Indiana University Athletics
NCAA Announces Graduate Success Rate (GSR) For 2001-2004
10/25/2011 12:00:00 AM | General
Oct. 25, 2011
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Student-athletes at Indiana University who enrolled from 2001-2004 scored a Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 77 percent. In the study which was released by the NCAA today, IU's women's golf, women's swimming, women's soccer and women's tennis team all finished with a perfect 100% score.
The Graduation Success Rate was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiative to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. It measures those student-athletes who have completed their degree requirements over a six-year period. For full results of all institutions visit www.ncaa.org. There is no corresponding measurement of the GSR for the student body as a whole.
"Second only to playing by the rules, having student-athletes who achieve academically and earn Indiana University degrees is our highest priority, said Vice-President and Director of Athletics Fred Glass. "In pursuit of that priority, we have added academic support staff, increased tutoring services and opened a state of the art $3 million academic center: the D. Ames Shuel Center."
Each spring the NCAA also releases each institution's Academic Progress Report (APR). The APR is a metric established by the NCAA This year, IU athletics saw 13, more than half, of its teams earn perfect scores, up from 10 in 2009. Those honored were men's basketball, men's cross country, women's golf, men's golf, women's soccer, water polo, women's tennis, men's swimming, men's diving, baseball, men's tennis, volleyball and rowing.
At that time, the NCAA also recognized the IU baseball, men's golf, men's soccer and women's soccer programs for their outstanding Academic Performance Program's multi-year APR score. Each of these teams fell within the top ten percent among their respective sports.
That doubles the number of Hoosier programs that were honored with that distinction from spring, 2010.
Other Notable 2010-2011 Academic Highlights
• Student-athletes had an average cumulative GPA of 3.07
(up from 3.05 the previous year).
• 338 student-athletes (58.48%) earned GPA of 3.00 or higher
(up from 57% the previous year).
• Five student-athletes named CoSIDA Academic All-America
(up from four the previous year).
• 242 student-athletes earned Academic All-Big Ten
distinction (up from 227 the previous year).
• Andrew Bayer
• Chelsea Blanchard
• Vera Neuenswander
• Sarah Pease
• Faith Sherrill
Players Mentioned
