TEMPE, Ariz. – Sun Devil Athletics has matched its all-time high of 92 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 fourth in the Pac-12 Conference. Eight teams posted GSR scores at 100 percent – men's basketball, women's basketball, women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, women's swimming and diving, women's tennis and triathlon.
"Andrea Lore and her diverse staff have done an incredible job of working with more than 650 student-athletes to continue to stay elite in the Pac-12 in all academic areas," Vice President for University Athletics Ray Anderson said. "Our Office of Student-Athlete Development (OSAD) has many years of experience and incredible energy, and it continues to show in not only the strong published numbers, but in the way our staff and student-athletes relate and work together."
Sun Devil Athletics' GSR has risen 23 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 87 percent GSR of African-American student-athletes. African-American women are 94 percent. African-American men are 85 percent. Among women student-athletes, GSR is 95 percent, their fifth year in a row at 95 percent or better, while among men it's 89 percent, matching the all-time high for the second year in a row.
Women's golf, lacrosse and triathlon both earned 100 percent GSR for their second year in a row. Women's tennis continued 14 consecutive years 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 fifth-straight year. Women's basketball earned 100 percent for the fourth year in a row.
Football has an 87 percent GSR, which is an all-time high for the program. Another program reaching a new high is wrestling with 89 percent.
"Since the implementation of the NCAA Graduation Success Rate, Sun Devil Athletics has seen it as a primary measuring tool, for mission achievement," Deputy Athletics Director Jean Boyd said. "Even in this new era of college athletics with the transfer portal and Name Image and Likeness, we know that earning a baccalaureate degree remains a proven escalator of future life achievement. ASU's 92% GSR (tying the all-time high) continues to speak to the commitment to developing future leaders who are comprehensively prepared for life. We congratulate our coaches, student-athletes and OSAD. There is no greater team effort in Sun Devil Athletics."
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 30th 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. Full the full NCAA post, head to their website.
Sun Devil Athletics has either maintained or surpassed its all-time best GSR every year since 2008 and is fourth in the Pac-12 Conference. Eight teams posted GSR scores at 100 percent – men's basketball, women's basketball, women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, women's swimming and diving, women's tennis and triathlon.
"Andrea Lore and her diverse staff have done an incredible job of working with more than 650 student-athletes to continue to stay elite in the Pac-12 in all academic areas," Vice President for University Athletics Ray Anderson said. "Our Office of Student-Athlete Development (OSAD) has many years of experience and incredible energy, and it continues to show in not only the strong published numbers, but in the way our staff and student-athletes relate and work together."
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— Arizona State Sun Devils (@TheSunDevils) November 15, 2022
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Sun Devil Athletics' GSR has risen 23 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 87 percent GSR of African-American student-athletes. African-American women are 94 percent. African-American men are 85 percent. Among women student-athletes, GSR is 95 percent, their fifth year in a row at 95 percent or better, while among men it's 89 percent, matching the all-time high for the second year in a row.
Women's golf, lacrosse and triathlon both earned 100 percent GSR for their second year in a row. Women's tennis continued 14 consecutive years 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 fifth-straight year. Women's basketball earned 100 percent for the fourth year in a row.
Football has an 87 percent GSR, which is an all-time high for the program. Another program reaching a new high is wrestling with 89 percent.
"Since the implementation of the NCAA Graduation Success Rate, Sun Devil Athletics has seen it as a primary measuring tool, for mission achievement," Deputy Athletics Director Jean Boyd said. "Even in this new era of college athletics with the transfer portal and Name Image and Likeness, we know that earning a baccalaureate degree remains a proven escalator of future life achievement. ASU's 92% GSR (tying the all-time high) continues to speak to the commitment to developing future leaders who are comprehensively prepared for life. We congratulate our coaches, student-athletes and OSAD. There is no greater team effort in Sun Devil Athletics."
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 30th 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. Full the full NCAA post, head to their website.