Both the men's and women's basketball teams among those programs with a perfect graduation success rate.
TEMPE, Ariz. – Sun Devil Athletics has earned a new all-time high of 89 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for its student-athletes, announced by the NCAA on Tuesday.
Sun Devil Athletics has either maintained or surpassed its all-time best GSR every year since 2008 and is just four percentage points away from the top three in the Pac-12 Conference. A record eight teams posted GSR scores at 100 percent – men's basketball, women's basketball, gymnastics, hockey, women's swimming and diving, softball, women's tennis, and volleyball.
"Sun Devil Athletics has achieved an all-time high Graduation Success Rate of 89 percent," said Jean Boyd, Deputy Athletic Director and Chief of Staff. "For the 12th-consecutive year, SDA has maintained or increased its GSR. The Office of Student-Athlete Development, led by Andrea Lore, continues to be a catalyst for this great work, in partnership with our coaches, the campus community, and student-athletes."
Sun Devil Athletics' GSR has risen 20 percent since the metric was first introduced by the NCAA in 2005 and ASU set a new goal of 90 percent after surpassing its original goal of 80 percent in 2012.
ASU had an 83 percent GSR of African American student-athletes. African-American females are 100 percent, first in the Pac-12 for the second year in a row. African-American males are 79 percent. Among female student-athletes GSR is 96 percent, their third year in a row surpassing 95 percent, while among males it's 83 percent.
This was hockey's first year of reporting GSR, and they started out strong, earning 100 percent. Women's tennis and softball continued 12 and six-year streaks, respectively, in which they've recorded 100 percent GSR. Men's basketball, gymnastics and women's swimming and diving all reached 100 percent GSR for the third-straight year. Women's basketball and volleyball earned 100 percent for the second year in a row.
"Eight sports, including men's basketball, recorded 100 percent Graduation Success Rates. Our comprehensive goal remains 90 percent or above at all times and we will remain relentless in these efforts," said Boyd.
GSR is the NCAA's primary tool for measuring academic success in Division I athletics and, unlike the federal government's methodology, accounts for student-athlete transfers from one institution to another. It's designed to show the proportion of student-athletes on any given team who earn a college degree.
This is the 28th release of institutional graduation rates since national "right-to-know" legislation was passed in 1990. In 2005, the NCAA DI Committee on Academic Performance released the first set of GSR data.
TEMPE, Ariz. – Sun Devil Athletics has earned a new all-time high of 89 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for its student-athletes, announced by the NCAA on Tuesday.
Sun Devil Athletics has either maintained or surpassed its all-time best GSR every year since 2008 and is just four percentage points away from the top three in the Pac-12 Conference. A record eight teams posted GSR scores at 100 percent – men's basketball, women's basketball, gymnastics, hockey, women's swimming and diving, softball, women's tennis, and volleyball.
"Sun Devil Athletics has achieved an all-time high Graduation Success Rate of 89 percent," said Jean Boyd, Deputy Athletic Director and Chief of Staff. "For the 12th-consecutive year, SDA has maintained or increased its GSR. The Office of Student-Athlete Development, led by Andrea Lore, continues to be a catalyst for this great work, in partnership with our coaches, the campus community, and student-athletes."
Sun Devil Athletics' GSR has risen 20 percent since the metric was first introduced by the NCAA in 2005 and ASU set a new goal of 90 percent after surpassing its original goal of 80 percent in 2012.
ASU had an 83 percent GSR of African American student-athletes. African-American females are 100 percent, first in the Pac-12 for the second year in a row. African-American males are 79 percent. Among female student-athletes GSR is 96 percent, their third year in a row surpassing 95 percent, while among males it's 83 percent.
This was hockey's first year of reporting GSR, and they started out strong, earning 100 percent. Women's tennis and softball continued 12 and six-year streaks, respectively, in which they've recorded 100 percent GSR. Men's basketball, gymnastics and women's swimming and diving all reached 100 percent GSR for the third-straight year. Women's basketball and volleyball earned 100 percent for the second year in a row.
"Eight sports, including men's basketball, recorded 100 percent Graduation Success Rates. Our comprehensive goal remains 90 percent or above at all times and we will remain relentless in these efforts," said Boyd.
GSR is the NCAA's primary tool for measuring academic success in Division I athletics and, unlike the federal government's methodology, accounts for student-athlete transfers from one institution to another. It's designed to show the proportion of student-athletes on any given team who earn a college degree.
This is the 28th release of institutional graduation rates since national "right-to-know" legislation was passed in 1990. In 2005, the NCAA DI Committee on Academic Performance released the first set of GSR data.
