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Posted: Wednesday, 07 May 2008 6:21PM
Most LSU Sports Teams Record Passing Scores in NCAA APR Report
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BATON ROUGE – All except two of LSU’s 20 varsity sports recorded non-penalty scores in the annual report of Academic Progress Rates (APR) released Tuesday by the NCAA and only one LSU sport has incurred a penalty. The ratings released this week by the NCAA are part of the NCAA’s continuing academic reform efforts.
The APR is a point system based on scholarship athletes’ eligibility and retention for a pre-determined time period. Points are awarded each semester for academic eligibility and retention, with two points possible per semester per student-athlete.
NCAA sports falling below an established cutoff point are subject to penalties including scholarship reductions. A perfect APR score is 1000 and the cutoff point for potential penalties is 925. Of LSU’s 20 varsity sports, 18 scored above the 925 mark.
Men’s tennis scored the highest among LSU sports for the fourth year in a row with a perfect score of 1000. The LSU men’s tennis program is one of only eight sports teams in the SEC that received public recognition from the NCAA for finishing in the top 10 percent in the nation in its respective sport.
In addition to men’s tennis, other LSU teams with APR scores of 970 or above include gymnastics at 986, women’s golf at 985, women’s tennis at 980, volleyball at 975 and men’s golf at 972. A total of 16 of LSU’s 20 sports posted APR scores of 950 or higher.
The baseball and men’s basketball teams were the only sports cited for falling below the 925 mark for the four-year period dating back to the 2003-04 academic year.
Because two baseball student-athletes left LSU prior to the expiration of their eligibility with insufficient academic standing, the baseball program has incurred the loss of .34 of a scholarship for the 2007-08 academic year, a penalty which LSU has already incurred. The sport of baseball is allowed to issue 11.7 scholarships per year. In 2007-08 LSU baseball scholarships did not exceed 11.36.
The men’s basketball team did not incur any penalties.
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