INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has released the latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) data for NCAA Division I and UTSA Athletics once again has achieved figures that show the department’s academic success.
UTSA boasts five sports that registered a perfect multiyear APR, as women’s basketball, men’s golf, women’s golf, soccer and women’s tennis each reported a 1,000. This marks the fourth consecutive year that women’s tennis has recorded a perfect 1,000 multiyear APR, while men’s golf is on that list for the second straight year.
UTSA charted an overall department APR of 981 for 2024-25. Additionally, eight UTSA programs — women’s basketball, men’s cross country, men’s golf, women’s golf, soccer, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and volleyball — posted a perfect 1,000 APR for the 2024-25 academic year. That gives UTSA a total of 33 single-year APRs of 1,000 over the past four years.
Women's tennis recorded a perfect single-year APR for the seventh consecutive year, while women's basketball, men's golf, women's golf and soccer all posted a 1,000 for the fourth straight reporting period.
In addition to the perfect multiyear APRs posted by women’s basketball, men’s golf, women’s golf, soccer and women’s tennis, eight other sport programs turned in a multiyear rate of 970 or above. Those sports are baseball (981), men’s cross country (988), women’s cross country (977), softball (974), men’s tennis (990), men’s track & field (981), women’s track & field (978) and volleyball (984). This is the second year in a row that 13 (of 15) UTSA programs have recorded an APR of at least 970.
Implemented in 2003 as part of an ambitious academic reform effort in Division I, APR holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term.
Each academic year, every Division I sports team's APR is calculated using a simple and consistent formula. Scholarship student-athletes can earn 1 point for staying on course for a degree in their chosen major and 1 point for being retained (or graduating) at the end of each academic term. A team's total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by 1,000. For schools that do not offer athletics scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked.
This is the fifth consecutive year of publicly reported APRs after a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the Division I Board of Directors approved the release of APR scores but voted to continue the suspension of program penalties. Normal Academic Performance Program penalties and loss of access to postseason competition returned last year and will continue this year. Teams scoring below the 930 benchmark will receive strategic penalties that encourage an emphasis on academics.
The NCAA’s press release on this year’s report can be found at ncaa.org. A full list of APRs for each team can be accessed by using the APR searchable database.
UTSA’s high marks are not limited to its APR figures. Last fall, UTSA reported a department-record Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 92 percent, marking the 11th consecutive year the department has posted a GSR of 80 percent or better. UTSA’s 92 percent GSR eclipses the previous record of 90 percent GSR, recorded the previous year.
Every UTSA sports program logged a GSR of 80 percent or better in the latest report. Four teams registered a perfect rate, as men’s golf, women’s golf, soccer and women’s tennis all posted a 100 percent GSR. Additionally, baseball (95%), men’s cross country/track & field (90%), women’s basketball (92%), women’s cross country/track & field (95%), softball (90%) and volleyball (90%) each turned in a GSR of 90 percent or better.
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