Originally published Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 4:52 PM

Washington universities make the grade in APR report

No athletic programs at Washington, Washington State, Gonzaga, Eastern Washington or Seattle University are subject to penalties, according to the latest Academic Progress Rate numbers.

By Bob Condotta

Seattle Times staff reporter

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All of the athletic programs at the state's five NCAA Div. I universities achieved passing scores, according to the annual Academic Progress Rate numbers that were released Tuesday.

The APR is a number that assesses academics as well as retention of student-athletes, with 1000 a perfect score and anything below 925 potentially subject to penalties.

But no programs at Washington, Washington State, Gonzaga, Eastern Washington or Seattle University were penalized and most had scores well above 925.

The UW football program had a four-year APR of 946 (the number considered the most significant) and a single-year APR of 930 for the 2009-10 academic year. The 930 score was the lowest for the 2009-10 year in the Pac-12. But UW officials said that was due largely to above-average attrition in the changeover in coaches from Tyrone Willingham to Steve Sarkisian and say recent graduation rate and grade-point average numbers show the program is on track academically. UW reported that the football team's GPA of 2.76 for the winter quarter was the highest since 2005.

Washington's men's basketball program had an APR of 980 to lead the Pac-10 while the women's soccer and golf programs had perfect scores. All UW programs scored 946 or higher in the multiyear number.

Washington State's football program continued to show improvement in its APR entering the fourth season for coach Paul Wulff and recorded a single-year 944 and a multiyear number of 925. WSU was docked eight scholarships when it had a score of 874 for the 2006-07 academic year, a number still included in the multiyear average.

WSU's men's basketball team recorded an APR of 971 while Gonzaga's men's basketball team was at 985.


APR numbers
Four-year averages for all Pac-12 football programs (2006-07 through 2009-2010 academic years):
School	APR
Stanford	977
Oregon State	959
UCLA	956
Utah	956
USC	952
Arizona	951
California	949
Washington	946
Oregon	941
Arizona State	940
Colorado	929
Washington State	925


APR numbers for the 2009-10 academic year:
School	APR
Stanford	977
UCLA	969
Oregon State	965
Utah	960
Colorado	958
California	949
WSU	944
Arizona	942
Arizona State	935
USC	932
Oregon	932
Washington	930