More good APR news for Southern University

BAGON ROUGE, Louisiana - During lunch on Thursday, Southern Athletic Director William Broussard’s phone kept buzzing in his pocket. When he checked it, he saw three missed calls from assistant academic counselor Trayvean Scott.

“I started thinking, is the place on fire?” Broussard said.

In darker days — those marred by severe penalties related to the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate — a flurry of calls from someone in Scott’s position may have spelled trouble, but those days are becoming a thing of the past at Southern.

Scott was calling with good news. SU had heard from the NCAA on its grant proposal, and the results were a first for all parties involved.

Southern received $21,300 from the NCAA’s Supplemental Support Fund — believed to be a school record — to be put toward sprucing up the Jaguars’ academic support of student-athletes.

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