Missouri State Sets New Single-Year APR Mark

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Missouri State University has once again been deemed in good standing, according to Tuesday’s (May 6) annual release of the Academic Progress Rate (APR) data by the NCAA.

As a department, Missouri State’s single-year average for all sports was 989, the university’s highest marks ever. This average qualified MSU for the NCAA’s Academic Incentive program moneys which are distributed annually by the national governing body.

The NCAA mandates a minimum 930 multi-year APR score for the most-recent four-year period which includes the 2020–2021, 2021–2022, 2022–2023 and 2023-24 academic years. The APR provides a snapshot of a team’s academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation to provide a total metric of each team’s academic performance.

Missouri State’s 983 APR score in football for 2023-24 year boosted its four-year rate up 12 points to 924 heading into the final year of its NCAA-approved improvement plan. The most-recent single-year score exceeded institutional projections, while the squad’s projected 2024-25 scores will factor into next year multi-year APR and push the team’s four-year score into the required 930+ range. Football is coming off a team-record semester GPA during the fall term.

“I know all of our programs work exceptionally hard to remain in good standing, and as a department we are very proud of how our scores stack up on a national level,” said Director of Athletics Patrick Ransdell. “At this point next year, we fully expect our football multi-year rate to back over the 930 mark thanks to the hard work the past several years from coach Ryan Beard and his staff to put us back on track.”

The Missouri State programs of women’s cross country, men’s golf and women’s golf have a perfect four-year APR score of 1,000, which encompasses nearly 120 scholarship student-athletes factored in to the formulate in that span. 

In addition to its three publicly-recognized programs, MSU achieved the following multi-year APR scores in its other sports during the most-recent four-year period: Women’s Soccer (998), Women’s Swimming & Diving (996), Women’s Tennis (990), Women’s Basketball (989), Softball (990), Men’s Soccer (986), Volleyball (984), Baseball (977), Women’s Track & Field (972), Men’s Basketball (968), Men’s Swimming & Diving (966) and Beach Volleyball (957). Since APR data for the most-recent cycle culminates with 2023-24 scores, single-year data for new programs of Stunt and Acrobatics & Tumbling will commence with next year’s public release, while the four-year multi-year data for those two sports will be available in five years.

Division I teams must achieve a 930 four-year APR score without facing potential penalties or documented improvement plans. NCAA members chose the 930 standard because that score predicts, on average, a 50 percent graduation rate for teams at that APR level. Additionally, teams must earn at least a 930 four-year APR to avoid penalties.

 

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