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NCAA releases APR
8 GSU sports improve
031613 SCHENKEL WEB
Georgia Southern head golf coach Larry Mays, center, watches as player Will Evans hits out of a bunker onto the green at the 7th hold during the second round of the Schenkel Invitational golf tournament in this Saturday, March 16, 2013, file photo at Forest Heights Country Club. The golf team was one of five GSU programs to receive a perfect score of 1,000 when the NCAA released the 2011-12 Academic Progress Rate scores on Tuesday.
Multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores for nine Georgia Southern athletics programs, including football and men’s basketball, improved for the reporting period ending with the 2011-2012 academic year, according to the most recent data provided by the NCAA. All 15 programs surpassed the 900 multi-year threshold for possible sanctions. Eight programs improved their single-year scores, while the swimming and diving program recorded a perfect 1,000 for the second straight season. Golf, men’s soccer, women’s tennis and volleyball also posted perfect single-year scores of 1,000.