POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist programs saw a total of 11 teams achieve a perfect 100 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR), according to the most recent Division I data released by the NCAA on Thursday.
 
Marist had an overall GSR of 93 percent. The Marist programs that posted a 100 GSR score were men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's cross country/track and field, women's rowing, women's lacrosse, softball, women's soccer, and volleyball. For the purpose of GSR data, men's cross country/track and field is counted as one program, as is women's cross country/track and field.
 
The total of 11 programs with scores of 100 GSR score is up by one from last year's data, and is Marist's best total in the last nine years. A 100 GSR score for 11 programs is tied for the second highest amount of teams with a perfect GSR ever for Marist Athletics. Marist had 12 teams with a 100 percent GSR in 2008-09.
 
As a conference, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference averaged a 95 percent GSR score, which is equivalent to last year's data, and ranks tied for third among all 32 Division I conferences.
 
The NCAA GSR report gives graduation information for students and student-athletes who entered college in 2014, the most recent class for which the required six years of information is available. It also breaks down the GSR by sport, using a four-year class average (2011-2014) called a cohort rate to provide a big enough sample. 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.
 
For more information and the NCAA's official release, visit NCAA.org.