Long Beach State University Athletics
Long Beach State Continues Excellent Academic Progress Rate Record
5/8/2019 4:25:00 PM | General
All sports met the minimum standard for a CSU-best 14th year in a row.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – NCAA APR Rates were announced nationally for the four-year period ending in 2017-18, and Long Beach State once more easily exceeded the NCAA minimum in all sports.
The Beach remains the only school in the California State University system to have passed the minimum standard in all sports since the initiation of the four-year standard by the NCAA, now 14 years in a row. The minimum is currently set at 930, while Long Beach State had just one program with a score under 950.
A new high of five programs received APR Public Recognition Awards, presented to programs in top ten percent of participating schools in the NCAA. Four programs, Beach Volleyball, Women's Cross Country and Men's Water Polo had perfect 1000 scores, while Women's Track and Field was also recognized with a score of 998.
15 of Long Beach State's 19 sports had a score of 975 or better. The indoor track and field teams were also separated for the first time in this four-year cycle, with both programs passing easily.
The APR was developed by the NCAA in 2004 to measure the academic progress and performance of athletic programs at its member institutions. The APR is determined by using the eligibility and retention for each student-athlete on scholarship during a particular academic year. Student-athletes are awarded one point for each semester they are enrolled and one point for each semester they are eligible for intercollegiate competition. A student-athlete can earn a maximum of two points per semester and a maximum of four points during an academic year.
The APR is calculated by taking the number of possible points for a particular sport and dividing that number by the total number of points earned from student-athlete retention and eligibility over the same period of time. The percentage is then multiplied by 1,000 to get the actual APR.
The NCAA does not penalize an institution for student-athletes who remain academically eligible but did not return to the institution due to circumstances beyond the student and/or institution's control. Examples of this include student-athletes who leave to pursue professional athletics, suffer from incapacitating physical or mental illness, or experience extreme financial difficulties as the result of a specific event such as a death in the family.
Complete information on the 2017-18 APR Report can be found at the NCAA's website, NCAA.org.
Long Beach State's Academic Progress Rate Scores (2014-15 to 2017-18)
Women's Basketball – 976
Beach Volleyball* – 1000
Women's Cross Country* – 1000
Women's Golf* – 1000
Women's Soccer – 979
Softball – 982
Women's Tennis – 973
Women's Indoor Track and Field - 998
Women's Track and Field* – 998
Women's Volleyball – 969
Women's Water Polo – 986
Baseball – 962
Men's Basketball – 984
Men's Cross Country - 943
Men's Golf – 978
Men's Indoor Track and Field - 983
Men's Track and Field – 976
Men's Volleyball – 983
Men's Water Polo* – 1000
*Earned NCAA Public Recognition
The Beach remains the only school in the California State University system to have passed the minimum standard in all sports since the initiation of the four-year standard by the NCAA, now 14 years in a row. The minimum is currently set at 930, while Long Beach State had just one program with a score under 950.
A new high of five programs received APR Public Recognition Awards, presented to programs in top ten percent of participating schools in the NCAA. Four programs, Beach Volleyball, Women's Cross Country and Men's Water Polo had perfect 1000 scores, while Women's Track and Field was also recognized with a score of 998.
15 of Long Beach State's 19 sports had a score of 975 or better. The indoor track and field teams were also separated for the first time in this four-year cycle, with both programs passing easily.
The APR was developed by the NCAA in 2004 to measure the academic progress and performance of athletic programs at its member institutions. The APR is determined by using the eligibility and retention for each student-athlete on scholarship during a particular academic year. Student-athletes are awarded one point for each semester they are enrolled and one point for each semester they are eligible for intercollegiate competition. A student-athlete can earn a maximum of two points per semester and a maximum of four points during an academic year.
The APR is calculated by taking the number of possible points for a particular sport and dividing that number by the total number of points earned from student-athlete retention and eligibility over the same period of time. The percentage is then multiplied by 1,000 to get the actual APR.
The NCAA does not penalize an institution for student-athletes who remain academically eligible but did not return to the institution due to circumstances beyond the student and/or institution's control. Examples of this include student-athletes who leave to pursue professional athletics, suffer from incapacitating physical or mental illness, or experience extreme financial difficulties as the result of a specific event such as a death in the family.
Complete information on the 2017-18 APR Report can be found at the NCAA's website, NCAA.org.
Long Beach State's Academic Progress Rate Scores (2014-15 to 2017-18)
Women's Basketball – 976
Beach Volleyball* – 1000
Women's Cross Country* – 1000
Women's Golf* – 1000
Women's Soccer – 979
Softball – 982
Women's Tennis – 973
Women's Indoor Track and Field - 998
Women's Track and Field* – 998
Women's Volleyball – 969
Women's Water Polo – 986
Baseball – 962
Men's Basketball – 984
Men's Cross Country - 943
Men's Golf – 978
Men's Indoor Track and Field - 983
Men's Track and Field – 976
Men's Volleyball – 983
Men's Water Polo* – 1000
*Earned NCAA Public Recognition
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