Temple University Athletics
Three Sports Honored In NCAA Academic Performance Rate Program Recognition
6.14.12 | Baseball, Field Hockey, Men's Gymnastics
Field Hockey recognized for third-straight year
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Each year the NCAA honors selected Division I sports teams by publicly recognizing their latest multi-year academic performance rate (APR). On Thursday, the NCAA announced that three of Temple University's athletic programs are among the teams honored including field hockey for the third-straight year, along with the school's baseball and men's gymnastics teams.
This 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.
“Temple University Athletics strives to excel not only on the playing field, but more importantly in the classroom. So to have three of our athletic programs cited for excellence by the NCAA is a tremendous accomplishment. I am very proud of not only our student-athletes, but also our academic support program and coaches for providing the infrastructure for success,” said Temple University Director of Athletics Bill Bradshaw.
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.
“We are very grateful for this recognition of our team's academic success,” said field hockey head coach Amanda Janney. “This is a huge honor for our current players, our recent alumni, and also for our great academic advisors. Temple provides a tremendous amount of academic support for our student-athletes and we are thankful that each one of our players has graduated. "I am proud of the culture of academic success that we have created within our team. Our players are conscious of our focus on academics. They are disciplined on and off the field, and they encourage each other's successes in the classroom.”
“This is a tremendous honor,” baseball head coach Ryan Wheeler said. “The ultimate reason to go to college is to get an education. We strive how important it is to do well in the classroom, because success there leads to success on the field. I am very proud of how our team performed in both the fall and spring semesters.”
“I'm so happy that my team has earned this honor,” men's gymnastics head coach Fred Turoff said. “They competed with distinction and didn't let their studies fall this past season. We hope to gain this distinction again in the near future.”
The Atlantic 10 had 56 of the 954 Division I sports teams honored, and all 14 A-10 institutions had at least one program recognized. In addition, all 21 sports sponsored by the conference were represented by at least one A-10 program.
“To have 56 programs honored by the NCAA is a testament to the importance the Atlantic 10 and its member institutions place on academics and the scholastic success our student-athletes have had,” stated A-10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade. “It is critical to us that we continue to be a strong conference academically.”
Full APRs for all teams will be released June 20. The 954 teams publicly recognized this year for high achievement represent 560 women's teams and 394 men's or mixed squads. Top performing APRs this year ranged from 978 to a perfect 1,000, with the majority of teams earning a perfect APR. The number of teams in some sports may exceed 10 percent depending on the number of perfect scores.
This 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.
“Temple University Athletics strives to excel not only on the playing field, but more importantly in the classroom. So to have three of our athletic programs cited for excellence by the NCAA is a tremendous accomplishment. I am very proud of not only our student-athletes, but also our academic support program and coaches for providing the infrastructure for success,” said Temple University Director of Athletics Bill Bradshaw.
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.
“We are very grateful for this recognition of our team's academic success,” said field hockey head coach Amanda Janney. “This is a huge honor for our current players, our recent alumni, and also for our great academic advisors. Temple provides a tremendous amount of academic support for our student-athletes and we are thankful that each one of our players has graduated. "I am proud of the culture of academic success that we have created within our team. Our players are conscious of our focus on academics. They are disciplined on and off the field, and they encourage each other's successes in the classroom.”
“This is a tremendous honor,” baseball head coach Ryan Wheeler said. “The ultimate reason to go to college is to get an education. We strive how important it is to do well in the classroom, because success there leads to success on the field. I am very proud of how our team performed in both the fall and spring semesters.”
“I'm so happy that my team has earned this honor,” men's gymnastics head coach Fred Turoff said. “They competed with distinction and didn't let their studies fall this past season. We hope to gain this distinction again in the near future.”
The Atlantic 10 had 56 of the 954 Division I sports teams honored, and all 14 A-10 institutions had at least one program recognized. In addition, all 21 sports sponsored by the conference were represented by at least one A-10 program.
“To have 56 programs honored by the NCAA is a testament to the importance the Atlantic 10 and its member institutions place on academics and the scholastic success our student-athletes have had,” stated A-10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade. “It is critical to us that we continue to be a strong conference academically.”
Full APRs for all teams will be released June 20. The 954 teams publicly recognized this year for high achievement represent 560 women's teams and 394 men's or mixed squads. Top performing APRs this year ranged from 978 to a perfect 1,000, with the majority of teams earning a perfect APR. The number of teams in some sports may exceed 10 percent depending on the number of perfect scores.
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