Seven Michigan Teams Post Perfect Multiyear Scores in NCAA APR Report
5/8/2019 2:00:00 PM | General, Academic Success Program
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Seven University of Michigan varsity athletic teams achieved perfect multiyear scores in the 2017-18 Academic Progress Rate (APR) data released by the NCAA national office Wednesday (May 8) along with penalty reports for all Division I institutions as part of the annual NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program.
All 27 Michigan teams were well above the threshold required by the NCAA, highlighted by the seven with perfect multiyear scores of 1,000: baseball, women's cross country, women's golf, men's gymnastics, softball, men's tennis and women's tennis. The report is based on four-year calculations of data from the 2014-15 through 2017-18 academic years.
The seven teams with perfect multiyear scores are one shy of Michigan's best of eight, which occurred in each of the previous two years (2015-16 and 2016-17 reports). Michigan is one of 30 schools from the Bowl Subdivision to earn a multiyear score of 980 or greater in the sport of football.
Additionally, 14 U-M athletic teams recorded perfect 2017-18 academic year scores. Michigan had 19 perfect scores last year, 15 in 2015-16, 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 2019-20 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 1, the U-M baseball, men'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.
Michigan's men's basketball program has earned the APR Public Recognition Award in eight straight years.
Following are the University of Michigan APR multiyear and 2017-18 scores by sport:
| Sport | Multiyear | 2017-18 |
| Baseball | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Basketball | 995 | 1,000 |
| Women's Basketball | 995 | 979 |
| Men's Cross Country | 995 | 1,000 |
| Women's Cross Country | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Field Hockey | 993 | 1,000 |
| Football | 982 | 974 |
| Men's Golf | 984 | 969 |
| Women's Golf | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Gymnastics | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Women's Gymnastics | 995 | 1,000 |
| Ice Hockey | 989 | 989 |
| Men's Lacrosse | 991 | 994 |
| Women's Lacrosse | 996 | 985 |
| Women's Rowing | 993 | 986 |
| Men's Soccer | 990 | 1,000 |
| Women's Soccer | 987 | 973 |
| Softball | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | 996 | 990 |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | 998 | 1,000 |
| Men's Tennis | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Women's Tennis | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Track & Field | 982 | 979 |
| Women's Track & Field | 988 | 993 |
| Women's Volleyball | 995 | 980 |
| Women's Water Polo | 975 | 926 |
| Wrestling | 988 | 1,000 |
