麻豆原创鈥檚 football team ranked No. 1 among all of the state鈥檚 public universities 鈥� and the men鈥檚 golf and women鈥檚 tennis teams posted perfect scores — in new graduation data released Tuesday.
The football team鈥檚 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, 麻豆原创 posted a program-best 83 percent Graduation Success Rate, tied with the University of Florida for the top rating among the state鈥檚 public universities.
鈥淲e once again did very well across the board and continued to increase the academic achievement of our athletics program,鈥� said Keith Tribble, director of Athletics. 鈥淚 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.鈥�
Women鈥檚 tennis posted a GSR of 100 for the sixth consecutive year. Men鈥檚 golf recorded a perfect score for the third time. Four other 麻豆原创 teams 鈥� women鈥檚 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.
鈥淭hese results are testament to the hard work by our student-athletes, coaches and academic advisors in promoting academic success and achievement,鈥� said Kimya Massey, director of Academic Services for Student-Athletes (ASSA). 鈥淭his shows that the 麻豆原创 is not just maintaining athletics success on the field, but in the classroom as well.鈥�
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