HONOLULU – University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Athletics posted an all-sport Academic Performance Rate (APR) score of 980 in figures released by the NCAA Tuesday. The multiyear score is an average of all UH sports and based out of 1,000.
 
UH's score from the academic year 2020-21 was down from its all-time high of 986 set last year and 984 during the 2018-19 academic year. UH's all-sport APR dropped for the first time since 2012-13. Hawai'i had improved its score each year from 2013-14 through 2019-20. (Note: APR scores were not released publicly last year)
 
Men's golf posted its first perfect multiyear score of 1,000. In addition, eight of the school's 18 teams posted perfect single-year scores of 1,000, down from a record 11 during the 2018-19 academic year. Among the teams that posted perfect single-year scores included six of 11 women's programs – basketball, golf, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, and tennis. Two men's sports also posted perfect single-year scores – golf and swimming and diving.
 
A record eight teams posted multiyear scores of 990 or higher while five programs equaled or set new all-time multiyear scores – baseball (983), men's golf (1,000), men's tennis (991), men's volleyball (995), and women's swimming (997). In addition, 12 teams scored above their sports' respective national averages.

 

Sport	2020-21 Single-year	Multi-year	National Multiyear Average	Notes
Baseball	991	983	977	Tied all-time multiyear high score
Men's Basketball	917	974	968	Best multiyear score since 2011-12
Football	947	946	969	Multiyear -6 points since 2018-19
Men's Golf	1,000	1,000	988	First multiyear 1,000; 7th single-year 1,000 in the last 9
Men's Swim & Dive	1,000	993	986	Third straight single-year 1,000
Men's Tennis	963	991	986	Highest all-time multiyear score
Men's Volleyball	981	995	986	Tied all-time multiyear high score
Women's Basketball	1,000	965	983	Improved multiyear score +1 since 2018-19
Women's Beach Volleyball	986	986	993	Improved multiyear +23 since 2018-19
Women's Cross Country	938	978	990	Lowest multiyear score since 2014-15 (977)
Women's Golf	1,000	952	993	Lowest multiyear since 2012-13 (950)
Softball	1,000	988	987	7th straight multiyear of 984 or higher
Women's Soccer	1,000	991	990	Single-year score above 987 for 5th straight year
Women's Swim & Dive	1,000	997	993	Tied all-time multiyear high score
Women's Tennis	1,000	992	991	7th  single-year 1,000 in the last 8 years
Women's Track & Field	966	989	984	Multiyear score -4 from 2018-19
Women's Volleyball	979	990	989	Highest multiyear score since 2009-10 (995)
Women's Water Polo	980	975	987	Multiyear score -9 since 2018-19

 

























The APR is calculated based on the number of student-athletes on scholarship and those who are retained and remain eligible for competition. Teams with a four-year score below 930 or a 950 average over the most recent two years, can be penalized by a loss of scholarships and post-season ban. The multi-year rate includes single-year scores from the past four academic years (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21) and for the 14^th consecutive year, no UHM team will be penalized with loss of scholarship.
 
The NCAA Committee on Academic Performance instituted the APR data requirements beginning in the 2003-04 academic year. The benchmark of 930 projects to an NCAA Graduation Success Rate of approximately 50 percent. The overall goal of measuring APRs is to encourage improved academic performance and help institutional administrators examine admission policies, retention and graduation rates, and improve academic support for student-athletes. Only student-athletes on scholarship are factored into the APR scores.
 
UH fields 21 intercollegiate sports programs, however, the NCAA's APR only includes 18 as indoor and outdoor track and field are counted as one score and coed and women's sailing are non-NCAA sports.
 
More information about the APR is available on the NCAA website (www.ncaa.org).