Athletic Department Posts High Numbers in APR Report

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Eight GS teams post highest multi-year scores ever

• Volleyball and Women's Basketball had the highest multi-year scores in the Sun Belt in their respective sports

• Seven GS sports finished with perfect scores of 1,000 for the 2015-16 academic year

• Eight Georgia Southern programs recorded the same or a better score for the 2015-16 academic year than their multi-year APR score

STATESBORO – The NCAA released the data from its Academic Progress Rate (APR) program on Wednesday, and eight Georgia Southern programs posted their highest multi-year scores since the NCAA started using this metric to assess academic performances for each school in each sport. All 17 GS athletic programs…