Liberty Athletics GSR Climbs to All-Time High

Liberty Athletics mission to train Champions for Christ is not limited to the field of competition, as the department is graduating student-athletes at an all-time record rate.

Yesterday, the NCAA released its latest graduation success rate (GSR) information, which revealed Liberty's student-athletes are graduating at a 92 percent rate.

This number bests the athletics department's previous all-time record high of 90 percent set last year.

Liberty's 92 percent GSR rate is one percentage point higher than this year's NCAA record-setting national GSR rate of 91 percent.

As part of its mission to afford the highest quality academic, athletic, spiritual and social experience to its student-athletes, Liberty Athletics seeks to have its student-athletes finish their time on the Mountain with their college degree of choice.

Liberty's student-athlete graduation success rate has seen an increase or matched its previous year's total each of the last 11 years and 13 out of the last 14 years, improving from a 69 percent rate in 2009-10.

Liberty's student-athlete graduation success rate in recent years: 2009-10 (69 percent), 2010-11 (70 percent), 2011-12 (74 percent), 2012-13 (71 percent), 2013-14 (78 percent), 2014-15 (80 percent), 2015-16 (81 percent), 2016-17 (87 percent), 2017-18 (87 percent), 2018-19 (88 percent), 2019-20 (88 percent), 2020-21 (88 percent), 2021-22 (89 percent), 2022-23 (90 percent) and 2023-24 (92 percent).

Additionally, Liberty had five programs post a 100 percent graduation rate during the latest round of released information by the NCAA: men's basketball, men's soccer, volleyball. women's tennis and women's basketball.

"We are thrilled that Liberty student-athletes continue to perform at exceptional levels academically," said Liberty Vice President and Director of Athletics Ian McCaw.

"Liberty Athletics' record-setting graduation success rate is a credit to the dedication of our student-athletes, academic commitment of our coaches, and outstanding work of Kristie Beitz and the Academic Affairs for Athletics staff. Moreover, Liberty's faculty play a vital role in the academic development of our student-athletes and are to be commended for their excellent work."

Liberty's Academic Affairs for Athletics staff is the "team behind the team" that supports Liberty student-athletes. The group spends countless hours walking alongside Liberty's student-athletes, helping them balance all aspects of life while pursuing their path toward a degree that will allow them to be successful following college.

The Graduation Rates Institution Report gives graduation information about the most recent six-year graduating class of students and student-athletes who entered as freshmen 2017. The graduation rate (percent) is based on a comparison of the number of students who entered a college or university and the number of those who graduated within six years.

The NCAA GSR differs from the federal calculation in two important ways. First, the GSR holds colleges accountable for those student-athletes who transfer into their school. Second, the GSR does not penalize colleges whose student-athletes transfer in good academic standing. Essentially, those student-athletes are moved into another college's cohort.

Liberty Athletics GSR Climbs to All-Time High

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