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LR Posts Arkansas' Highest D1 Graduation Success Rate

LITTLE ROCK – For the fifth time in the last six years, Little Rock has earned the top Graduation Success Rate among all Division I athletic departments in the state of Arkansas.
 
"We are extremely proud of our student-athletes and their commitment to the classroom," Little Rock Director of Athletics Chasse Conque said. "The academic success of our young people is a direct reflection of the student-athletes we recruit to Little Rock and the emphasis our coaches place on academic performance. Our academic track record combined with our commitment to competing for championships makes for a tremendous collegiate experience for our student-athletes."
 
The Trojans' overall GSR was 86 percent, the best among any Division I team in the state. Little Rock's student-athletes were the only ones in the state to reach the 80 percent mark, and the department's GSR exceeded the national average of 83 percent.
 
The Little Rock volleyball team posted a perfect score of 100, nine points above the national average and six points above any other Division I program in Arkansas. Little Rock women's golf also achieved a perfect score of 100.
 
The men's basketball team had a high GSR as well, earning a score of 92 percent that is nearly 20 points above the national average and 16 points better than other Division I teams in the state.
 
Women's basketball held a GSR of 83 percent, again tops in the state, and the baseball team's GSR was at 82 percent to sit five points above the national average.
 
Two other Trojan programs finished above 80 percent. The Little Rock men's golf team posted a GSR of 89 percent, and the swimming team's GSR was 83 percent.

The NCAA GSR is designed to show the proportion of student-athletes on any given team who earn a college degree. The NCAA has imposed a new set of academic standards that seeks to hold teams and institutions accountable for how well a student-athlete progresses toward a degree.

The GSR was developed in response to colleges and universities who asked for an alternative rate that more accurately reflects the movement among college student-athletes. The GSR takes into account incoming transfers who graduate from a different institution than the one in which they started and transfers who leave an institution in good standing.

The GSR starts with all freshmen who enter college in a given year. It excludes from the denominator those athletes who leave the institution in good academic standing and includes in the numerator those who transfer into the institution and go on to graduate. The GSR better accounts for the high mobility of student-athletes.
 
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