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Sacramento State athletes are improving academically

The NCAA released the 2007-08 Academic Progress Rate (APR) information today, and data for Sacramento State athletics shows significant improvement across the board.

An APR score is generated by assigning each scholarship student-athlete one point for remaining eligible each semester and one point for each semester in which they return to school.  An institution then divides the number of eligibility and retention points earned by the number of points possible.

An APR score of 925 or higher, according to the NCAA, should matriculate into a graduation success rate of approximately 60 percent or higher. 

This past year, the Hornets had nine teams post a perfect 1,000 single-year score.  In addition, 19 of the 20 sports at Sacramento State recorded single-year APR scores above 930.

Moreover, Sacramento State has 13 teams scoring above a 925 APR for their multi-year rate and an additional two programs within two points of that mark.

“We are extremely pleased with our APR scores this year,” Paul Edwards, director of the Student-Athlete Resource Center, says.  “It is an indication that the hard work of a lot of people on campus is beginning to pay off. 

“A lot of credit goes to our coaches for understanding the process more completely, putting in additional hours of academic monitoring and helping the student-athletes to more clearly focus on their academics.”

Earlier this year, the Hornet women’s basketball program received an APR public recognition award for ranking in the top 10 percent of all squads nationally in their respective sport. The women’s basketball team was the only squad to receive the honor in the state and was the lone entry on the list in the Pacific time zone.