APR results in 1 scholarship lost for the Warriors

About how one of their current scholarship basketball players has to sacrifice for the team, Bob Nash said:
"We'll have to ask one player to sacrifice and pay his own schooling for one year. But we are planning on keeping everybody on the roster." (HA)

HA Note: "The men's basketball team was docked two scholarships, reducing its total from 13 to 11 for the 2008-09 season. The Rainbow Warriors currently have 12 players on scholarship."

HA Note: "The UH football team was penalized one scholarship, and the baseball team was penalized 0.48 of a scholarship. The 16 other athletic programs at UH received passing grades by the NCAA, including perfect scores of 1,000 during the 2006-07 academic year for women's basketball, women's volleyball, cross country, and indoor and outdoor track and field."

About the scholarship losses for basketball, football, and baseball, Jim Donovan said:
"I can't say I'm happy about three of these scores — the rest are acceptable or above average. With that said, we have new coaches, who are working hard to change these scores, we have an academic staff that's working hard to change theses scores, and a faculty athletic representative who's working closely with our coaches and academic staff to develop processes and build a culture to raise these scores. From my perspective having been here for only 40 days, I'm satisfied that we're putting in a culture and we have a support system that should improve these APR scores." (HA)

HSB Note: "The Warriors football team, though suffering a scholarship loss for the third straight year, provides an example of the gains possible in a year. The team posted a score of 980 in 2006-07 to raise its cumulative score from 902 to 921 in a year's time. That score was two years removed from a 869 showing, when five scholarships were lost."

About their huge improvement in their APR, Mack said:
"It's got to be the biggest turnaround in scholastic history. We got one of the top scores in the country. We're really proud of that." (HSB)

HSB Note: "McMackin said the Warriors lost a scholarship because of a player who left school several years ago who wasn't in good academic standing -- an 0-for-2."

About how the scholarship loss will not hurt them right now, Mack said:
"It won't hurt this recruiting class." (HSB)

HSB Note: "UH lost five football scholarships in 2006 and one last year due to APR."

About how he doesn't want to change his philosophy of trying to help unhappy backup players transfer to schools where they could get playing time, Mack said:
"We're straight with them and if we can help them get somewhere we will. But any transfer, you end up losing points. It's a tough rule. I hope there's some reform." (HSB)