Canisius Student-Athletes Excel in Latest GSR Release

The Canisius athletic department posted a 97 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in the latest data released by the NCAA on Wednesday.

The Golden Griffins' 97 percent GSR, representing incoming student-athletes from 2015-16 through 2018-19, tied them with Marist for the highest Graduation Success Rate amongst institutions from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

The data also showed that all of Canisius' 16 varsity programs posted a GSR score of 90 or higher while a total of 12 programs recorded perfect 100 percent graduation rates: men's basketball, men's cross country/track, golf, hockey, men's soccer, women's basketball, women's cross country/track, rowing, women's lacrosse, women's soccer and volleyball.

Wednesday's report also represented the sixth consecutive year that the University's athletic department has recorded a graduation success rate that was 97 percent or higher.

"This data and the NCAA release is a public confirmation of the outstanding work Canisius student-athletes have always demonstrated," Canisius Vice President and Director of Athletics Bill Maher said. "Each year they fulfill our mission of excellence in academics, athletics and service – ensuring that the next generation of Golden Griffins carries the responsibility of upholding the standard that has been set by those who came before them. Their efforts continue to make Canisius University proud."

The Graduation Success Rate measures graduation rates for student-athletes by team. The GSR considers student-athletes who are on scholarship their first year and who graduate from their respective universities or leave their programs, via transfer to other universities or for professional opportunities, while in good academic standing. A complete and searchable Graduation Rates Report is available online at NCAA.org.

GSR measures the success of an athletics department in graduating its student-athletes within a six-year period. Unlike Federal Graduation Rate, which assesses only first-time, full-time freshmen, GSR also includes transfer students and mid-year enrollees in the sample. Student-athletes who leave an institution while in good academic standing before exhausting athletics eligibility are removed from the cohort of their initial institution (essentially passed to another squad's GSR cohort if they transfer and removed altogether in the case of early departures for professional careers). The GSR provides a more detailed look at actual student-athlete success by considering the full variety of participants in Division I athletics and tracking their academic outcomes.

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