INDIANAPOLIS – Gonzaga Athletics combined to post an Academic Progress Rate (APR) score of 992, according to data released by the NCAA.
Of GU's 15 APR-eligible teams, five posted scores of 995 or better, with women's golf, women's tennis and men's tennis boasting perfect 1,000 scores in the APR's multi-year average, which is a combined mark of reported data from each of the past four completed academic years. The 992 is also nine points above the NCAA average of 984.
Gonzaga and San Francisco boast the best departmental multi-year average APR scores in the West Coast Conference at 992. All but one GU program met or exceeded the NCAA average multi-year rate for their respective sports. GU's Baseball, men's basketball, men's tennis, women's golf, and women's tennis programs all topped the WCC in their respective sports.
Gonzaga men's tennis posted their eighth consecutive 1000 score for single-year APR, while women's golf achieved the feat for the fourth straight time. Nine Bulldog programs posted perfect single-year scores in 2023-24.
The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete during the school year. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation in the calculation and provides a measure of each team's academic performance.
Teams must meet a certain academic threshold to qualify for the postseason, and programs also can face penalties for continued low academic performance. The most recent APRs are multiyear rates based on annual scores from the 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 academic years.
Instituted in 2004, the Academic Progress Rate (APR) program is a 1,000-point scale representing an institution's retention and maintenance of their scholarship student-athletes' academic eligibility and citizenship. APR rates are calculated every semester and are attached not only to institutions, but also to individual head coaches. The NCAA currently uses an APR score of 930 as its cut-off for acceptable retention and graduation of student-athletes; schools falling under that standard may be subject to NCAA penalties ranging from scholarship limits and/or reductions to potential elimination of postseason play opportunities.
