INDIANAPOLIS – Chicago State student-athletes continue to achieve in the classroom recording a multiyear average APR of 951 released by the NCAA on Tuesday.
"The Cougar athletes are exemplary leaders, demonstrating commitment to their teams and studies," said CSU President Zaldwaynaka Scott, Esq. "We are proud of their continued academic success."
Chicago State had four teams earned perfect single-season scores of 1000, men's tennis, men's track and men's and women's golf. Additionally, the men's tennis and women's golf teams own multi-year scores within the top-10 percent of their sports nationally which earned them
NCAA Public Recognition last week.
A "student-first approach" will continue to be the top pillar in #OurChampionshipEra" plan,' said Chicago State Director of Athletics, Elliott Charles. "I applaud those student-athletes and coaches that continue to work diligently to ensure that academic success is paramount."
The Cougars men's basketball team will have a level one penalty for falling below the threshold of 930, which will result in a reduction of practice time during the 2020-21 academic year.
Division I student-athletes continue to achieve classroom success at record-high levels, earning an overall multiyear Academic Progress Rate of 983 for the third consecutive year.
Association-wide, Like the overall multiyear rate, which includes data from the 2015-16 academic year through the 2018- 19 academic year, the multiyear rates for baseball, football, men's basketball and women's basketball were consistent or moved by a single point. Baseball was up 1 point to 977, football stayed at 964, men's basketball dropped 1 to 966 and women's basketball increased 1 to 983.
To compete in the 2019-20 postseason, teams had to achieve a four-year APR of 930. NCAA members chose the 930 standard because that score predicts, on average, a 50% graduation rate for teams at that APR level. Additionally, teams must earn a four-year APR of at least 930 to avoid penalties. Since the Division I membership created the Academic Performance Program 15 years ago, more than 18,750 former student-athletes have earned APR points for their prior teams by returning to college and earning a degree after their eligibility expired. Of those, more than half (9,621) competed in football, baseball or basketball. These students typically do not count in graduation rates because they earn degrees outside the six-year window measured by both the federal graduation rate and the NCAA's Graduation Success Rate.
This year, for the first time, a portion of NCAA revenue is being distributed this year to members based on the academic achievement of student-athletes, including APR scores. Each school can earn one academic achievement unit per year if its student-athletes meet at least one of the following requirements: Earn an overall single-year all-sport Academic Progress Rate of 985 or higher, earn an overall all-sport Graduation Success Rate of 90% or higher or earn a federal graduation rate that is at least 13 percentage points higher than the federal graduation rate of the student body at that school.
Chicago State is one of six WAC member institutions that will qualify for the academic achievement unit revenue this academic year.
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