NCAA Report Shows Five U-M Teams with Perfect Multiyear APR Scores
5/19/2020 1:00:00 PM | General, Academic Success Program
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Five University of Michigan varsity athletic teams achieved perfect multiyear scores in the 2018-19 Academic Progress Rate (APR) data released by the NCAA national office Tuesday (May 19) along with penalty reports for all Division I institutions as part of the annual NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program.
All 27 Michigan teams scored well above the threshold required by the NCAA, highlighted by the five with perfect multiyear scores of 1,000: baseball, women's basketball, women's golf, softball and women's tennis. The report is based on four-year calculations of data from the 2015-16 through 2018-19 academic years.
Michigan is one of 30 schools from the Bowl Subdivision to earn a multiyear score of 980 or greater in the sport of football.
In addition to the perfect multiyear scores, 14 U-M athletic teams recorded perfect scores for the 2018-19 academic year. Michigan also had 14 perfect scores last year, 19 in 2016-17, 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 2020-21 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 12, the U-M baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, women's golf, men's lacrosse, softball, men's swimming and diving, 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 nine straight years.
Following are the University of Michigan APR multiyear and 2018-19 scores by sport:
| Sport | Multiyear | 2018-19 |
| Baseball | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Basketball | 990 | 979 |
| Women's Basketball | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Cross Country | 994 | 972 |
| Women's Cross Country | 996 | 987 |
| Field Hockey | 993 | 1,000 |
| Football | 980 | 977 |
| Men's Golf | 992 | 1,000 |
| Women's Golf | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Gymnastics | 989 | 958 |
| Women's Gymnastics | 995 | 1,000 |
| Ice Hockey | 983 | 977 |
| Men's Lacrosse | 999 | 1,000 |
| Women's Lacrosse | 997 | 1,000 |
| Women's Rowing | 991 | 976 |
| Men's Soccer | 995 | 1,000 |
| Women's Soccer | 987 | 1,000 |
| Softball | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | 998 | 1,000 |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | 995 | 980 |
| Men's Tennis | 994 | 978 |
| Women's Tennis | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Men's Track & Field | 983 | 991 |
| Women's Track & Field | 989 | 1,000 |
| Women's Volleyball | 995 | 978 |
| Women's Water Polo | 973 | 974 |
| Wrestling | 980 | 946 |
