Ten Georgia Southern athletics teams improved their multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores, according to the most recent data provided by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, with all but two of the 15 achieving scores above the 925 standard.
Two Eagle squads posted perfect single-year scores of 1000 as both Cross Country and Swimming and Diving teams duplicated their efforts from the previous 2008-09 reporting period. Both the Eagle Men’s Basketball and Football teams made strides in multi-year scores with the Football program increasing for the third-straight year to 921 and men’s basketball posting a second-straight increase for a 905 score.
The NCAA initiated APR as a means for providing intercollegiate athletics programs with a snapshot of a team's academic success and progress of individual student-athletes, accounting for eligibility, retention and graduation. APR for each institution is calculated as follows: each student-athlete on scholarship, full or partial, in every intercollegiate sport, accounts for four APR "points" every academic year - two for the fall semester and two for the spring semester. One point is given for a student-athlete remaining academically eligible and the other point is given for continued enrollment at the respective institution. Each student-athlete can earn a maximum of four points each year.
Single-year APR data covers the 2009-10 academic year only and is calculated by dividing the number of points earned by its student-athletes by the number of points possible and then multiplying by 1000 for a team's single-season APR. The multi-year number is an average of the APR scores of each sport from the past four academic years: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10. Thirteen of Georgia Southern’s teams achieved single-year scores above the 925 mark with Men’s Soccer and Football just below at 919 and 914, respectively.
Comparing the current data set to last year’s data, improvements were made in the multi-year scores for 10 sports. Of the five teams that did not record increases in multi-year APR scores, none had more than a nine-point difference from the multi-year APR score reported last year based on the 2008-09 data set. The Eagle Football program accepted a reduction of 4.47 scholarships during the 2010-2011 year as a penalty for its multi-year score for the 2009-2010 reporting period.
2009-10 Georgia Southern APR Report
GSU Sport — APR (Multi-year APR)
Baseball — 935 (952)
Men's Basketball — 930 (905)
Women's Basketball — 953 (980)
Cross Country — 1000 (968)
Football — 914 (921)
Golf — 947 (955)
Men's Soccer — 919 (931)
Women's Soccer — 956 (970)
Softball — 987 (971)
Swim & Diving — 1000 (982)
Men's Tennis — 964 (989)
Women's Tennis — 969 (985)
Track & Field (ID) — 959 (955)
Track & Field (OD) — 964 (962)
Volleyball — 961 (957)
*Must score above (925) to avoid penalty
APR scores under 925:
Football, men's and women's basketball
Jackson State
Prairie View A&M
Southern (La.)
Texas Southern
Football and men's basketball
Alabama-Birmingham
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Bethune-Cookman
Delaware State
Georgia Southern
Grambling State
Howard
Idaho State
Louisiana-Monroe
Mississippi Valley State
Missouri State
Morgan State
New Mexico State
Portland State
Savannah State
South Carolina State
Southeastern Louisiana
Tennessee State
Texas-El Paso
Men's and women's basketball
Cal State-Bakersfield
Coppin State
IUPUI
Jackson State
Norfolk State
Prairie View A&M
San Jose State
South Carolina-Upstate
Southern (La.)
Texas Southern
BCS conference schools:
Arkansas, men's basketball (SEC)
Connecticut, men's basketball (Big East)
Georgia Tech, men's basketball(ACC)
Louisville, football (Big East)
LSU, men's basketball (SEC)
Maryland, football (ACC)
Southern California, men's basketball (Pac-10)
GSU APR over the years (from NCAA.com)
BaseballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005873 Immediate Penalty - Scholarship Reduction = 0.46BaseballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006894 Immediate Penalty - Scholarship Reduction = 0.21
BaseballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007914 BaseballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008941 BaseballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009953 BaseballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010952 FootballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005880 Immediate Penalty - Scholarship Reduction = 5.43
FootballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006890 Immediate Penalty - Scholarship Reduction = 4.66
FootballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007905 Immediate Penalty - Scholarship Reduction = 3.51
FootballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008913 Immediate Penalty - Scholarship Reduction = 3.02
FootballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009920 Immediate Penalty - Scholarship Reduction = 3.53
FootballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010921 Immediate Penalty - Scholarship Reduction = 4.47
Men's BasketballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005920 Men's BasketballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006883 Immediate Penalty - Scholarship Reduction = 2
Men's BasketballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007897 Men's BasketballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008908 Immediate Penalty - Scholarship Reduction = 1
Men's BasketballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009879 Historical Penalty - Public Notice = Yes
Men's BasketballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010905 Men's GolfGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005948 Men's GolfGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006924 Men's GolfGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007913 Immediate Penalty - Scholarship Reduction = 0.33
Men's GolfGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008919 Men's GolfGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009935 Men's GolfGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010955 Men's SoccerGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005916 Men's SoccerGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006904 Men's SoccerGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007911 Men's SoccerGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008932 Men's SoccerGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009922 Immediate Penalty - Scholarship Reduction = 0.73
Men's SoccerGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010931 Men's TennisGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005926 Men's TennisGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006932 Men's TennisGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007949 Men's TennisGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008966 Men's TennisGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009989 Men's TennisGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010989 SoftballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005887 SoftballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006893 SoftballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007912 SoftballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008939 SoftballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009951 SoftballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010971 Women's BasketballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005968 Women's BasketballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006946 Women's BasketballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007956 Women's BasketballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008959 Women's BasketballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009967 Women's BasketballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010980 Women's Cross CountryGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005922 Women's Cross CountryGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006938 Women's Cross CountryGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007939 Women's Cross CountryGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008915 Women's Cross CountryGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009961 Women's Cross CountryGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010968 Women's SoccerGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005993 Women's SoccerGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006985 Women's SoccerGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007982 Women's SoccerGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008980 Women's SoccerGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009974 Women's SoccerGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010970 Women's SwimmingGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005932 Women's SwimmingGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006938 Women's SwimmingGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007942 Women's SwimmingGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008962 Women's SwimmingGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009971 Women's SwimmingGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010982 Women's TennisGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005923 Women's TennisGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006947 Women's TennisGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007955 Women's TennisGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008966 Women's TennisGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009992 Women's TennisGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010985 Women's Track, IndoorGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005942 Women's Track, IndoorGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006950 Women's Track, IndoorGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007958 Women's Track, IndoorGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008958 Women's Track, IndoorGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009957 Women's Track, IndoorGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010955 Women's Track, OutdoorGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005942 Women's Track, OutdoorGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006950 Women's Track, OutdoorGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007958 Women's Track, OutdoorGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008963 Women's Track, OutdoorGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009962 Women's Track, OutdoorGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010962 Women's VolleyballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2004 - 2005962 Women's VolleyballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2005 - 2006975 Women's VolleyballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2006 - 2007961 Women's VolleyballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2007 - 2008953 Women's VolleyballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2008 - 2009968 Women's VolleyballGeorgia Southern UniversityGA2009 - 2010957
* - Team failed to satisfy the conditions of a conditionally approved APP penalty waiver from last academic year.
2 - Penalty amount listed includes a penalty that was previously conditionally waived; however, the team failed to meet the condition and the penalty must now be imposed.
5 - The institution's penalty waiver request is pending.
SoCon HoF inducts six
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Lefty Driesell hasn't given up coaching, not even after his induction into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame on Monday night.
Driesell says he's continually giving tips to son Chuck, who spent his first year as head coach of The Citadel this past winter.
"But he's like all children, he doesn't listen," Lefty said.
Driesell was among six enshrined in the 90-year-old league's third Hall of Fame class. Although the group included former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Dexter Coakley (Appalachian State), past Wimbledon and U.S. Open singles champion Vic Seixas (North Carolina) and Tennessee's cherished former football coach, Gen. Robert Neyland, none were as colorful as college basketball's "Lefthander."
Driesell, 79, earned the honor through nine successful seasons at Davidson from 1960 to 1969. He won five regular-season and three tournament titles and took the Wildcats to the NCAAs in 1966, 1968 and 1969.
The league also inducted Robert Neyland (Tennessee) and Shannon Wommack (Chattanooga).
