HONOLULU – University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Athletics saw its Academic Performance Rate (APR) all-sport average score dip from last year's all-time high of 987 in figures released by the NCAA. UH's score of 963 is based out of 1,000.
 
Five teams posted perfect single-year scores of 1,000, including men's tennis and women's volleyball, both of whom secured perfect 1,000 multi-year scores. For men's tennis, it marked their highest all-time multi-year score while women's volleyball equaled their all-time high from 2008-09.
 
In addition, four teams recorded multi-year scores above their sports' national average – men's basketball (988), men's tennis (1,000), softball (991), and women's volleyball (1,000).
 
The APR is calculated based on the number of student-athletes on scholarship and those who are retained and remain eligible for competition. The multi-year rate includes single-year scores from the past four academic years (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25).
 
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. For the 18^th consecutive year, no UH 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).