NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative Repor

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Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern Faculty Athletics Committee Representative Reports Faculty Senate Representative Reports from University Committees 1-2020 NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative Report, Jan. 2020 Y'Lonne Hodges Georgia Southern University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/facsen_rep_athletics Recommended Citation Hodges, Y'Lonne, "NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative Report, Jan. 2020" (2020). Faculty Athletics Committee Representative Reports. 1. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/facsen_rep_athletics/1 This report is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Senate Representative Reports from University Committees at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Athletics Committee Representative Reports by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu. 43  NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative Report to the Faculty Senate  Georgia Southern University  January, 2020  Submitted by Chris Geyerman, NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative 1. Below is an academic overview of Georgia Southern Student Athletes for Fall Semester, 2019: Fall 2019 Overall GPA for Athletics=2.96    11 of the 16 teams earned a 3.0 or higher for Fall 2019 President's List (4.0)=59 Dean's List (3.50-3.99)=71 Honor Roll (3.00-3.49)=81 Total Number of Student Athletes with a 3.0 or higher=211  Fall 2019 Team GPA Overview  Rifle=3.54  Softball=3.45  Volleyball=3.27  Women's Basketball=2.87  Women's Golf=3.24  Women's Soccer=3.20  Swimming and Diving=3.47  Women's Track and Field=2.56  Women's Cross Country=2.89  Women's Tennis=3.53  Baseball=3.20  Football=2.57  Men's Basketball=2.22  Men's Golf=3.47  Men's Soccer=2.93  Men's Tennis=3.39 2. The Director of Athletics resigned effective January 21, 2020. The search for a new Athletic Director is underway.  44   3. Below is the link to access NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and Federal Graduation Rate for Georgia Southern University:   http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/graduation-success-rate  4. Below is the link to access NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) for Georgia Southern University: https://web3.ncaa.org/aprsearch/aprsearch  5. Below is a link to the “Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics,” the goal of which is “to ensure that intercollegiate athletics programs operate within the educational mission of their colleges and universities.” http://www.knightcommission.org/  6. Below is a link to “The Drake Group,” whose mission “is to defend academic integrity in higher education from the corrosive aspects of commercialized college sports.” http://thedrakegroup.org/    

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NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative Report, Jan. 2020

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