Baseball & The NCAA APR

The APR is the NCAA's tool for measuring classroom achievement. It's based on two equal parts: how long an athlete remains at a specific school and the athlete's advancement toward a degree.

Because baseball players had been allowed to transfer without sitting out, and also because few baseball players are on full scholarship, which makes transferring more palatable, college baseball's APR has suffered.


Effective Aug. 1, 2008:
•Players must be academically certified for the fall term in order to play the next spring. This will encourage players to take more courses during the season and in summer school.


•Players must now have a year in residence if they transfer from one school to another.


•Teams will continue to offer a maximum of 11.7 scholarships per roster, but each player will now receive a minimum of the equivalent of 33% of a grant-in- aid. The maximum number of players who can be on scholarship will be 27. Currently there is no limit.


•Playing schedules for teams that fall below an APR score of 900 will be reduced by 10%. Teams currently can play 56 games, which would thus be reduced to 50. The NCAA says a score of 925 equates to about a 60% graduation rate.

 

This only applies to the D1 schools.....correct?

 

NCAA Baseball APR

Correct.

 

FYI, the minimum scholarship was reduced to 25% and a roster cap of 35 implemented with 27 on scholarship.