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APR Standards Once Again Met Across All Long Beach State Programs
LONG BEACH, Calif. – For the second consecutive year, all 19 sports at Long Beach State met the minimum standard for the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores announced Tuesday by the NCAA for the four-year period ending in 2023-24. Four programs had perfect scores and received APR Public Recognition Awards for finishing in […]
LONG BEACH, Calif. – For the second consecutive year, all 19 sports at Long Beach State met the minimum standard for the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores announced Tuesday by the NCAA for the four-year period ending in 2023-24.
Four programs had perfect scores and received APR Public Recognition Awards for finishing in the Top 10 percent of all squads in each sport. Men’s Cross Country, Women’s Golf and Women’s Tennis each received the honor for the second straight season since the award’s reimplementation post COVID, and Men’s Golf joined them, also with a score of 1000.
In total, each of the 17 programs tracked were over the minimum standard of 930 (Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field are combined) and 13 programs had a score over 970.
The APR was developed by the NCAA in 2004 to measure the academic progress and performance of athletic programs at its member institutions. The APR is determined by using the eligibility and retention for each student-athlete on scholarship during a particular academic year. Student-athletes are awarded one point for each semester they are enrolled and one point for each semester they are eligible for intercollegiate competition. A student-athlete can earn a maximum of two points per semester and a maximum of four points during an academic year.
The APR is calculated by taking the number of possible points for a particular sport and dividing that number by the total number of points earned from student-athlete retention and eligibility over the same period of time. The percentage is then multiplied by 1,000 to get the actual APR. The minimum APR academic standard for each team is 930.
The NCAA does not penalize an institution for student-athletes who remain academically eligible but did not return to the institution due to circumstances beyond the student and/or institution’s control. Examples of this include student-athletes who leave to pursue professional athletics, suffer from incapacitating physical or mental illness, or experience extreme financial difficulties as the result of a specific event such as a death in the family.
Complete information on the 2023-24 APR Report can be found at the NCAA’s website, NCAA.org.
Long Beach State’s Academic Progress Rate Scores (2020-21 to 2023-24)
Baseball – 945
Men’s Basketball – 936
Men’s Cross Country – 1000
Men’s Golf – 1000
Men’s Track & Field – 986
Men’s Volleyball – 985
Men’s Water Polo – 973
Softball – 976
Women’s Basketball – 960
Women’s Beach Volleyball – 989
Women’s Cross Country – 981
Women’s Golf – 1000
Women’s Soccer – 956
Women’s Tennis – 1000
Women’s Track & Field – 974
Women’s Volleyball – 983
Women’s Water Polo – 995
Four programs had perfect scores and received APR Public Recognition Awards for finishing in the Top 10 percent of all squads in each sport. Men’s Cross Country, Women’s Golf and Women’s Tennis each received the honor for the second straight season since the award’s reimplementation post COVID, and Men’s Golf joined them, also with a score of 1000.
In total, each of the 17 programs tracked were over the minimum standard of 930 (Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field are combined) and 13 programs had a score over 970.
The APR was developed by the NCAA in 2004 to measure the academic progress and performance of athletic programs at its member institutions. The APR is determined by using the eligibility and retention for each student-athlete on scholarship during a particular academic year. Student-athletes are awarded one point for each semester they are enrolled and one point for each semester they are eligible for intercollegiate competition. A student-athlete can earn a maximum of two points per semester and a maximum of four points during an academic year.
The APR is calculated by taking the number of possible points for a particular sport and dividing that number by the total number of points earned from student-athlete retention and eligibility over the same period of time. The percentage is then multiplied by 1,000 to get the actual APR. The minimum APR academic standard for each team is 930.
The NCAA does not penalize an institution for student-athletes who remain academically eligible but did not return to the institution due to circumstances beyond the student and/or institution’s control. Examples of this include student-athletes who leave to pursue professional athletics, suffer from incapacitating physical or mental illness, or experience extreme financial difficulties as the result of a specific event such as a death in the family.
Complete information on the 2023-24 APR Report can be found at the NCAA’s website, NCAA.org.
Long Beach State’s Academic Progress Rate Scores (2020-21 to 2023-24)
Baseball – 945
Men’s Basketball – 936
Men’s Cross Country – 1000
Men’s Golf – 1000
Men’s Track & Field – 986
Men’s Volleyball – 985
Men’s Water Polo – 973
Softball – 976
Women’s Basketball – 960
Women’s Beach Volleyball – 989
Women’s Cross Country – 981
Women’s Golf – 1000
Women’s Soccer – 956
Women’s Tennis – 1000
Women’s Track & Field – 974
Women’s Volleyball – 983
Women’s Water Polo – 995