The NCAA released its latest round of Academic Progress Rate (APR) data
Monday, and though none of Virginia Tech's athletic teams are in imminent danger
of losing scholarships, the Hokies' APR scores aren't impressive, and Tech's APR
scores rank last in the ACC in two of the four major sports of football, men's
and women's basketball, and baseball.
An APR score is assigned to each individual sports team at a university, and
the APR measures the overall progress of the student-athletes who are part of
that team. The APR is a measure of the eligibility, academic progress, and the
progress towards a degree of the athletes that comprise a team. Athletes who
fall behind academically, become ineligible, quit while ineligible, or fail to
graduate can all adversely affect the APR of their team.