WVU Posts Record APR Score
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (June 4, 2024) – West Virginia University’s varsity athletic teams have a combined Academic Progress Rate (APR) score of 991 according to data released today by the NCAA. The 991 score is WVU’s highest score for the 20 years of the NCAA Academic Performance Program.
WVU’s average APR score of 991 is seven points higher than the NCAA’s overall four-year APR average score of 984. WVU’s score improved one point from last year, six points from four years ago and 17 points from nine years ago.
“Our teams continue to excel in the classroom and in competition, and our record score of 991 shows the job being done by our student-athletes, our student-athlete academic services unit, our coaching staffs and our support staffs,” Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker said. “To have six teams with perfect four-year scores is certainly impressive, and I would like to congratulate our cross country, gymnastics, rifle, men’s swimming & diving, women’s swimming & diving and track & field teams for reaching that mark. We are all proud of the high level of academic success with our student-athletes and their commitment to West Virginia University.”
The APR is based upon eligibility and retention of student-athletes on a semester-by-semester basis and is an assessment of real-time academic success. The results of the fall and spring semesters, in a given year, are calculated as that year’s APR score and averaged with the respective scores from the previous three years to provide a four-year (multi-year) snapshot of academic achievement.
Any student-athlete receiving athletic aid in a varsity sport can earn up to four points per year for being academically eligible and remaining enrolled in the institution. A team’s APR is the total points earned on the roster divided by that squad’s total possible points, multiplied by 1,000.
Teams must achieve a 930 multi-year APR to avoid immediate penalties (involving the possible reduction of practice time and access to postseason competition).
The current multi-year APR scores for WVU’s varsity teams (2019-20 to 2022-23): baseball 976; men’s basketball 989; women’s basketball 974; cross country 1,000; football 981; golf 984; gymnastics 1,000; rifle 1,000; rowing 996; men’s soccer 982; women’s soccer 991; men’s swimming and diving 1,000; women’s swimming and diving 1,000; tennis 991; track and field 1,000; volleyball 994; and wrestling 997.
