RADFORD, Va. – The NCAA publicly released the Division I 2020-21 Academic Progress Rate (APR) Institutional Report on Tuesday, including strong score of 988 across all 15 sports sponsored by Radford University Athletics for the 2020-21 academic year despite facing a litany of challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The score was boosted thanks to perfect ratings of 1,000 by ten Radford programs: men’s cross country, men’s golf, men’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s cross country, women’s golf, softball, women’s soccer, and women’s tennis.
Each academic year, every Division I sports team across the country calculates its APR using a simple and consistent formula. Each term, scholarship student-athletes can earn 1 point for remaining eligible and 1 point for staying in school or graduating.
Radford’s score of 988 beats the national four-year average of 984, as reported by the NCAA, now that public announcements of APRs have returned following a one-year hiatus.
“The APR data continues to demonstrate the high level of academic achievement of our student-athletes and teams, and their resiliency to excel through a global pandemic and instability in the intercollegiate landscape,” said Division I Committee on Academics chair Dianne Harrison, president emerita at California State University, Northridge. “The APR has been and continues to be a valuable real-time tool that provides us with an opportunity to identify and work with schools that may need additional assistance to improve their academic support services. Overall, the Academic Performance Program furthers the NCAA’s commitment to academic excellence and integrity and the public release of this APR data while penalties are suspended is a reasonable interim step.”
The Academic Performance Program has established an essential framework for academic excellence. The program provides measurable goals to ensure schools are fulfilling their commitment of equipping student-athletes with the tools and resources necessary to achieve academic success.
Radford University Athletics APR Scores – 2020-21 | Multi-Year Rate
Baseball – 990 | 988
Men’s Basketball – 958 | 975
Men’s Cross Country – 1,000 | 963
Men’s Golf – 1,000 | 1,000
Men’s Soccer – 1,000 | 970
Men’s Tennis – 1,000 | 977
Women’s Basketball – 961 | 986
Women’s Cross Country – 1,000 | 977
Women’s Golf – 1,000 | 1,000
Women’s Lacrosse – 988 | 985
Softball – 1,000 | 987
Women’s Soccer – 1,000 | 975
Women’s Tennis – 1,000 | 990
Women’s T&F – 945 | 977
Volleyball – 978 | 973
