The report looks at the eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes competing on every NCAA Division I athletics team.
The Elon University Athletics Department posted some of its best Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores in history, as released by the NCAA today. Tuesday’s APR announcement is a reflection of the 2021-22 single-year scores as well as multi-year scores from 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22.
All 17 sports at Elon have multi-year APR rates of 980 or above. Baseball, football, men’s golf, women’s basketball, softball and volleyball have the highest or are tied for the highest APR scores in the Colonial Athletic Association for their respective sports.
“Today’s news continues to reflect the commitment to academic excellence by our student-athletes,” Elon Director of Athletics Dave Blank said. “It takes a great amount of effort and collaboration from our students, coaches and our academic support staff to achieve these goals and we are proud of all of their academic accomplishments.”
Elon had eight teams post a perfect single-year rate — baseball, men’s basketball, men’s cross country, men’s golf, women’s basketball, women’s golf, softball and volleyball. The women’s basketball team has earned a perfect single-year score for 12 straight years, while the softball and volleyball programs have done so for seven straight years.
From a multi-year perspective, men’s golf, women’s basketball, softball and volleyball all scored a perfect 1,000. Baseball (998), lacrosse (995), women’s soccer (995), women’s golf (993), football (992), women’s tennis (992), track & field (991), men’s tennis (990) and men’s basketball (990) all recorded scores of 990 or better and men’s cross country (989), men’s soccer (984) and women’s cross country (980) also posted excellent scores.
The APR is a real-time measure of eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes competing on every NCAA Division I athletics team. The most recent scores are based on a multi-year rate that includes scores from the 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years.