Good work players and staff

Keep it up!!!

Go Bears

Was that a Freudian slip? Arp? Lol

moonpod;842679179 said:

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Was that a Freudian slip? Arp? Lol

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I blame the phone lol

Whats the point of reference for 997 compared to Tedford years? Conference average? Nationwide? Link?

GranadaHillsBear;842679187 said:

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Whats the point of reference for 997 compared to Tedford years? Conference average? Nationwide? Link?

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From Calbears.com

BERKELEY - A record 13 of 25 measured intercollegiate athletic teams from the University of California, Berkeley's posted scores of 1,000 the highest possible on their 2014-15 Academic Progress Rates, including men's basketball, while the Golden Bear football program registered a score of 997, according to the latest data released by the NCAA.

"This latest APR report shows that the great majority of our teams and student-athletes continue to perform very well in the classroom," Director of Athletics Mike Williams said. "It is a testament to their hard work and dedication to their academic pursuits to witness such consistently high scores. In addition, for those sports where we had been deficient in recent years, we are seeing the tangible results of systems and culture changes we have put in place. Under Sonny Dykes, our football program's trajectory remains on an upward path, and the first-year results for our men's basketball team under Cuonzo Martin couldn't be any better."

2016 Cal APR graphic

The rise in scores, particularly for the football and men's basketball teams, continues a trend that began with the hiring of head coaches Dykes and Martin. After successive one-year scores under 930 in the two years before Dykes arrived on campus, the past three rates for the football program have been 969, 946 and now 997 to lift the squad's four-year APR average to 960 its highest since 2008-09. Cal's 997 APR ties for the highest in the Pac-12 for the 2014-15 academic year.

"The success of our student-athletes is a team effort that starts with Chancellor Dirks giving us the support we need, our Director of Athletics Mike Williams understanding how important it us to provide academic resources for our students and so many others making critical contributions," Dykes said. "There's been a change in the culture of our program and I'm really proud of our student-athletes in so many different ways. I'm proud of who they are, what they stand for, their work ethic and how they emphasize academics. It's fun to watch our student-athletes have success in the classroom because you know it's going to lead to success in life and make them better citizens when they graduate from Cal. I'm really excited about what they have accomplished and am already looking forward to next year when we should continue the upward trajectory with even stronger academic numbers."

While Martin has overseen Cal's men's basketball program for a shorter period of time, the 1,000 APR score for the 2014-15 academic year reflects the rate for his first full year in Berkeley. Like football, men's basketball saw its four-year APR rise to 960, also its highest score in seven years.

Three Cal teams men's tennis, women's tennis and women's volleyball received NCAA Public Recognition Awards for posting four-year APR averages of 1,000 in an announcement last week. Men's tennis earned the honor as for the seventh year in a row, women's tennis, which has been ranked as the No. 1 team in the country for much of the season, was honored for the sixth consecutive year, and volleyball picked up the distinction for the fourth time in its history.

In addition to men's basketball, the other programs with 1,000 APR scores for 2014-15 were: men's and women's cross country, women's golf, men's gymnastics, women's lacrosse, men's soccer, men's swimming & diving, men's and women's tennis, women's volleyball, and men's and women's water polo. Five other teams scored at least 990, giving the Bears 18 of 25 programs above the threshold.

Looking at four-year averages, six sports showed an improvement of 10 or more points from previous reporting period, led by football's +19 and a +16 from women's track & field. Among other teams, men's swimming & diving rose 15 points and women's basketball was up 13 points. A total of 15 teams produced multi-year APRs of 975 or higher, with nine at or above 985.

Every year, the NCAA tracks the classroom performance of student-athletes on every officially sanctioned NCAA Division I team through the annual scorecard of academic achievement, known as APR. The rate accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of each team's academic performance. Created in 2003 by the NCAA to provide an annual "real-time" sport-by-sport snapshot of the academic performance of student-athletes, APR reporting also includes a four-year average in addition to the most recent one-year average. The four-year APR results reported Wednesday include the 2011-12 through 2014-15 academic years, while the one-year APR result reported accounts for 2014-15.

4 year avg only, I don't know how to find the specific year number on the NCAA website:

JT
04-05: 945
05-06: 965
06-07: 967
07-08: 970
08-09: 969
09-10: 949
10-11: 936
11-12: 935

12-13: 938 (JT & Dykes)
13-14: 941
14-15: 960

Aarp?

We are quick to take shots at our administrators for things like L'Affaire Hufnagel (and deservedly so), but there are a lot of good things going on, as well.

Go Bears!

+997

okaydo;842679195 said:

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This would have been a lot easier than compiling the averages as I did...

Well done!!! This is so great to see!!!

omg ... All those remarks about pre-Dykes ...
wtf ... how can furd be less than 1000 ... did guys get so hyped on chemicals they forgot to drop classes before finals ?????

okaydo;842679210 said:

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Heard the number during the Spring Game... Fantastic! Kudos to all involved, SD on up and down; and of course the young men.

SonOfCalVa;842679214 said:

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omg ... All those remarks about pre-Dykes ...
wtf ... how can furd be less than 1000 ... did guys get so hyped on chemicals they forgot to drop classes before finals ?????

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I often disagree with you - but agree 100% on this one! Most noticeable score of other Pac schools was Furd's - would love to see some stories about that slip in the local rags, but won't be holding my breath...

goldenokiebear;842679230 said:

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I often disagree with you - but agree 100% on this one! Most noticeable score of other Pac schools was Furd's - would love to see some stories about that slip in the local rags, but won't be holding my breath...

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Furd and UCLA's slippage should be noteworthy. As should ASU thoroughly outclassing UofA in APR. (Another reason why we really, really, really DON'T want UofA's FB coach at Cal, despite what some on this board - and drunkoski - will say.)

Thanks for the clarification everyone. This is an impressive increase in our APR. Dykes and staff deserve a LOT of credit in running a program with integrity

Uthaithani;842679237 said:

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Furd and UCLA's slippage should be noteworthy. As should ASU thoroughly outclassing UofA in APR. (Another reason why we really, really, really DON'T want UofA's FB coach at Cal, despite what some on this board - and drunkoski - will say.)

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Coaches do what is expected by the Athletic Depts that hire them. I'm sure coaches wouldn't choose on their own volition to have an 80/20 policy, or set an arbitrarily high APR target otherwise. Just like how LaTech didn't probably require Sonny to have a high APR during his tenure, which hovered around 950 (good for 11th in the PAC).

We made it clear a high APR is critical for Cal, and Sonny has done a great job in delivering that, and is a huge reason why he was extended with generous terms, with incentives to keep APR high.

Happy to see that APR. Cal does best with players who want to play and go to school in Berkeley.

beeasyed;842679254 said:

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Coaches do what is expected by the Athletic Depts that hire them. I'm sure coaches wouldn't choose on their own volition to have an 80/20 policy, or set an arbitrarily high APR target otherwise.

We made it clear a high APR is critical for Cal, and Sonny has done a good job in doing so, and is prob. a huge reason why he was extended with generous terms, and now incentivized to keep APR high.

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and further extension depend on not only APR but also getting at least a minimum winning season (7) which would get a bowl game. Along with APR, athletic recruiting seems to be improving also and, for 2016, is still continuing.

furd lower than $c, omg, the shame, and fucla below them ... :woohoo:

Seems like this can help reinforce to recruits that they can succeed academically at Cal.

going4roses;842679178 said:

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Good work players and staff

Keep it up!!!

Go Bears

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Great, GREAT!! News. Made my day.

Congrats, give Dykes and co props, and the kids.

On a side note: I believe the new grad transfer eligibility rules have also been a motivating factor. Now there's a good reason to take care of school...you'll get another chance in the right circumstances.

Paging Mr. OaktownBear, a Mr. OaktownBear to the white courtesy phone please.

Vandalus;842679274 said:

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Paging Mr. OaktownBear, a Mr. OaktownBear to the white courtesy phone please.

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Funny

Just another clear sign of the upward trend

D Rob come on out
NFL draft in 2 days

Go Bears

Vandalus;842679274 said:

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Paging Mr. OaktownBear, a Mr. OaktownBear to the white courtesy phone please.

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True Bears never believe everything they read.

NYCGOBEARS;842679297 said:

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True Bears never believe everything they read.

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Yeah, except it was our AD saying it on a live tv broadcast. It wasn't exactly a boston market source.

Vandalus;842679311 said:

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Yeah, except it was our AD saying it on a live tv broadcast. It wasn't exactly a boston market source.

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Ok, so he's anti authoritarian.

I feel like I missed something here...

Anyway, congratulations Bears!

NYCGOBEARS;842679313 said:

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Ok, so he's anti authoritarian.

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Yeah that's it lol

Vandalus;842679274 said:

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Paging Mr. OaktownBear, a Mr. OaktownBear to the white courtesy phone please.

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This is the first moment Mr. OaktownBear has been on the board since there was an actual official announcement, which I pointed out was coming any time. Mr. OaktownBear congratulates Sonny Dykes for a great turnaround and also Mike Williams for overseeing a great turnaround throughout the department and most definitely Cuonzo Martin (and 12 other coaches) for a perfect score and most importantly the student athletes that achieved it. Mr. OaktownBear also congratulates any members of the department who supported an actual turnaround in the academics of the student athletic programs after decades of failure and enablement. This has always been a very important issue to me and it has pained me to see how poorly Cal has performed and how the athletic department has in the past gotten away with incompetence in this area I think largely due to Cal fans believing that an institution like Cal would always do the right thing on academics. I have lived through one athletic director claiming year after year that one losing football coach was doing things the right way and that miserable academic statistics were due to his predecessor when he should have had the info that clearly indicated this was false. I've lived through another athletic director who ignored requests for support and pretended the problem didn't exist until she couldn't hide it anymore than tried to blame everyone else. Yes, that has made me distrustful. I have at times defended Mike Williams and at times been severely critical, but this accomplishment, if it is sustained and marks an actual, long term turnaround in the department may be the best accomplishment of an athletic department in my lifetime. Dirks also deserves a lot of credit for taking action when he inherited a horrible situation, including reassigning personnel who had failed and demanding excellence rather than believing excuses.

Now let's turn APR success into an actual substantial increase in graduation rates, which will be something that we will unfortunately have to wait to see statistically since it is a statistic that by its nature lags. Graduating our student athletes is what it is really all about and I am now hopeful we will see better results in the future.

Vandalus;842679274 said:

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Paging Mr. OaktownBear, a Mr. OaktownBear to the white courtesy phone please.

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Ha I clicked this thread hoping to see his response now that he can't disavow the number.

Really, really awesome news. Couldn't be more pleased (although we did hear the 997 a few weeks back directly from Sonny, so it wasn't exactly a shock).

Now as to that Arizona number - 916? That's 40 points below the next lowest school in the Pac 12. Considering your rolling average has to be 930 to be bowl eligible they definitely have some issues to deal with.

Oh, and the Furd can suck it.