SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The NCAA released the latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) results on Tuesday. Overall, nine sports at Wofford College were above the Division I average of 984 for all institutions.
The public announcement of APRs returned after a one-year hiatus. This spring, the Division I Board of Directors approved the continual suspension of APR penalties for an additional year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, it supported the public release of the APR data.
Every Division I sports team calculates its Academic Progress Rate each academic year using a simple and consistent formula. Each term, scholarship student-athletes can earn 1 point for remaining eligible and 1 point for staying in school or graduating.
Rates are an average of the past four years' performance. National aggregates are based on all teams with usable data at the time of analysis. The minimum APR academic standard for each team is 930. Typically, teams that scored below the benchmark would have to face penalties that encourage an emphasis and prioritization on academics. However, due to the current penalty suspension in place, teams will not be subjected to penalties this year. Last year, APR data was not released publicly, and penalties were not assessed.
The Wofford women's cross country, men's tennis and women's tennis teams earned scores of 1000. The Terriers had the highest or tied for the highest scores in the Southern Conference in those three sports as well.
Other teams and their multi-year scored include baseball (978), football (967), men's basketball (975), men's cross country (986), men's golf (976), men's soccer (957), men's track (990), rifle (979), women's basketball (980), women's golf (968), women's lacrosse (993), women's soccer (989), women's track (987) and volleyball (994).
Overall, eleven of the seventeen sports at Wofford (indoor and outdoor track are combined) had improved APR results over the 2020 data, one was the same and four sports saw slight declines.
A full list of APRs for each team can be accessed by using the APR searchable database.
