University of Connecticut Athletics
Football Is A Leader In BIG EAST Academics
5/8/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
May 8, 2009
STORRS, Conn. - The University of Connecticut football program continues to be a leader in the BIG EAST Conference in terms of academic performance by it student-athletes.
In the recently-released NCAA Academic Performance Rate (APR) results, UConn was third among the eight football schools in the BIG EAST Conference with a mark of 951 - and just five points behind the second-highest team.
UConn was the top team in the NCAA's Graduation Success Rate (GSR) survey of last October as it graduated 77 percent of incoming freshman enrolled from 1998-2001 using the NCAA's formula.
"Academic success is a vital part of our football program," says head coach Randy Edsall. "When we recruit young men to join our program, it is important for us to indentify those who will make earning a college degree their top priority."
The UConn football program also had the highest NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for African-American student-athletes among all state universities that participated in a bowl game following the 2008 season.
"Our outstanding graduation rate is a credit to the young men in our program who work very hard in the classroom. A great deal of credit goes to our academic counselor Ellen Rennie and the entire Counseling Program for Intercollegiate Athletes staff here at UConn," says Edsall.
