CU's Annual APR Report Scores Continue At High Level

          BOULDER — The University of Colorado Academic Progress Rate (APR) report based on information for the four year period between 2010-11 and 2013-14 was released by the NCAA Wednesday with those of all other Division I schools, with CU once again reporting record news for all 17 of its intercollegiate athletic programs in that time frame.

         For the fifth consecutive year, the APR result, averaged across the sport programs, is the highest in school history since the NCAA’s Academic Performance Program was introduced in 2003.  In this latest report, CU student-athletes have recorded a number of significant accomplishments:

·        Of CU’s 17 programs, 13 have averages that exceeded the national average for their sport, and the four that did not are reasonably close;

·        The men’s cross country team earned the NCAA’s APR Recognition Award, achieving a perfect four-year APR score of 1000 (top 10 percent in its sport), and along the way won the NCAA Championship and a fourth straight Pac-12 championship last November;

·        The women’s lacrosse team, completed its second year with a perfect 1000 APR score;

·        Five sport programs achieved a perfect 1000 score for the 2013-14 academic year, men’s cross country, men’s skiing, women’s basketball, women’s golf, and women’s lacrosse;

·        Eight CU programs improved their four-year APR score from last year’s 2012-13 report, giving the school its highest-ever APR average across all teams, a 985, since the inception of the Academic Performance Program;

·        Seven teams scored a perfect 1000 in their 2013-14 annual APR; the women’s basketball team has now earned three consecutive perfect annual scores;

·        Football continued its steady upward trend in APR performance with a 957 score, six years removed from a 919 in 2008-09 that led to a six-scholarship penalty, the low point in CU’s APR history; and

·        For the first time this year, CU has computed a composite APR score of 977; this takes into account roster sizes across all sports and then determines a true composite APR score from points earned through eligibility/graduation and retention.