Virginia Athletics matches its highest NCAA Graduation Success Rate

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

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The NCAA has released its annual Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data for incoming student-athletes from 2011-2014, and the scores for Virginia student-athletes matches the highest since the NCAA began issuing the report. Cavalier student-athletes covered during the current report graduated at a 95 percent rate, the same rate from last year’s report that was the highest mark for UVA athletics since the NCAA launched the GSR program in 1998.

The NCAA’s national average for this year’s reporting range is 88 percent.

The Graduation Success Rate measures graduation rates for student-athletes by team. The GSR considers student-athletes who are on scholarship their first year and who graduate from their respective universities or leave their programs, via transfer to other universities or for professional opportunities, while in good academic standing.

A complete and searchable Graduation Rates Report is available online at NCAA.org.

The data shows that 19 of 21 of Virginia’s programs matched or exceed the national average (88 percent) for their respective GSR scores and the other two programs were just behind the national average at 86 percent. A total of 10 UVA programs recorded perfect 100 percent graduation rates: baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s cross country and track & field, women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming and volleyball.

Two of Virginia’s program’s – men’s tennis and volleyball – posted 100 percent graduation rates for the 17th consecutive year, which covers the entire history of the report. The Cavalier women’s golf team had a 100 percent rate for the 12th straight year, which covers the history of its program. Women’s cross country/track & field and women’s swimming achieved a perfect mark for the eighth straight year. The UVA women’s lacrosse team had its 12th 100 percent graduation total in the 15-year history of the report.