The University of Tennessee released the Academic Progress Rates for 2012-13.
From the UT release: “Additionally, the Tennessee football team increased its single-year APR score to 962 in 2012-13, the highest APR mark in the history of the program and a significant improvement from the 909 posted in 2011-12. This allowed the multi-year APR for football to rise from a 924 to a 932, allowing the program to avoid penalties for failing to meet the minimum multi-year APR standard of 930.
“While student-athlete GPAs for the spring semester are not yet finalized, based on the expected level of academic performance for 2013-14, next year’s multi-year football APR is expected to be even higher, meaning Tennessee football will be well above the 930 multi-year APR minimum in next year’s APR announcement.
“As I’ve said many times since learning about our recent APR performance, the academic turnaround for our team in 2012-13 and our entire football program is among the greatest victories in the history of Tennessee football,” said head football coach Butch Jones. “Our academic successes are a direct result of the hard work and commitment by our players and our coaching staff, along with improvements within our entire academic structure, led by Dr. Joe Scogin and his outstanding Thornton Center staff.”
“Butch Jones accomplished some huge things in YR 1: Beat a Top10 team; land a top recruiting class & this: get #Vols APR out of a big ditch,” college football Bruce Feldman tweeted of the news.
Tennessee’s 2012-13 and multi-year APR scores are listed below:
SPORTS Multi-Year 2012-13
Baseball 934 956
Basketball (M) 964 980
Basketball (W) 979 955
Football 932 962
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