Georgia athletes excel on NCAA academic report
Issue date: 5/6/08 Section: Sports
It's early yet, but the Georgia football team is proving already to be tops in the Southeastern Conference.
The annual release of the NCAA Academic Progress Rate report shows Georgia football players scoring a 965, best in the SEC. Georgia nudged Florida (962) and was in the 80th to 90th percentile in the sport.
The rate measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of every scholarship student athlete, and runs from the 2003-04 academic year through 2006-07. NCAA sports falling below the established point cutoff (925) are subject to penalties including scholarship reductions.
Georgia is also among the SEC's top three in men's and women's basketball. The report also showed all Georgia's 20 countable sports within the acceptable ranges above the 925 cutoff and most scored higher than the national average for both Division I schools and for all public institutions.
The men's basketball rate of 958 was second behind only Vanderbilt while the Lady Bulldog basketball score of 971 was third in the league.
"While we do not yet have graduation rates for athletes at the level I want, I am very pleased at our progress as measured by this year's Academic Progress Rate report," said University President Michael Adams. "Such should translate into significantly higher graduation rates not too far down the road. I salute our athletics director Damon Evans, our head coaches, and Ted White, our director of academic services, for the priority they have placed on this important goal."
"We're pleased to be above the established cutoffs in all our sports and above the national averages in most of our varsity programs for all institutions as well as all public institutions," said University Director of Athletics Damon Evans. "I'm especially pleased with our standing among other SEC schools. However, even though our scores are good, we are committed to ongoing efforts at strengthening the academic performance of our student-athletes on a daily basis."
Georgia Sports and Multi-Year APR:
Baseball, 927; Men's Basketball, 958; Men's Cross Country, 979; Football, 965; Men's Golf, 982; Men's Swimming, 970; Men's Tennis, 978; Men's Indoor Track and Field, 926; Men's Outdoor Track and Field, 926; Women's Basketball, 971; Women's Cross Country, 991; Women's Golf, 981; Gymnastics, 984; Women's Soccer, 952; Softball, 976; Women's Swimming, 978; Women's Tennis, 963; Women's Indoor Track and Field, 971; Women's Outdoor Track and Field, 971; Volleyball, 966.
Complete report
- Georgia Sports Communications
The annual release of the NCAA Academic Progress Rate report shows Georgia football players scoring a 965, best in the SEC. Georgia nudged Florida (962) and was in the 80th to 90th percentile in the sport.
The rate measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of every scholarship student athlete, and runs from the 2003-04 academic year through 2006-07. NCAA sports falling below the established point cutoff (925) are subject to penalties including scholarship reductions.
Georgia is also among the SEC's top three in men's and women's basketball. The report also showed all Georgia's 20 countable sports within the acceptable ranges above the 925 cutoff and most scored higher than the national average for both Division I schools and for all public institutions.
The men's basketball rate of 958 was second behind only Vanderbilt while the Lady Bulldog basketball score of 971 was third in the league.
"While we do not yet have graduation rates for athletes at the level I want, I am very pleased at our progress as measured by this year's Academic Progress Rate report," said University President Michael Adams. "Such should translate into significantly higher graduation rates not too far down the road. I salute our athletics director Damon Evans, our head coaches, and Ted White, our director of academic services, for the priority they have placed on this important goal."
"We're pleased to be above the established cutoffs in all our sports and above the national averages in most of our varsity programs for all institutions as well as all public institutions," said University Director of Athletics Damon Evans. "I'm especially pleased with our standing among other SEC schools. However, even though our scores are good, we are committed to ongoing efforts at strengthening the academic performance of our student-athletes on a daily basis."
Georgia Sports and Multi-Year APR:
Baseball, 927; Men's Basketball, 958; Men's Cross Country, 979; Football, 965; Men's Golf, 982; Men's Swimming, 970; Men's Tennis, 978; Men's Indoor Track and Field, 926; Men's Outdoor Track and Field, 926; Women's Basketball, 971; Women's Cross Country, 991; Women's Golf, 981; Gymnastics, 984; Women's Soccer, 952; Softball, 976; Women's Swimming, 978; Women's Tennis, 963; Women's Indoor Track and Field, 971; Women's Outdoor Track and Field, 971; Volleyball, 966.
Complete report
- Georgia Sports Communications
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