Redhawks Shine on New APR

SEATTLE – (May 19) Seattle University athletics maintained its standard of academic success, as the Redhawks again performed well in the most recent Academic Progress Report (APR), released by the NCAA this week. The Redhawks posted a 988 average score across their 18 sports in the 2018-19 findings.
 
Seattle U's 988 score comes in above the NCAA Division I average of 983. Ten SU programs tallied a perfect score of 1,000 for the 2018-19 report. Men's cross country, men's golf, men's tennis, men's track and field, rowing, women's golf, softball, women's soccer, women's swimming, and women's tennis each recorded perfect marks.

Last week, men's cross country, men's tennis, and women's golf each received Public Recognition Awards for ranking in the top 10 percent of all teams in their respective sports.

For the first time, a portion of NCAA revenue is being distributed this year to members based on the academic achievement of student-athletes, including APR scores.

Each school can earn one academic achievement unit per year if its student-athletes meet at least one of the following requirements:  

• Earn an overall single-year all-sport Academic Progress Rate of 985 or higher.
• Earn an overall all-sport Graduation Success Rate of 90% or higher.
• Earn a federal graduation rate that is at least 13 percentage points higher than the federal graduation rate of the student body at that school. 

APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of each team's academic performance. The APR scores released today reflect academic rates from the 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 academic years.