MOBILE, Ala. – The NCAA released its latest Graduation Success Rate data Wednesday and six South Alabama Athletics programs recorded a perfect score of 100.
 
Men's Tennis, Men's Golf, Women's Track & Field and Cross Country, Women's Golf, Softball and Volleyball all earned perfect GSR scores of 100.
 
Every other South Alabama Athletics program also scored above the federal graduation rate.
 
GSR was created in 2002 in response to Division I college and university presidents who wanted data that more accurately reflected the mobility of college students beyond what the federal graduation rate measures. The federal rate counts any student who leaves a school as an academic failure, even if the student enrolls at another school. Also, the federal rate does not recognize students who enter schools as transfer students.
 
The GSR formula removes from the rate student-athletes who leave school while academically eligible and includes student-athletes who transfer to a school after initially enrolling elsewhere. This calculation provides a more accurate measurement of student-athlete success.
 
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