ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½βs football team ranked No. 1 among all of the stateβs public universities β and the menβs golf and womenβs tennis teams posted perfect scores — in new graduation data released Tuesday.
The football teamβs Graduation Success Rate released by the NCAA was 79 percent, 12 points above the national average. Within Conference USA, only Rice posted a higher GSR for football.
Overall, ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ posted a program-best 83 percent Graduation Success Rate, tied with the University of Florida for the top rating among the stateβs public universities.
βWe once again did very well across the board and continued to increase the academic achievement of our athletics program,β said Keith Tribble, director of Athletics. βI am very proud of our student-athletes, our coaches and dedicated academic support staff for their efforts year-round. No question the continued commitment from our university in graduating our student-athletes is evident in our annual increases.β
Womenβs tennis posted a GSR of 100 for the sixth consecutive year. Menβs golf recorded a perfect score for the third time. Four other ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ teams β womenβs basketball, rowing, volleyball and softball — recorded scores of 90 and above.
The NCAA releases updated graduation data every year. The data released Tuesday are for students who first enrolled in 2004.
βThese results are testament to the hard work by our student-athletes, coaches and academic advisors in promoting academic success and achievement,β said Kimya Massey, director of Academic Services for Student-Athletes (ASSA). βThis shows that the ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ is not just maintaining athletics success on the field, but in the classroom as well.β
For more information, see the full story from ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ Athletics.