basketball scored 950, tied for second-highest in the Sun Belt Conference, and football scored a two-year average of 940.
The APR, or Academic Progress Rate, is a four-year average that provides a real-time look at a team’s academic success each semester. Students who receive financial aid earn one point for staying in school and another point for being academically eligible. Each team’s points are divided by the points possible and multiplied by 1,000.
Men’s tennis scored a 906, a drop of 17 points from last year’s score. Georgia State attributed the low score to students who elected to transfer from the university. An athletics spokesman said they expect next year’s average to rise with the elimination of the 2009-10 score, coupled with a higher score for 2013-14.
Georgia State’s sport-by-sport four year averages:
Sport Scores
Baseball 952
Football 940
Men’s basketball 950
Men’s golf 1,000
Men’s soccer 972
Men’s tennis 906
Softball 995
Women’s basketball 936
Women’s cross country 982
Women’s golf 952
Women’s soccer 980
Women’s tennis 973
Women’s indoor track 973
Women’s outdoor track 973
Women’s volleyball 984
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