The University of Mississippi Athletics
Rebels Trending Upward in APR Scores
5/10/2017 | Academic Support
OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss student-athletes are not only performing well on the athletics fields but also in the classroom as evident by an upward trend in academic progress scores (APR) for all Rebel athletic teams released by the NCAA. Ole Miss' institutional score of 985 is the highest in program history.
The Rebel football, men's basketball, baseball, women's soccer, men's golf and men's and women's tennis teams each posted or tied its highest multi-year scores. The men's golf and women's tennis teams were each awarded NCAA Public Recognition awards last week for their perfect scores.
"We are very pleased with the positive trend we are experiencing with the overall academic progress rates," said senior associate athletics director for student-athlete development Derek Cowherd. "Our overall institutional score of 985 is the highest in program history. This total team effort shows the accomplishments that can be achieved when an academic staff, coaches, student-athletes, administration and University work together."
Ole Miss' institutional score of 985 is four points ahead of the national average of 981 and 12 Rebel teams also exceeded the 981 threshold in 2015-16. Over the course of the last 10 years, Ole Miss student-athletes and teams have increased their APR by more than 40 points with five teams earning perfect scores during that span.
Among SEC peers, Ole Miss is performing at a high level. The Ole Miss football team's single-year score of 991 is second to Vanderbilt by a mere six points while men's track's single year score of 1000 is tied for top honors with Georgia and Kentucky.
On the national level, Division I student-athletes improved academically for the 13th consecutive year, earning another all-time high four-year academic progress rate. The 2015-16 overall four-year rate is 981, up two points from the four-year rate announced last year. The most recent APRs are based on scores from the 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years.
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The mission of Ole Miss' Student-Athlete Development program is to challenge student-athletes to be lifelong learners while pursuing continuous improvement academically, relationally, socially, personally, and professionally during and beyond their careers as student-athletes.