Southeast Missouri State avoids sanctions in NCAA's latest APR report

Southeast Missouri State athletics received a clean bill of health regarding the NCAA's annual Academic Progress Rate results released Tuesday.

None of Southeast's 15 sports were hit with any penalties from the NCAA for the 2011-12 season. Both the football and men's basketball programs lost scholarships for APR scores deemed subpar by the NCAA last year.

Scores were calculated based on a four-year period from the 2006 fall semester through the 2010 spring semester. Each athlete receives one point per semester for remaining academically eligible and another point each semester for remaining at that school or graduating.

Teams that score too low can face immediate penalties. If a program consistently scores too low, it can be slapped with the NCAA's toughest sanctions, like a ban from postseason play.

Eight Southeast programs received perfect APR scores of 1,000 for the 2009-10 academic year. Those were among 72 Ohio Valley Conference programs to earn perfect marks.

Attaining APR perfection in 2009-10 were baseball, men's cross country, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's gymnastics, women's indoor track, women's outdoor track and volleyball.

Other Southeast APR scores for 2009-10 were men's basketball (915), football (938), men's indoor track (939), men's outdoor track (939), soccer (972), softball (984) and tennis (958).

Nine Southeast programs achieved their highest four-year APR scores, led by a perfect 1,000 by women's gymnastics. That squad recently received a public recognition award from the NCAA.

Southeast teams also attaining their best four-year APR scores were baseball (968), football (937), softball (981), women's basketball (952), soccer (971), tennis (977), women's indoor track (977) and women's outdoor track (978).

Other Southeast scores were men's basketball (908), men's cross country (990), men's indoor track (942), men's outdoor track (941), women's cross country (969) and volleyball (986).

Three OVC programs were penalized with the loss of one scholarship for 2011-12: Tennessee-Martin men's and women's basketball and Eastern Kentucky women's basketball.

The NCAA reported that 103 programs at 67 schools were penalized, down from 137 programs at 80 schools last year. There are more than 6,400 programs in Division I.