Bobcats succeed in academic, athletic performances

Bobcat Athletics

Julie Cooper | August 22, 2018

For the first time, 8 of 10 teams posted a perfect Academic Progress Rate, placing them above the national average within NCAA Division.

Texas State Athletics teams broke a record in the classroom with eight of the 16 teams achieving a perfect Academic Progress Rate (APR) during the 2016-17 academic year.

Implemented in 2003 by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the APR measures eligibility, graduation and retention each semester or academic term and provides a clear picture of the academic performance for each team in every sport.

"I am proud to say that Texas State is succeeding in the classroom and on the playing field," said Athletic Director Larry Teis. "We not only finished at the top portion of the conference academically but were among the top two universities athletically as well. Hopefully, we will get to a point where all of our teams have a 1000 APR score academically while winning Sun Belt Conference championships as well."

The Bobcats had 10 teams with single-year APR scores of 990 or better during 2016-17.  The eight teams with perfect scores were men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, women's basketball, soccer, tennis and volleyball.  The baseball and women's track and field teams had scores of 990.

Other Bobcat team totals included scores of 986 for softball, 968 for men's track and field, 964 for men's basketball and 962 for football.

Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA went to Texas State's women's cross country, women's golf and tennis teams after they posted perfect multi-year scores of 1,000. Nine squads had multi-year scores of 980 from 2013-17.

The men's golf team had a multi-year APR score of 993, while women's soccer and volleyball posted APR totals of 989. Women's track had a score of 987, softball had a mark of 986 and women's basketball tallied 981. Other team multi-year scores include men's cross-county (977), men's track (972), men's basketball (963), baseball (945) and football (941).

The most recent APRs released by the NCAA are multiyear rates based on scores from the 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years.