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| Coastal Carolina received a
healthy Academic Progress Rate
report card Tuesday.
Only one Chanticleer athletic
program, the men's outdoor track
team, received a scholarship-reduction
penalty as a result of the fourth APR
report conducted by the NCAA.
In men's basketball and football, Coastal remained as the top-scoring
school in the Big South.
``I'm pleased that our people are
doing what they have to do,'' CCU
athletics director Warren ``Moose''
Koegel said. ``We have a couple
sports that need to improve.''
Outside of men's track (903), base
ball (917) and men' soccer (906) every
CCU athletic team scored above the Coastal baseball scored an 882
in 2003, while the soccer team
posted an 833.
Both sports were hurt by
transfers, which count against
the graduation rate. Since base
ball and track offer partial
scholarships there is less incen
tive to remain with a program.
``The first year [of APR], no
one knew what was going on,''
Mazurkiewicz said. ``[APR]
changed the culture of how
people think about things,
recruiting ... keeping kids
eligible.''
Waivers must be supplied for
players like Jerome Simpson,
who didn't complete his degree at
Coastal to prepare for the NFL
Draft. However, since Simpson
was an eligible athlete who was
drafted he should not damage the
football APR next season, accord
ing to Mazurkiewicz.
Women's tennis (991) was
near perfect on the 0-1,000
point scale.
Men's golf (978), men's ... |
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