The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga continues to excel in its Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores, according to the information released by the NCAA today. The Mocs already had four programs receive public recognition, and this week's release of the full scores shows seven of UTC's 14 teams with perfect single-year marks.
The Mocs had seven programs beat the national average, while all 14 were above the NCAA minimum of 930. Single-year scores released today were from the 2017-18 academic year, while the four-year scores encompassed the 2014-15 through 2017-18 cohorts.
It is the eighth year in a row at least seven of Chattanooga's programs had a perfect single-year score of 1000. The Mocs had eight teams with a perfect single-year score in 2014-15, 11 the year before, 12 in 2011-12 and a school-record 13 in 2010-11.
The men's tennis team team made the biggest jump, moving up 20 points to post a program record 1000. Women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's women's tennis, women's track & field and volleyball all beat the national average.
Every Division I sports team across the nation calculates its Academic Progress Rate each academic year, like a report card. Each semester scholarship student-athletes earn one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. At schools that don't offer scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked.
UTC's APR Scores
| Team |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
Four-Year Avg. |
National Avg. |
| Football |
992 |
979 |
955 |
889 |
951 (-21)
|
964 |
| Men's Basketball |
935
|
942 |
922 |
930 |
932 (-2)
|
967 |
| Men's Golf |
968
|
1000 |
974 |
1000 |
985 (-1)
|
985 |
| Men's Tennis |
1000
|
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 (+20)
|
983 |
| Men's Cross Country |
1000
|
972 |
1000 |
1000 |
993 (--)
|
982 |
| Wrestling |
1000
|
979 |
954 |
927 |
963 (--)
|
976 |
| Women's Basketball |
1000
|
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 (--)
|
982 |
| Women's Golf |
964
|
963 |
917 |
958 |
951 (-11)
|
991 |
| Softball |
987
|
986 |
958 |
947 |
968 (-15)
|
986 |
| Soccer |
982
|
979 |
1000 |
972 |
986 (-2)
|
989 |
| Women's Tennis |
1000
|
1000 |
1000 |
963 |
991 (-9)
|
990 |
| Women's Cross Country |
1000
|
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 (--)
|
989 |
|
Women's Track & Field
|
1000
|
993 |
1000 |
1000 |
993 (--)
|
983 |
| Volleyball |
1000
|
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 (+5)
|
987 |
