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NCAA releases KU APRs for 2014-15
8 years 3 weeks ago #8037
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
KUSports.com:
KU ties athletic department record with 6 perfect scores in 2014-15 academic progress rate report
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Men’s basketball, men’s golf, women’s basketball, women’s cross country, women’s tennis and volleyball were the six perfect programs in 2014-15, with four of the six holding a multi-year score of 990 or higher.
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Men’s and women’s track both had single-year numbers below 930 — the only two KU programs to fall below that threshold — but because the NCAA only worries about the four-year score, there is no penalty for dropping below 930 in any given academic year. Despite that fact, Buskirk said such numbers certainly catch his eye.
“Red flag is a good term,” said Buskirk, who, along with other members of KU’s academic support staff and the head coaches, keeps constant tabs on the academic performance of all of KU’s scholarship athletes. “In track’s case, a lot of life stepped in. There were a lot of personal circumstances that ended up having students leave the program. That does happen, we just happened to have a few happen at the same time.”
Kudos all around, especially for KUFB getting back on track after the Gill/Weis years. Here's to M&W T&F getting back on track (pun intended).
Excerpts
Men’s basketball, men’s golf, women’s basketball, women’s cross country, women’s tennis and volleyball were the six perfect programs in 2014-15, with four of the six holding a multi-year score of 990 or higher.
.
.
.
Men’s and women’s track both had single-year numbers below 930 — the only two KU programs to fall below that threshold — but because the NCAA only worries about the four-year score, there is no penalty for dropping below 930 in any given academic year. Despite that fact, Buskirk said such numbers certainly catch his eye.
“Red flag is a good term,” said Buskirk, who, along with other members of KU’s academic support staff and the head coaches, keeps constant tabs on the academic performance of all of KU’s scholarship athletes. “In track’s case, a lot of life stepped in. There were a lot of personal circumstances that ended up having students leave the program. That does happen, we just happened to have a few happen at the same time.”
Kudos all around, especially for KUFB getting back on track after the Gill/Weis years. Here's to M&W T&F getting back on track (pun intended).
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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