DURHAM, N.C. – The HBCU soccer workforce at North Carolina Central College (NCCU) is a “nationwide champion” with regards to the 2023-24 Educational Progress Charge (APR) Report, which the NCAA launched on Tuesday.
The Eagles posted their finest single-year APR rating ever—an ideal 1,000, which is the NCAA’s highest commonplace of educational success.
The APR is a measure utilized by the NCAA to trace the tutorial progress of student-athletes on each Division I workforce by way of a team-based metric emphasizing variables corresponding to eligibility and retention.
“It is a monumental achievement, one that ought to invite ongoing dialog about what’s potential when student-athletes, assist workers, coaches, and the college group transfer in alignment with shared route and dedication,” mentioned Kwadjo Steele, the NCCU Affiliate Athletics Director for Scholar-Athlete Assist.
North Carolina Central College is the one HBCU soccer workforce to earn a 1,000 single-year APR rating and considered one of only a few Division I soccer packages (FBS or FCS) to attain an ideal rating this yr. The achievement additional proves that the Eagles refuse to compromise tutorial excellence whereas pursuing athletic championships.
“I’m extremely happy with our soccer workforce’s achievement of incomes an ideal APR rating over 1,000,” head coach Trei Oliver mentioned. “That is greater than only a quantity for us; it’s the tutorial equal of successful a nationwide championship. It speaks volumes concerning the form of younger males we recruit, the intentional tradition we’ve constructed, and the overall dedication of our teaching and tutorial workers.”
Educational Perfection
Throughout the 2023-24 tutorial yr, the Durham, NC-based HBCU notched a semester and cumulative GPA above 3.0 for each the autumn and spring semesters. The workforce graduated 25 college students, with 20 incomes their undergraduate levels and 5 receiving their grasp’s levels.
“Whereas there are a lot of deserving of thanks, we should start by recognizing our student-athletes for his or her tutorial success,” Steele mentioned. “We additionally lengthen deep gratitude to our distinctive assist workforce — Lucy Mason, Jenna Watts, and assistant soccer coach Tony Spencer — for the construction and accountability they supplied all year long. Their behind-the-scenes work made an incredible distinction. Coach Oliver likewise deserves excessive reward for embracing a construction that upheld the identical elite habits that drive championship-level success — on the sphere, within the classroom, and throughout the group.”
The APR report features a single-year rating and a rolling four-year common to find out tutorial accountability. Groups should keep a multi-average of 930 to compete for championships and keep away from potential penalties.
“At NCCU, our soccer workforce’s motto is ‘Tradition Over Scheme,’ and this milestone is a direct reflection of that philosophy,” Oliver mentioned. “We don’t simply develop soccer gamers; we develop students, leaders, and males of character. This achievement proves that if you construct a program on self-discipline, accountability, and household, excellence follows on the sphere and within the classroom. The Eagle commonplace is actual, and we’re simply getting began.”
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