The Gophers athletics department received passing scores and then some when the NCAA released its latest Academic Progress Rates (APR) report Wednesday.
All 25 Gophers teams exceeded the 930 multi-year score required to avoid penalties such as a loss of scholarships.
The men's basketball and hockey teams were among 18 Gophers programs that recorded perfect 1,000 scores for the 2012-13 school year. The Gophers football program posted a 994 score for 2012-13, matching its previous best mark from the year prior.
The annual APR report offers a snapshot of each program's academic success, with a formula based on the percentage of athletes who remain academically eligible and stay in school. The latest NCAA multi-year numbers examine the school years from 2009-10 through 2012-13.
In 2009, under then-coach Tim Brewster, the Gophers football team lost three scholarships when it posted a 915 multi-year APR. The team's latest multi-year APR score is 962, still near the bottom of the Big Ten.
The Gophers men's basketball team's latest multi-year score of 960 is up from 955 last year but is third-to-last in the Big Ten.
The football, men's basketball and men's hockey programs aren't the only ones at Minnesota doing better academically. Twenty-two of the Gophers' 25 programs maintained or improved multi-year APR scores reported this year over last year.
Nine programs posted perfect 1,000 multi-year scores, three men's programs: baseball, gymnastics, and tennis; and six women's: cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming and diving, and volleyball.
