@MizzouFootball Recognized by AFCA for Academic Achievement
12/5/2016 10:05:00 AM | Football
Mizzou is one of 58 schools to graduate at least 75 percent of its football student-athletes
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) released its annual Academic Achievement Awards Monday (Dec. 5) and Mizzou Football was honored for boasting a graduation success rate (GSR) higher than 75 percent for its freshman class of 2009. The recognition for Mizzou comes one year removed from being honored for a GSR above 90 percent for its 2008 class as Mizzou has historically graduated athletes at a high level.
In all, 75 institutions were recognized for graduating 75 percent or more of their football student-athletes. Seventeen of those institutions — Baylor, Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Michigan State, Middle Tennessee State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Rutgers, South Carolina, Southern Miss, Temple, Tulane, Utah, UTEP, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest — achieved a rate of 90 percent or better. The remaining 58 institutions are:?Akron, Appalachian State, Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas State, Army-West Point, Auburn, Boise State, Bowling Green State, Central Florida, Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Colorado State, Florida, Florida International, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Kentucky, LSU, Marshall, Maryland, Miami (Ohio), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Navy, Nebraska, North Texas, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma, Old Dominion, Ole Miss, Oregon, Purdue, Rice, San Jose State, South Florida, Syracuse, Texas A&M, Texas State, Toledo, UCLA, USC, UT-San Antonio, Utah State, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Washington, Western Kentucky, Western Michigan, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Miami, Northwestern and Stanford took home top honors from the AFCA this season. The Academic Achievement Award was established by the College Football Association in 1981. The award recognized the CFA-member Football Bowl Subdivision institution with the highest graduation rate among members of its football team. When the CFA disbanded in 1997, the AFCA stepped in to present the award and conduct a graduation rate survey that encompassed all members of the FBS.
The GSR is based on a six-year graduation window for student-athletes which is a change from the five-year window used by the CFA?and AFCA. The GSR was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiative to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. The GSR holds institutions accountable for transfer students, unlike the federal graduation rate. The GSR also accounts for midyear enrollees.
Under GSR calculation, institutions are not penalized for outgoing transfer students who leave in good academic standing. These outgoing transfers are passed to the receiving institution's GSR cohort. By counting incoming transfer students and midyear enrollees, the GSR increases the total number of student-athletes tracked for graduation by more than 37 percent.
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