UH won't lose any scholarships for the APR for the first time in 6 years

HSA Note: "All 18 teams surpassed the multi-year benchmark by which the NCAA measures academic retention, progress and graduation for athletes for the 2008-09 academic year, according to an NCAA report. In previous years UH's football, baseball and men's basketball teams were docked scholarships for failing to meet minimum standards or at risk. Four years ago the football team was docked five scholarships, while men's basketball and baseball received lesser penalties."

Happy that they will not have any APR penalties, JD said:
"While I'm pleased with the overall effort, we can't rest on our laurels and we'll work hard to do better." (HSA)

About the APR improvement, JD said:
"I think the improvement is a credit to an ongoing collaborative culture from the coaches, staff and athletes emphasizing the importance of athletics. (associate athletic director) Marilyn Moniz-Kaho'ohanohano coordinated sport-specific plans for improvement." (HSA)

About how men's basketball had a perfect score of 1,000 for a second consecutive year, JD said:
"That's a reflection on coach (Bob) Nash and his dedication to academics." (HSA)

HSA Note: "Eight UH sports—men's basketball, men's swimming and diving, men's tennis, women's cross country, women's swimming and diving, women's tennis, women's volleyball and water polo—hit perfect single-year 1,000 scores, the school said."

About UH's APR improvements, UH faculty athletic representative Peter Nicholson said:
"We are getting closer to our goal of raising our all-team APR into the upper 50th percentile (nationally)." (HSA)

HSA Note: "Meanwhile, UH said it is expecting improvement from men's golf (909), men's volleyball (896) and women's golf (917), which all had poor single-year scores but will not face sanctions yet because their multi-year numbers were still above the 925 benchmark."

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