ELON, N.C. – The NCAA recently announced the 2018-19 Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and Federal Graduation Rate data for all Division I institutions as part of the annual NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program.
 
This year's Elon-specific data revealed an overall single-year GSR of 96 percent, which leads the way for all Colonial Athletic Association institutions. Additionally, eight programs earning a perfect 100 percent score. Those programs include:
 
-Men's Basketball
-Men's Cross Country
-Men's Golf
-Women's Basketball
-Women's Track & Cross Country
-Women's Golf
-Women's Tennis
-Volleyball
 
Elon is one of three schools in the CAA that had every athletic program achieve a GSR of 85 percent or higher.
 
"I am continually proud of the commitment that our student-athletes display in achieving both academic and athletic success," said Director of Athletics Dave Blank. "They consistently strive to be the best they can be both in and out of our competition venues. The 2019 Graduation Success Rate report shows the drive that Elon student-athletes possess to succeed in both arenas. It's also a great testament to the invaluable mentorship and support our coaches, staff, and faculty provide on a daily basis."
 
Other highlights include:
-The Elon football team's 96-percent GSR marks two years in a row with a 96 and was the second-highest in the Colonial Athletic Association. It also ranks 10th nationally among schools that compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
 
-The Elon men's basketball program earned a perfect GSR of 100 percent for the sixth-consecutive year. Since joining the CAA in 2014-15, Elon is one of two schools to have had a 100 percent GSR every year.
 
-The Elon women's basketball program was one of two CAA schools with a 100 percent GSR. Overall, this year marks the fifth-straight year Elon women's basketball has a GSR percentage of 90 or above. This year marks the fifth time since 2007-08 that Elon had a 100 percent GSR.
 
-Elon baseball's 94 percent GSR gives it back-to-back years with a 94, both marking the highest ranks since 2010.
 
-This marks the ninth-straight year Elon women's golf recorded a 100 percent GSR. The team has had a GSR of 90 or above for 13 consecutive years.
 
-Women's soccer recorded a 93 percent GSR this year. Since 2005, the Elon women's soccer program has recorded a GSR of 93 or higher every year, including a perfect 100 percent on six occasions.
 
-The Elon men's soccer program had a GSR of 90 percent, giving the program a 90 or above in four-consecutive years.
 
-Women's tennis earned a perfect 100 percent GSR in the latest report, marking the fifth-straight year the program earned a 100 percent.
 
-The Elon men's cross country and women's cross country and track and field programs each earned perfect 100 percent scores in the latest report. It marks the fifth-straight year the men's program has earned a 100 percent. The women's team has now been above 95 percent in every GSR release to date.
 
The GSR measures graduation rates of scholarship student-athletes at Division I institutions. It includes those transferring into the institutions. The GSR also allows institutions to subtract student-athletes who leave their institutions prior to graduation, as long as they would have been academically eligible to compete had they remained. The 2018-19 rates are based on the entering classes from 2009-12.
 
The NCAA's GSR was developed in response to a mandate by college and university presidents for graduation data that more accurately reflects the mobility among today's college students. Both rates improve on the federally mandated graduation rate by including students who were omitted from the federal calculation.
 
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