Tech’s APR scores widely improve

Twelve of Georgia Tech’s 17 teams improved or maintained their multi-year academic progress report scores. None of the teams fell below the 930 APR score that would put them in jeopardy of a ban from NCAA postseason competition. The football team improved to 974, which is the highest score achieved since the NCAA began tracking the scores.

Multi-year APR scores track eligibility and retention across a four-year period. The scores released Wednesday measured academic performance in the 2007-08 through 2010-11 academic years.

Nine of Tech’s 17 teams recorded perfect 1,000 scores for the 2010-11 year. The golf team recorded its eighth consecutive 1,000, a streak that began when the NCAA began recording APR scores in the 2003-04 year. One of the teams achieving a 1,000 in 2010-11 was the men’s basketball team, its first-ever perfect mark, notably achieved when the team had a coaching change and guard Iman Shumpert left for the NBA, but still finished the spring semester in good standing. The perfect score helped push the four-year APR up from 915 to 935. Had it remained below 930, the team would have faced penalties such as a postseason ban or a reduction in scholarships or practice time.

Tech’s team-by-team scores

(scores through 2010-11, through 09-10 and the single-year 10-11 score)

Football 974, 966, 962

Baseball 983, 982, 979

Men’s basketball 935, 915, 1,000

Women’s basketball 975, 957, 984

Golf 1,000, 1,000, 1,000

Softball 993, 996, 1,000

Men’s swimming 984, 977, 1,000

Women’s swimming 975, 978, 987

Men’s tennis 1,000, 9,777, 1,000

Women’s tennis 984, 977, 1,000

Volleyball 985, 990, 980

Men’s outdoor track 965, 966, 983

Men’s indoor track 968, 968, 983

Men’s cross country 986, 1,000, 955

Women’s outdoor track 979, 979, 1,000

Women’s indoor track 979, 979, 1,000

Women’s cross country 1,000, 1,000 1,000

ACC football multi-year scores

Duke 989

Clemson 983

Miami 980

Boston College 977

Georgia Tech 974

Wake Forest 973

Virginia Tech 968

Virginia 944

North Carolina 943

Florida State 937

Maryland, N.C. State 931

ACC men’s basketball multi-year scores

Duke 995

Miami 980

Virginia Tech 976

N.C. State 974

Maryland 970

North Carolina 963

Boston College 958

Clemson 953

Florida State 946

Virginia, Wake Forest 939

Georgia Tech 935

Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog