Michigan Excels in NCAA APR Report
5/23/2018 2:00:00 PM | General, Academic Success Program
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The NCAA national office released the 2016-17 Academic Progress Rate (APR) data and penalty reports for all Division I institutions on Wednesday (May 23) as part of the annual NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program. All 27 University of Michigan varsity athletic teams were well above the threshold required by the NCAA, including eight teams with perfect multiyear scores: baseball, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's golf, men's gymnastics, men's tennis, women's tennis and softball.
The report is based on four-year calculations of data from the 2013-14 through 2016-17 academic years.
Michigan is one of just six schools from the Bowl Subdivision to earn a multiyear score of 990 or greater in the sport of football. Additionally, U-M is the nation's only FBS school to record at least a 990 in football and a 995 in men's basketball. U-M extends its standing as the only school to achieve the aforementioned marks in addition to a perfect score in women's basketball.
Additionally, 19 U-M athletic teams recorded perfect 2016-17 academic year scores following 15 perfect scores last year, 16 in 2014-15, 24 in 2013-14 and 13 in 2012-13.
The APR is a real-time measure of a team's academic performance and is calculated by reviewing variables such as eligibility, retention and graduation rates of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team.
In order to compete in the 2018-19 postseason, teams must achieve a 930 four-year APR. NCAA member representatives chose the 930 standard because that score predicts a 50 percent graduation rate for the team. Additionally, teams must earn at least a 930 APR to avoid penalties.
On May 16, the U-M baseball, football, men's basketball, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's golf, men's gymnastics, softball, men's tennis and women's tennis programs were recognized by the NCAA with the Academic Performance Program Public Recognition Award for ranking among the top 10 percent of their respective sports in the most recent multiyear APR report.
For a fourth straight year, Michigan is the only Big Ten Conference institution to earn recognition awards in both football and men's basketball, with men's basketball now having earned the award in seven straight years.
Following are the University of Michigan APR multiyear and 2016-17 scores by sport:
| Sport | Multiyear | 2016-17 |
| Baseball | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Basketball | 995 | 1,000 |
| Women's Basketball | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Cross Country | 995 | 1,000 |
| Women's Cross Country | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Field Hockey | 993 | 1,000 |
| Football | 990 | 974 |
| Men's Golf | 992 | 969 |
| Women's Golf | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Gymnastics | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Women's Gymnastics | 995 | 1,000 |
| Ice Hockey | 994 | 1,000 |
| Men's Lacrosse | 993 | 1,000 |
| Women's Lacrosse | 998 | 1,000 |
| Women's Rowing | 996 | 993 |
| Men's Soccer | 991 | 1,000 |
| Women's Soccer | 984 | 988 |
| Softball | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | 998 | 1,000 |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | 993 | 1,000 |
| Men's Tennis | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Women's Tennis | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Track & Field | 987 | 970 |
| Women's Track & Field | 993 | 976 |
| Women's Volleyball | 995 | 1,000 |
| Women's Water Polo | 983 | 975 |
| Wrestling | 987 | 966 |
