UConn Meets NCAA's APR Standard In All 24 Sports

STORRS, Conn. (March 1, 2006) - The University of Connecticut meets the standards in all 24 of its sports programs in the latest NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) report which was released on Wednesday afternoon. The report is based upon a compilation of data from the 2003-04 and 2004-05 academic years.  The APR is intended as a four-year rate of measure, aggregating four years of data to produce one rate.  The first full four-year data set will include academic years 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, and 2006-07 and be released two years from now.

“We are extremely pleased that all of UConn’s athletic programs meet the NCAA APR standards,” says Director of Athletics Jeffrey A. Hathaway. “Our priority has always been to ensure that our UConn student-athletes have every opportunity to achieve academic success during their careers. We will continue to focus our efforts on a high level of academic success.”

A total of three UConn programs scored a perfect 1000 on the two-year report - golf, rowing and field hockey. Those three programs among those singled-out nationally by the NCAA with a "Public Recognition Award."

Two other UConn programs reached a nearly perfect score on the two-year report as women’s lacrosse had a 994 and women’s ice hockey a 993.

The UConn football program scored an impressive 974, which places it higher than the national Division I-A football average (930) and among the top 20 percent of all football program in the country.