MSU Athletics Continues To Produce Record-Breaking Numbers in NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate

STARKVILLE – Mississippi State Athletics achieved classroom success in all 16 of its varsity sports again in the Academic Progress Rate (APR), announced Tuesday by the NCAA.
 
Once again, MSU exceeded the benchmark APR multiyear rate of 930 in all its intercollegiate sport programs. All programs surpassed the benchmark by at least 41 points. The Bulldogs averaged a rate of 989.4, above the national four-year rate of 984.
 
The APR provides a real-time look at a team’s academic success by tracking eligibility and progress toward graduation of each student-athlete on scholarship. The current report contains multi-year rates based on the four years from the 2018-19 academic year through the 2021-22 academic year.
 
To compete in 2023-24 postseason action, teams must achieve a 930 four-year APR in this report. This is the 19th year of publicly reported APRs, including the second-consecutive year after a one-year COVID-19 hiatus.
 
Mississippi State Athletics NCAA Academic Progress Rate Superlatives

• Twelve of 14 teams exceeded or equaled its sport’s national average (Note: the NCAA combines APR scores for indoor and outdoor track and field).
• The following six teams tied or set program records: baseball, football, soccer, women’s tennis, men’s track and field and women’s track and field.
• The following six sports achieved a 1,000 single-year APR rate for 2021-22: women’s golf, men’s golf, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, soccer and volleyball.
• The following seven sports saw improvements in APR multi-year rates: men’s tennis (+17), men’s track and field (+11), soccer (+8), baseball (+7), football (+3), cross country (+3) and women’s track (+3).
• Women’s tennis recorded a 1,000 multi-year rate for the sixth consecutive time.
• For the second-consecutive year, men’s golf earned a program-best perfect 1,000 multi-year rate. Last year, the program made the biggest gain in APR among MSU sports, increasing by 20 points from the previous APR report (2018-19 academic year).
• Football registered a program record multi-year rate of 985, which tied for the fourth best among SEC football programs and bettered the sport’s national average by 23 points. It marked the ninth straight year that the program recorded a 970 or better.
• Men’s track and field secured a program-record 992 multi-year rate to rank second in the…