UConn Meets NCAA's APR Standard In All 24 Sports

STORRS, Conn. (May 6, 2008) – 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 Tuesday afternoon. The report is based upon a compilation of data from the 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 academic years.  The APR is intended as a four-year rate of measure, aggregating four years of data to produce one rate.  This year marks the first time that the release of figures included a full four-year sample.

“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.”

The UConn men’s golf team scored a perfect 1000 on the report and was singled-out nationally by the NCAA with a "Public Recognition Award."

Five other UConn programs reached a nearly perfect score on the report as field hockey and women’s rowing had a 996, women’s lacrosse had a 994, women’s ice hockey and women’s tennis had a 990.

The women’s basketball team had a 972 mark – 12 points ahead of the Division I average (960) and 18 points ahead of the mark for public institutions (954). The UConn football program scored a 950, which places it higher than the national Football Bowl Subdivision average (936) and third among all BIG EAST Conference programs. The men’s basketball team had a 946 rate, which puts it ahead of the national Division I average (928) and the mark for public institutions (918).