The NCAA released the latest round of APR (Academic Progress Report) scores
on Tuesday, and although Virginia Tech improved in almost every sport, they
still rank near the bottom of the ACC in many of the important categories. The
Hokies are dead last in baseball, and the football program doesn't appear to be
close to climbing out of the cellar.
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.