POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist programs saw a total of 12 teams achieve a perfect 100 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR), according to the most recent Division I data released by the NCAA on Tuesday.
 
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, volleyball, and baseball. 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 12 programs with a 100 percent GSR score is up by one from last year's data, and is tied for the highest amount of teams with a perfect GSR ever for Marist Athletics. Marist also had 12 teams with a 100 percent GSR in 2008-09.
 
Marist led all MAAC members with 12 different teams posting a perfect GSR of 100. Canisius and Manhattan followed with 11 teams, while Fairfield, Saint Peter's, and Siena had 10 teams achieve a 100 GSR. In total, 108 MAAC teams achieved a perfect GSR of 100.
 
All 11 MAAC institution posted an overall GSR of 89 percent or above. The MAAC's 94 percent score ranked tied for fifth among all 32 Division I conferences.
 
The NCAA GSR report gives graduation information for students and student-athletes who entered college in 2015, 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 (2012-2015) 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.