Kansas State University Athletics
K-State Scores High in Latest APR Release
May 08, 2019 | Athletics
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Highlighted by Big 12-leading marks from the football, women's golf, 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 eighth straight year as the NCAA released its latest Division I APR data from the 2017-18 academic year.
Also, the women's tennis, women's golf 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.
Kansas State's highest ratings came from the three programs that earned Public Recognition Awards in addition to the football program (985) to lead the Big 12, while the women's track and field (993), women's soccer (991), men's golf (988), rowing (985), volleyball (984), men's cross country (982), women's basketball (976), men's basketball (961), baseball (960) and men's track and field (957) were all near the top among their Big 12 counterparts.
Also of note, a total of four programs recorded perfect current year marks as the men's cross country, women's cross country, women's tennis and women's golf 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 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2018-17 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 2018-19. In addition to 55 graduates this spring, the Wildcats saw 29 student-athletes receive their diplomas in December of 2018.
Kansas State saw 29 student-athletes graduate in December of 2018. To date K-State student-athletes have been recognized with the following honors: 98 Academic All-Big 12 recipients which includes record numbers for football, soccer and volleyball. Football's Dalton Risner was named a finalist for the Campbell Trophy, the Wuerffel Trophy and the Senior CLASS Award while also earning the Allstate/American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team.
In addition, football's Adam Holtorf and Zach Reuter and women's basketball's Peyton Williams were named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District VII team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Williams collected the Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women's basketball.
K-State also had 10 student-athletes earn the ninth annual Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, which is the Big 12 Conference's highest academic honor.
Kansas State also had a total of 234 K-State student-athletes named to the Fall 2018 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. The 234 student-athletes to earn the honor marked the 19th straight semester K-State has placed 200 or more student-athletes on the honor roll.
Of the 234 K-State student-athletes earning the citation for their academic excellence, 43 registered a GPA of 4.0 in the fall semester. K-State ranks among the league's best in terms of academic success as it continues to set a national standard in terms of APR, as all programs are currently well above the required NCAA standard.
Also, the women's tennis, women's golf 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.
Kansas State's highest ratings came from the three programs that earned Public Recognition Awards in addition to the football program (985) to lead the Big 12, while the women's track and field (993), women's soccer (991), men's golf (988), rowing (985), volleyball (984), men's cross country (982), women's basketball (976), men's basketball (961), baseball (960) and men's track and field (957) were all near the top among their Big 12 counterparts.
Also of note, a total of four programs recorded perfect current year marks as the men's cross country, women's cross country, women's tennis and women's golf 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 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2018-17 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 2018-19. In addition to 55 graduates this spring, the Wildcats saw 29 student-athletes receive their diplomas in December of 2018.
Kansas State saw 29 student-athletes graduate in December of 2018. To date K-State student-athletes have been recognized with the following honors: 98 Academic All-Big 12 recipients which includes record numbers for football, soccer and volleyball. Football's Dalton Risner was named a finalist for the Campbell Trophy, the Wuerffel Trophy and the Senior CLASS Award while also earning the Allstate/American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team.
In addition, football's Adam Holtorf and Zach Reuter and women's basketball's Peyton Williams were named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District VII team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Williams collected the Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women's basketball.
K-State also had 10 student-athletes earn the ninth annual Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, which is the Big 12 Conference's highest academic honor.
Kansas State also had a total of 234 K-State student-athletes named to the Fall 2018 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. The 234 student-athletes to earn the honor marked the 19th straight semester K-State has placed 200 or more student-athletes on the honor roll.
Of the 234 K-State student-athletes earning the citation for their academic excellence, 43 registered a GPA of 4.0 in the fall semester. K-State ranks among the league's best in terms of academic success as it continues to set a national standard in terms of APR, as all programs are currently well above the required NCAA standard.
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