Congratulations Men's Lacrosse: APR Perfect 1000

Submitted by michWolves2580 on

Congratulations to Michigan Men's Lacrosse which was one of six D1 Lax teams to record a perfect 1000 in the Academic Progress Rate. Great accomplishment for the STUDENT-athletes. 

Also congrats to Villanova, Notre Dame, Dartmouth, Colgate and Bucknell who also scored a 1000. And Duke and Yale who came in at 997.

http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2013/06/11/six-mens-teams-perfect-ncaas-…

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michWolves2580

June 11th, 2013 at 4:09 PM ^

The APR score is for the single year. The four year rolling score is for sanctions to show a "problem" if there are repeatedly low scores. It's their second year so you're right that they can't really have a hit if they did poorly but it's a great accomplishment that they had a perfect score for the year. 

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WolvinLA2

June 11th, 2013 at 4:14 PM ^

I get how it works. But the hits that you take typically occur after the year is over (academic issues can only happen twice a year and once is after the season is over, as do transfers) and you aren't going to have many defections after a program's first year. Emile Weiss, for example, left the team, but it didn't show up because it happened once the season ended.

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mlax27

June 11th, 2013 at 4:44 PM ^

I guess I don't know enough about the specific rules, but if he stayed enrolled at the university, would that cause an APR hit as well? Doesn't seem all that different to someone who blows out their knee and chooses to stay in school and get their degree.  Those don't seem like "academic" issues that should cause a hit to the APR to me.

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WolvinLA2

June 11th, 2013 at 4:59 PM ^

Yeah, that stuff gets more difficult with the non-revenue sports where not everyone (or almost no one) is on a full-ride and therefore decides to stay in school when they leave the team. I guess you're right that he shouldn't be an APR hit in that case. My point is just that our APR score only counts for the first year, and the hits that do count come between seasons and we haven't had that on our record yet.

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LSAClassOf2000

June 11th, 2013 at 6:03 PM ^

The link to Michigan's full report - including lacrosse - is here (LINK)

Some of the data is not reported because the numbers represent too few athletes, but the performance is great all the same compared to other averages. The non-football Division I average was 967, and if I read this correctly, the lacrosse mean for public institutions was 972, so Michigan's performance definitely stands out. Congratulations to the team!

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