K-State Maintains Record High APR Marks in Latest Report
May 23, 2018 | Athletics
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Highlighted by Big 12-leading marks from the football, women's tennis and women's cross country programs, all of Kansas State's athletic teams met and exceeded the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate multi-year standard for the seventh straight year as the NCAA released its latest Division I APR data from the 2016-17 academic year.
Also, the women's tennis and women's cross country programs were awarded APR Public Recognition distinction after posting perfect 1000 multi-year APRs which placed in the top 10 percent of all squads in each sport.
"We are proud of our student-athletes, coaches, support staff and faculty for their commitment to success both on the field and in the classroom," said Kristin Waller, Assistant AD for Student-Athlete Services. "These scores are further proof of our dedication to across-the-board academic success, and we are very pleased with the performance of all of our athletic programs."
Kansas State's highest ratings came from the two programs that earned Public Recognition Awards in addition to the football program to lead the Big 12, while the women's basketball (996), women's track and field (996), men's golf (994), women's soccer (990), women's volleyball (990), women's golf (984), women's rowing (981), men's basketball (965), men's cross country (964), men's track and field (962), were all near the top among their Big 12 counterparts. In fact, eight of the Wildcat's 12 teams were ranked in the top half of their respective programs in the conference.
Also of note, a total of seven programs recorded perfect current year marks as the baseball, men's cross country, football, women's cross country, women's tennis, women's track and field and volleyball teams had perfect 1000 marks.
The Academic Progress Rate measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team and also serves as a predictor of graduation success. Each year, the NCAA tracks the classroom performance of student-athletes on every Division I team through the annual scorecard of academic achievement, known as APR. The score measures eligibility and retention each semester or quarter and provides a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport. The most recent APRs are multi-year rates based on scores from the 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years.
For more information on the Academic Progress Rate, please visit the NCAA website at www.ncaa.org.
K-State, a Tier 1 Carnegie Foundation Institution, has had another outstanding academic year in 2017-18. In addition to 49 graduates this spring, the Wildcats saw 31 student-athletes receive their diplomas in December of 2017.
To date K-State student-athletes have been recognized with the following honors: 127 Academic All-Big 12 recipients, football's Adam Holtorf was named a Second Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), while women's basketball student-athletes Shaelyn Martin (first team), Kayla Goth and Peyton Williams (second team) and baseball's Jake Biller were named to the Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District VII teams.
Martin would also take home 2018 Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team honors and earn the 2017-18 Big 12 Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.
Kansas State also had a total of 243 K-State student-athletes named to the Fall 2017 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. The 243 student-athletes to earn the honor marked the 18th straight semester K-State has placed 200 or more student-athletes on the honor roll.
Of the 243 K-State student-athletes earning the citation for their academic excellence, 50 registered a GPA of 4.0 in the fall semester.
Also, the women's tennis and women's cross country programs were awarded APR Public Recognition distinction after posting perfect 1000 multi-year APRs which placed in the top 10 percent of all squads in each sport.
"We are proud of our student-athletes, coaches, support staff and faculty for their commitment to success both on the field and in the classroom," said Kristin Waller, Assistant AD for Student-Athlete Services. "These scores are further proof of our dedication to across-the-board academic success, and we are very pleased with the performance of all of our athletic programs."
Kansas State's highest ratings came from the two programs that earned Public Recognition Awards in addition to the football program to lead the Big 12, while the women's basketball (996), women's track and field (996), men's golf (994), women's soccer (990), women's volleyball (990), women's golf (984), women's rowing (981), men's basketball (965), men's cross country (964), men's track and field (962), were all near the top among their Big 12 counterparts. In fact, eight of the Wildcat's 12 teams were ranked in the top half of their respective programs in the conference.
Also of note, a total of seven programs recorded perfect current year marks as the baseball, men's cross country, football, women's cross country, women's tennis, women's track and field and volleyball teams had perfect 1000 marks.
The Academic Progress Rate measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team and also serves as a predictor of graduation success. Each year, the NCAA tracks the classroom performance of student-athletes on every Division I team through the annual scorecard of academic achievement, known as APR. The score measures eligibility and retention each semester or quarter and provides a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport. The most recent APRs are multi-year rates based on scores from the 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years.
For more information on the Academic Progress Rate, please visit the NCAA website at www.ncaa.org.
K-State, a Tier 1 Carnegie Foundation Institution, has had another outstanding academic year in 2017-18. In addition to 49 graduates this spring, the Wildcats saw 31 student-athletes receive their diplomas in December of 2017.
To date K-State student-athletes have been recognized with the following honors: 127 Academic All-Big 12 recipients, football's Adam Holtorf was named a Second Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), while women's basketball student-athletes Shaelyn Martin (first team), Kayla Goth and Peyton Williams (second team) and baseball's Jake Biller were named to the Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District VII teams.
Martin would also take home 2018 Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team honors and earn the 2017-18 Big 12 Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.
Kansas State also had a total of 243 K-State student-athletes named to the Fall 2017 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. The 243 student-athletes to earn the honor marked the 18th straight semester K-State has placed 200 or more student-athletes on the honor roll.
Of the 243 K-State student-athletes earning the citation for their academic excellence, 50 registered a GPA of 4.0 in the fall semester.
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