Temple University Athletics
Temple Athletics Sets Record with Seven Teams Publicly Recognized for APR
5.3.17 | General, Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Tennis, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A record seven Temple athletic teams have been publicly recognized for their multi-year academic performance rate (APR), the NCAA announced Wednesday. Men's tennis is being recognized for the fourth-straight year while women's tennis and men's cross country garnered the honor for the second-straight year. Men's and women's basketball, women's cross country and women's soccer were also honored by the NCAA.
"This caps what has been an incredible year for Temple Athletics," said Temple's Director of Athletics Dr. Patrick Kraft. "To set a record where it matters most, with seven teams excelling in the classroom, is truly an amazing accomplishment. I applaud the fine work not only by our student-athletes, but also our exceptional academic support staff led by Justin Miller and our coaches, who have worked hard to instill the true meaning of student-athlete with their teams."
Temple led all 11 full member American Athletic Conference schools with seven publicly recognized teams with three schools tied for second with four teams recognized.
Temple was also tied for 13th overall among all Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools with seven teams honored. It also marks the sixth consecutive year that Temple has had multiple teams publicly recognized for APR success.
Temple is also one of only five FBS institutions to have both its men's and women's basketball programs receive this honor. Arizona State, Louisville, Stanford and West Virginia are the other four schools to have both the programs recognized.
The APR announcement is part of the overall Division I academic reform effort and is intended to highlight teams who demonstrate a commitment to academic progress and retention of student-athletes by achieving the top APR's within their respective sports. Specifically, these teams posted multi-year APR's in the top 10 percent of all squads in each sport.
The APR provides a real-time look at 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 and provides a measure of each team's academic performance.
The scores required to be in the top ten ranged from 980 to a perfect 1,000, depending on the sport.
Temple's APR success is one of many major academic highlights of the 2016-17 academic year.
• Owl student-athletes combined for a 3.10 cumulative GPA for the fall semester. It marked a record fourth consecutive semester with a combined GPA at 3.10 or greater and a 10th consecutive semester above a 3.00.
• Fifteen of Temple's 19 varsity sports posted a combined fall semester GPA above a 3.00 with women's cross country earning the highest recorded semester GPA in department history of 3.70.
• Overall, 15 programs earned a cumulative GPA of better than 3.0, led by women's volleyball (3.58) and men's tennis (3.46). Twelve of those programs combined for GPAs above a 3.40.
• Temple student-athletes posted an 88 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR), which sets a school-record for the seventh consecutive year. Temple also posted its highest Federal Graduation Rate (71%) since 2010.
• Temple's overall GSR number is tied for 24th among all Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools. Temple Football posted a GSR of 86, which is tied for 14th with Nebraska and Miami (Fla.). Temple is also one of 11 FBS schools in the country who has all teams over 77 in GSR. The other 10 schools are Alabama, Duke, Michigan, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Stanford, Tulane, UCF, Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech.
"This caps what has been an incredible year for Temple Athletics," said Temple's Director of Athletics Dr. Patrick Kraft. "To set a record where it matters most, with seven teams excelling in the classroom, is truly an amazing accomplishment. I applaud the fine work not only by our student-athletes, but also our exceptional academic support staff led by Justin Miller and our coaches, who have worked hard to instill the true meaning of student-athlete with their teams."
Temple led all 11 full member American Athletic Conference schools with seven publicly recognized teams with three schools tied for second with four teams recognized.
Temple was also tied for 13th overall among all Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools with seven teams honored. It also marks the sixth consecutive year that Temple has had multiple teams publicly recognized for APR success.
Temple is also one of only five FBS institutions to have both its men's and women's basketball programs receive this honor. Arizona State, Louisville, Stanford and West Virginia are the other four schools to have both the programs recognized.
The APR announcement is part of the overall Division I academic reform effort and is intended to highlight teams who demonstrate a commitment to academic progress and retention of student-athletes by achieving the top APR's within their respective sports. Specifically, these teams posted multi-year APR's in the top 10 percent of all squads in each sport.
The APR provides a real-time look at 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 and provides a measure of each team's academic performance.
The scores required to be in the top ten ranged from 980 to a perfect 1,000, depending on the sport.
Temple's APR success is one of many major academic highlights of the 2016-17 academic year.
• Owl student-athletes combined for a 3.10 cumulative GPA for the fall semester. It marked a record fourth consecutive semester with a combined GPA at 3.10 or greater and a 10th consecutive semester above a 3.00.
• Fifteen of Temple's 19 varsity sports posted a combined fall semester GPA above a 3.00 with women's cross country earning the highest recorded semester GPA in department history of 3.70.
• Overall, 15 programs earned a cumulative GPA of better than 3.0, led by women's volleyball (3.58) and men's tennis (3.46). Twelve of those programs combined for GPAs above a 3.40.
• Temple student-athletes posted an 88 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR), which sets a school-record for the seventh consecutive year. Temple also posted its highest Federal Graduation Rate (71%) since 2010.
• Temple's overall GSR number is tied for 24th among all Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools. Temple Football posted a GSR of 86, which is tied for 14th with Nebraska and Miami (Fla.). Temple is also one of 11 FBS schools in the country who has all teams over 77 in GSR. The other 10 schools are Alabama, Duke, Michigan, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Stanford, Tulane, UCF, Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech.
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