What is Status of Vol's NCAA Academic Progress Rate?

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This report may be out in a few days. Some SEC schools are loosing some scholarships, what is our expected performance to look like?
 
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based on Pearl's non-stop talking about the issue and Kiffin's silence, I'd say we're certain to lose a scholarship in basketball, but most likely none in football (or even if we do, it won't matter since we will not have filled our scholarship allotment)
 
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I read today that Univ of Minnesota lost 3 football schollies due to poor grades. Haven't hard about any SEC schools though.
 
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kxtop said:
This report may be out in a few days. Some SEC schools are loosing some scholarships, what is our expected performance to look like?
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all the players leaving since first of year will likely not be in the next report. those are future considerations IMO
 
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LWSVOL said:
all the players leaving since first of year will likely not be in the next report. those are future considerations IMO
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Isn't Morley the only one that left in bad standing grade wise?
 
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Thanks for the responses, I read earlier today that apparently Ole Miss had a APR of about 950 and was expected to loose 3 scholarships.
 
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footballref said:
Isn't Morley the only one that left in bad standing grade wise?
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I think that may be true except Myers may be in same shape. Not sure he completed this year out..

you lose 2 points if not in good academic standing. Lose 1 if a player leaves
 
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ANNOUNCES

ACADEMIC PROGRESS RATES

The University of Tennessee men’s and women’s athletics departments announced academic progress rates (APR) for student-athletes on Wednesday.

The Academic Progress Rate, now in its fifth year, measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team. It also serves as a predictor of graduation success. The most recent APR scores are based on a multi-year rate that averages scores from the 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 academic years.

The APR is based on each student-athlete, having the opportunity to earn two points during each regular academic term of full-time enrollment (e.g., fall semester). One point is awarded if the student-athlete is academically eligible to compete the following regular academic term (or has graduated). The other point is awarded if the student-athlete returns to the institution as a full-time student the next regular academic term or graduates from the university. The APR is calculated by adding all points earned by student-athletes over the past four academic years and dividing that number by the total possible points that could have been earned. That number is then multiplied by 1,000.

When a team’s academic performance, measured by that team’s APR, falls below 925, that team becomes subject to penalties if any student-athlete on that team did not return to the institution as a full-time student and was not academically eligible when the student-athlete left the institution. This penalty is known as a contemporaneous penalty and potentially limits the amount of athletics aid that the team may award.

UT’s multi-year academic progress rates for individual sports were:

Men’s Sports
Last Year’s Multi-Year APR
Current Multi-Year APR

Baseball
879
898

Basketball
911
924

Cross Country
950
960

Football
948
949

Golf
978
977

Swimming and Diving
920
946

Tennis
937
932

Track, Indoor
936
938

Track, Outdoor
938
940

Women’s Sports
Last Year’s Multi-Year APR
Current Multi-Year APR

Basketball
963
973

Cross Country
983
981

Rowing
985
986

Golf
992
992

Soccer
962
953

Softball
957
964

Swimming
974
969

Tennis
983
983

Track, Indoor
968
969

Track, Outdoor
968
969

Volleyball
977
970

“I am proud of the progress all our student-athletes and coaches have made with the NCAA's APR system,” said Eric Brey, director of the Thornton Student Services Center. “In the first year the APR was calculated, UT had four teams below 925. Each of those teams have made significant improvements in their academic standing due in large part to the dedication of the students, coaches and administration. As we move forward, I have faith that all our teams will move out of the APR penalty range and we will continue to see success from our students in the classroom. I commend the students for their efforts and thank the Thornton Center staff, coaches, faculty, staff and administration for their continued support and encouragement.”

Two of the University of Tennessee’s 20 programs fell below 925. Men’s basketball, which has shown steady improvement, had an APR of 924.3 and will lose one scholarship for the 2009-10 season. Men’s baseball, which received the maximum APR penalty of 1.17 scholarships for the 2008-09 academic year, has dramatically raised their APR and will only lose .33 of a scholarship for the 2009-10 season.

Every team posting an APR score below 925 is required to develop a specific academic improvement plan. Teams posting APR scores below 900 must submit those plans to the NCAA national office for review.

“I am very proud of the accomplishments our student-athletes have made,” said Joan Cronan, women’s athletic director. “Now, we not only keep score on the field of play, but the APR is the win/loss record in the classroom, which is in accord with our mission statement that our student-athletes are students first.”

With the recent changes to NCAA rules for academic progression, the role of the Thornton Center is even more important. The new academic progress towards degree requirements require a student-athlete to complete various percentages toward degree requirements, specific grade point averages, and other requirements to remain eligible to compete.

The university encourages former athletes who left in good standing to return to the university to achieve their degree. The Renewing Academic Commitment (RAC) Program works with former student-athletes by assisting them with advice on degree requirements remaining, course scheduling, tutoring, employment and internship opportunities offered through the CHAMPS/Life Skills Office, and use of the Thornton Center for their every day needs.

There are currently 13 former scholarship student-athletes who are working with the RAC Program.

A key focus for the University of Tennessee athletic programs is to graduate student-athletes and prepare them for real-world experiences. In 2001, the University of Tennessee opened the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center to provide student-athletes with superior academic support programs and personal and career development assistance. Since the creation of the Thornton Center, Tennessee’s student-athletes have achieved increasing academic success:

· During the 2008-2009 school year, 70 current and former Vols and Lady Vols graduated from the University of Tennessee, continuing Tennessee athletics’ tradition of commitment to the classroom.

Tennessee had 213 student-athletes who achieved a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the fall of 2008.


· 38 former student-athletes have returned to earn their bachelor’s degree through the RAC program since fall 2003.

“The Thornton Center has been very active in the NCAA’s academic progression discussions and has put in place a great framework to make sure our athletes stay on track,” said Mike Hamilton, men’s athletics director. “If our student-athletes aren’t winning academically, they won’t be competing.”
 
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