Perfect 1,000 scores for UCF teams in men's and women's golf, women's volleyball and men's tennis lead the way in another impressive performance by Knight athletic squads in the latest Academic Progress Rate data released recently by the NCAA. A dozen UCF programs equaled or improved their multi-year APR numbers from a year ago - and 10 of 15 sports equaled or improved their single-year figures
The UCF women's volleyball program achieved a perfect 1,000 multi-year score for the third consecutive year and the ninth time in 11 years. Women's golf also reached the perfect score for the third year in a row. Men's golf hit 1,000 for the 10th time - while men's tennis accomplished that feat for the fourth time.
Seven UCF programs - men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis, women's basketball, softball and women's volleyball--had single-year scores of 1,000 for 2021-22 (the record is nine from 2018-19).
Ten Knight programs - baseball, men's and women's golf, women's basketball, softball, women's rowing, men's soccer, men's and women's tennis, and women's volleyball - either improved or equaled their single-year APR score from a year ago. Men's tennis made the biggest jump from 966 to 1,000, women's golf went from 967 to 1,000, while men's golf went from 971 to 1,000.
None of UCF's teams fell below the multi-year threshold where programs could be penalized by the NCAA. This is the 16th consecutive year the Knights have seen each of their teams above that 930 threshold. All UCF programs achieved a multi-year score of at least 960 this year.
Among American Athletic Conference programs, men's and women's golf, men's tennis, softball and women's volleyball all tied for first; football and women's basketball (tie) were second; women's track and field was third; men's soccer was fourth, and baseball and rowing fifth in the multi-year scores.
Among Football Bowl Subdivision programs in the state of Florida (UCF, USF, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Florida Atlantic, Florida International) - UCF's football program ranked first at 984, with Miami next at 978 and Florida third at 977. The Knights also ranked number one among that group in multi-year scores for women's volleyball, women's basketball, men's and women's golf, men's tennis, softball and women's track and field. UCF had four 1,000 scores and none of the other six programs had more. (USF also had four, FAU and Florida State had three.)
That 984 multi-year football score ranks the Knights 20th among FBS Power 5 programs - second in the Big 12 (behind only Iowa State at 987), third in the Pacfic-12 Conference, fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference and sixth in the Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten Conference.
Here is a look at APR multi-year scores for the last three years for each sport at UCF:
Sport 2023 Multi-Year Score 2022 Multi-Year Score 2021 Multi-Year Score
Women's Golf – 1000 1000 1000
Women's Volleyball – 1000 1000 1000
Men's Golf – 1000 992 1000
Men's Tennis – 1000 990 992
Women's Track and Field – 998 996 990
Softball – 997 994 1000
Women's Basketball – 996 987 982
Women's Rowing – 990 986 987
Women's Tennis – 984 985 984
Football – 984 984 983
Women's Soccer – 984 995 995
Women's Cross Country – 983 1000 993
Men's Soccer – 983 983 982
Baseball – 976 969 969
Men's Basketball – 960 960 961
The history of UCF 1000 multi-year scores includes eight by women's tennis (2012-13-14-15-16-17-18-19) and women's volleyball (2013-14-15-16, 2018, 2021-22-23), three by women's golf (2021-22-23) and men's golf (2018, 2021, 2023) and one each by men's tennis (2023), women's soccer (2020), softball (2021) and women's cross country (2022).
Over the 18 years the NCAA has tracked APR data (since 2004), here is the history of perfect 1000 scores posted on a single-year basis by UCF programs:
--15 by women's tennis (including 14 of the last 15 years)
--14 by women's volleyball (13 of the last 14 years)
--11 by women's golf (seven of the last 10 years)
--10 by men's golf (nine of the last 12 years)
--9 by women's cross country
--8 by women's soccer (six of the last nine years)
--8 each by softball (six of the last nine years) and women's basketball (five of the last eight years)
--5 by women's track and field
--4 each by women's rowing (two of the last four years) and men's tennis
--3 by men's basketball
--1 each by football and baseball
This latest release of APR information by the NCAA includes data through the 2021-22 academic year. The APR score takes into account graduation, retention and eligibility to determine a clear picture of the current academic culture of a program. The NCAA uses multi-year averages to track a program's academic progress. The multi-year rate includes the previous four years' worth of data—from 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22. The APR, created to provide more of a real-time measurement of academic success than graduation rates offer, is a team-based metric in which scholarship student-athletes earn one point each term for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating.
UCF Sports Again Post Strong NCAA APR Numbers
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