The NCAA's long-awaited announcement on academic performance rates (APR) came Wednesday with only one University of Tennessee team suffering an initial penalty.

UT's baseball team will lose 1.17 scholarships for one year for falling below the required score of 925.

The penalty reflects 10 percent of baseball's NCAA-allowed 11.7 scholarships.

The NCAA report provides information about the academic progress and retention of student-athletes. Teams build points for athletes remaining academically eligible and staying in school.

When a team's APR falls below 925 (equivalent to a 60 percent graduation rate), the team is subject to "contemporaneous penalties" if an athlete on that team goes "oh-for-two," by being ineligible and leaving the team.

Of 6,112 teams in all Division I sports nationwide, only 99 will be tagged with scholarship reductions.

UT's football APR was 926. Men's basketball was 918, which was close enough to qualify for what the NCAA calls a "confidence boundary" awarded to squads with a small number of athletes to measure.

All of UT's women's sports were comfortably above 925.

Baseball checked in at 850. Players leaving after their junior year to turn professional weighed in the lower score.

Nationally, 23 football teams, 21 baseball teams and 17 men's basketball teams suffered scholarship penalties.

UT's multi-year academic progress rates for individual sports:
Men's sport	APR	Women's Sport	APR
Baseball	850	Softball	944
Basketball	918+	Basketball	970
Cross Country	930	Cross Country	992
Golf	990	Golf	984
Football	926	Rowing	981
Swimming and Diving	893+	Swimming and Diving	971
Tennis	917+	Tennis	971
Track and Field, Indoor	938	Track and Field, Indoor	981
Track and Field, Outdoor	944	Track and Field, Outdoor	981
--	--	Soccer	979
--	--	Volleyball	982 +

+ — Denotes APR that does not subject the team to contemporaneous penalties due to the squad-size adjustment.

"The intent of the legislations has merit,'' said UT associate athletic director Carmen Tegano. "But I think it was directed at other sports and they didn't think about the fact that in baseball, it's standard operating procedure to leave after your third year.

"I know baseball coaches and administrators in general around the country are hoping the NCAA will take a second look.''

The impact of losing 1.17 scholarships in baseball can vary. Unlike football and basketball, baseball and other sports often divide scholarships among several players.

Nationally, Temple was hit hard with the loss of nine football scholarships. Middle Tennessee State loses five.

In basketball, 10 schools lose two scholarships, among them East Carolina.