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How Jackson State women’s cross country fared in NCAA APR report

How Jackson State women’s cross country fared in NCAA APR report

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When the NCAA released its Division I Academic Progress Rate for institutions for the 2022-2023 academic year last month. It listed Jackson State’s women’s cross-country program as having a four-year rolling score far below the minimum passing score of 930.

A perfect score is 1000. Falling below 930 would make the program subject to being assessed penalties by the NCAA, including being declared ineligible for postseason competition.

According to the APR data released by the NCAA, Jackson State’s women’s cross country team had a score of 892. However, the school listed its score as being a 938. Here’s how both are correct.

While the NCAA gave the program a score of 892, it also granted an exception because of the roster size. When a team has a combined total of fewer than 30 scholarship athletes on its roster during a rolling four-year period, the NCAA includes in its a calculation called an “upper confidence boundary” that determines what the score would be if adjusted to reflect a roster with at least 30 scholarship athletes during the four years. Jackson State had a roster size of 27 for the four-year period evaluated in the 2022-23 report.

“That’s pretty much the language in the policy,” said Katy Yurk, associate director of academics and membership affairs at the NCAA. “The squad size adjustment or the squad size boundary is there to account for a very, very small squad. And cross country is typically a very small squad.”

How Jackson State’s teams scored in the 2022-23 APR report

Here’s a look at the APR scores for Jackson State’s athletic teams included on the NCAA website:

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  • Women’s bowling 1,000
  • Volleyball 995
  • Men’s tennis 990
  • Women’s soccer 983
  • Women’s basketball 978
  • Softball 965
  • Women’s track and field 965
  • Women’s tennis 950
  • Men’s track and field 949
  • Men’s basketball 948
  • Baseball 938
  • Women’s cross country 938 (adjusted)
  • Men’s cross country 935
  • Football 936

JT Keith is the HBCU sports editor for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at [email protected] or reach him on Twitter @JTKEITH1.

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