Wyoming Student-Athletes Earn Solid APR Marks

LARAMIE – The NCAA released its Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores on Tuesday. Once again, the University of Wyoming earned solid marks not just this season but for consecutive seasons, as well.

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The national average for Division I held steady at 984, however, Wyoming exceeded that. The average score for the Cowboys and Cowgirls stood at 992 with seven squads receiving perfect scores of 1,000.

Men’s golf, tennis, volleyball, women’s basketball, women’s cross-country, women’s golf and women’s track and field all earned a spotless score of 1,000. Five of those teams – men’s golf, tennis, volleyball, women’s basketball and women’s cross-country – have enjoyed multi-year scores of 1,000.

The University of Akron, a program the Cowboy football team will face on the road Thursday, Aug. 28, is deemed ineligible for postseason play and will face a reduction in practice time this fall after failing to meet academic standards, according to the Associated Press.

The NCAA updated its multiyear Academic Progress Rate scores this week. To qualify for a bowl game, something the Zips have failed to do since 2017, member institutions need to score a minimum of 930.

Akron landed at 914.

Wyoming, according to the NCAA website, finished with a score of 976 for the second straight season.

The APR is calculated in a two-pronged format. Scholarship student-athletes earn one point for staying on course for a degree in their chosen major and one point for being retained, or graduating, at the end of each academic term.

APR football scores in the Mountain West Conference in 2023-24:

Air Force 992

Boise State 986

UNLV 979

Wyoming 976

Fresno State 975

San Diego State 966

Nevada 958

Colorado State 958

New Mexico 951

San Jose State 950

Hawaii 947

Utah State 938

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