Re: grad stats

[Mark_Seger]

The 95-96 media guide lists only Ryan Fletcher as an incoming Freshman.
Thanks Ryan.


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hall" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 6:28 PM
Subject: [UC Basketball] grad stats


> Good news from ucbearcats.com. Do you think the 100% stat will get as
> much publicity as 0% did a few years ago?
>
>
> - John in Mn
>
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> CINCINNATI, Ohio -- The University of Cincinnati is represented very
> favorably in the latest NCAA Graduation Rates Report.
>
> The 2002 NCAA report, which evaluates the class which entered as freshmen
> in the 1995-96 academic year, reveals that 61 percent of UC's
> student-athletes from that class graduated within the six-year window.
> That is the university's highest mark since the NCAA began the reporting
> process.
>
> UC's 61 percent graduation rate for student-athletes is higher than that
> of the national average (60 percent) and higher than the rate for all UC
> students (57 percent).
>
> Moreover, the graduation rate for Cincinnati's men's basketball team for
> that year is 100 percent.
>
> The football team had a graduation rate of 73 percent with 78 percent of
> its African-American players earning their degrees.
>
> "I think we are beginning to see the results of our efforts in this area,"
> stated UC director of athletics Bob Goin. "These rates should continue to
> improve, based upon the recognition our more recent teams have received,
> when those classes become factored in. I congratulate our coaches and our
> academic support staff for their diligence."
>
> UC's 61 percent graduation rate follows the 59 percent rate of the 2001
> NCAA report, which dealt with the 1994-95 entering class.
>
> During the 2001-02 academic year, Cincinnati's men's basketball team won
> the Conference USA Sport Academic Award as having the highest team grade
> point average among the league's teams. Four members of last year's team,
> Rodney Crawford, Jimmy Hubbard, Donald Little and Leonard Stokes,
> completed their undergraduate degrees over the summer.