Faculty Athletic Representative Annual Presentation Sue Ann Bidstrup Allen Professor School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Presented to the Academic Senate & General Faculty Assembly November 27, 2012
What is a Faculty Athletic Representative? A FAR is a member of the faculty at an NCAAmember institution. He or she has been designated by the university or college to serve as a liaison between the institution and the athletics department, and also as a representative of the institution in conference and NCAA affairs. Each institution determines the role of the FAR at that particular university or college.
Roles of the GT Faculty Athletic Representative Represents the Institute as the FAR with the ACC and NCAA Serves as the Vice Chair of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association (GTAA) Board of Trustees Serves as the senior advisor, outside of the athletics department, to the GT President on matters related to intercollegiate athletics Along with the Athletic Director, recommends and formulates institutional positions on NCAA legislation and other matters affecting or related to intercollegiate athletics on campus Serves as the chair of the GTAA Academic Committee and a member of the SAFAC committee Serves as chair of the student athlete grievance committee and the transfer appeals committee Serves as a member of the GT Eligibility Certification Team Has a central role in institutional inquiries into alleged major rules violations Reports to the Academic Senate regarding the state of the Athletic Program
Transitions: Expansion of the ACC Current ACC Members: Boston College Duke Georgia Tech University of Miami North Carolina State Virginia Tech On September 18, 2011 ACC Commissioner John Swofford announced that University of Pittsburgh and Syracuse University will join the ACC. Their transition to the ACC will be completed by July 2013. In September 2012, it was announced that Notre Dame will join the ACC as a partner (participating in all sports except football and hockey). This transition will occur no later than 2015. Clemson Florida State University of Maryland University of North Carolina University of Virginia Wake Forest
Transitions: New Leadership for the GT Athletics Georgia Tech Athletics Director Dan Radakovich leaves to become Director of Athletics for Clemson University in November 2012. GT Senior Associate Director of Athletics, Paul Griffin, will serve as Interim Athletics Director.
Transitions: New Athletics Facilities McCamish Pavilion The McCamish Family made an eight figure commitment toward the construction of the new home of the Yellow Jackets men s and women s basketball teams. The McCamish Pavilion opens November 9 with the Men s Basketball Game against Tulane and November 11 with the Women s Basketball game against Tennessee. Ken Byers Tennis Complex In 2010, Kenneth G. Byers Jr. made a seven figure commitment that will result in the construction of a new tennis facility on the site of the existing Bill Moore Tennis Center. A ground breaking ceremony was held June 15, 2010 and construction should be completed by early next year.
GSR Graduation Success Rate GSR definition/explanation: GSR measures graduation rates at Division I institutions and includes students transferring into the institutions. The GSR also allows institutions to exclude student athletes who leave their institutions prior to graduation as long as they would have been academically eligible to compete had they remained. GSR is often compared to the Federal Graduation Rate. The Federal Rate does NOT factor transfers IN or transfers OUT who leave eligible. Essentially, the Federal Rate treats all transfers out as graduation failures. The NCAA believe the GSR is a more accurate and useful measurement of graduation success. FRESHMAN COHORT GRADUATION RATES All Students Student Athletes # 2005 06 Graduation Rate 79% 62% Four Class Average 79% 63% Student Athlete Graduation Success Rate 76% GSR Cohort (four year average) = Averages 4 consecutive incoming classes on their graduation success. Each student has six years from their start date to complete their degree. GSR includes transfer students and students who begin their studies mid semester.
GSR Graduation Success Rate Sport GSR Fed. Rate 76% 63% Baseball 76% 37% Men's Basketball 18% 15% Men's Cross Country/Track 76% 74% Football 55% 45% Golf 100% 100% Men's Swimming 95% 80% Men's Tennis 89% 88% Women's Basketball 86% 71% Women's Cross Country/Track 93% 85% Softball 84% 73% Women's Swimming 100% 90% Women's Tennis 91% 71% Volleyball 92% 85% 2012 GSR = 76 percent. Year 05-06 04-05 03-04 02-03 01-02 00-01 GSR (4 yr avg.) 76% 77% 75% 71% 70% 70% Single-year grad % 72% 79% 82% 70% 77% 69%
FGR and GSR : Comparison with ACC Schools Federal Graduation Rates (FGR) for 2011 12 NCAA Graduation Success Rates (GSR) for 2011 12
GSR : Comparison with ACC Schools FUTURE PROJECTIONS:
Academic Highlights One hundred and forty one recent and former studentathletes graduated from Georgia Tech last year. Over 40% of those graduating from the Bachelor's program did so with Honors! The mean GPA for student athletes during Spring semester 2012 was 2.91, which represents an increase in the Fall 2011 mean GPA of 2.87. All of the women s teams had a team mean GPA greater 3.0andwomen sbasketballhadarecordhighmeangpa of 3.04 in Spring 2012. Four of the men s teams (Golf, Swimming, Track, and Tennis) also had a team mean GPA over 3.0. Baseball, Football and Men s Basketball had higher team GPA s in Spring Semester 2012 than in Fall Semester 2011.
Academic Progress Rate (APR) The APR is a real time assessment of a team s academic performance, which awards two points each term to scholarship student athletes who meet academic eligibility standards and who remain with the institution.
APR Academic Progress Rate The Academic Progress Rate (also known as APR) is a metric established by the NCAA to measure the success or failure of collegiate athletic teams in moving student athletes towards graduation. Collegiate sports teams that fail to achieve an APR score of 930 equivalent to a 50% graduation rate may be penalized with the loss of scholarships. A perfect score is 1000. APR is calculated by allocating points for eligibility and retention. Georgia Tech APR
Football Guest Coach Program 2012 Football Season Guest Coaches: Jonathan Clarke (Management) Michael Warden (Communications) Sophia Herbert Peterson (OSP) Seletha Butler (Management) Aaron Levine (Public Policy) Sandy Mason (Management) Roger Mason (EII) Charles Mulford (Management) Jud Ready (MSE & GTRI) Aaron Santesso (LCC) Christopher Doyle (OSP) Henry Sauermann (Management) Patty Bazrod (DoPP) Chaffee Viets (Presidential Scholars Program) Tiber Besedes (Economics) Michael Buchanan (IPST) Greg Nobles (HTS) Colin Potts (Computing) Bill Gregory (GTRI) Omar Rodriguez (Management) Kathleen Hangii (LCC) Bryan Church (Management) Patrick Anthony (DoPP) Mary Fisher (DoPP) Mitchell Walker (AE) Mick West (GTRI) Cheryl Leggon (Public Policy) Bill Todd (Management) Paul Kohn (Enrollment Services) Eric Overby (Management) John Leonard (CEE)
2012 Georgia Power Professors of Excellence Julie Swann: College of Engineering Howie Weis: College of Sciences Karen Lu: College of Computing Carl DiSalvo: Ivan Allan College Benjy Flowers: College of Architecture Frank Rothaermel: College of Business
Questions/Issues regarding GT Athletic Program? Contact: Sue Ann Bidstrup Allen Faculty Athletic Representative 4 2872/5 5053 sue.allen@coe.gatech.edu