Clemson Football Graduation Rate Cited by AFCA |
CLEMSON, SC - The Clemson football program has been cited by the American
Football Coaches Association for a graduation rate of over 70 percent, according to a release by the association on Wednesday. For the class entering in the fall of 1993, Clemson had a 75 percent graduation rate. The national average is 56 percent. "We congratulate our student-athletes first," said Athletic Director Bobby Robinson. "We also feel this is a testimony to the efforts of our coaches and Bill D'Andrea's staff at the Department of Student-Athlete Enrichment Programs. "We have seen consistent improvement in the academic performance of our football program and all of our athletic teams in recent years since we built Vickery Hall in 1991. We are pleased with these results and our inclusion on this prestigious list." Clemson's program is in good shape to earn future citations from the AFCA. Fourteen of the 18 seniors (78 percent) on Clemson's 1998 team will have their degrees by August 7. The only four seniors on the 1998 team who have not yet earned their degrees are currently members of NFL teams. This past spring the Clemson football team had a team GPA of 2.38, its highest on record for a semester, and 24 members of the squad were on the academic honor roll. Thirteen members of the team had a GPA over 3.00 for the year and will be named to the ACC Academic Honor roll in July. That list includes starting center Kyle Young who had a perfect 4.0 for the year. Quarterback Brandon Streeter, who already has his undergraduate degree, is also on that list. Clemson is one of five ACC schools to make the list of honored schools. The other ACC schools with a graduation rate of at least 70 percent were Duke, Virginia, Wake Forest and North Carolina. Duke was honored as the national champion with a 100 percent rate for the class that entered in 1993. It is the 12th time in the 19 year history of the award that an ACC school has had the highest graduation rate. The ACC had 55 percent of its conference members on the list, the highest percentage in the nation. Other schools on the list who had a graduation rate of 70 percent or better are Ball State, Baylor, Boston College, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Marshall, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio, Penn State, Rice, Syracuse, Tennessee, UCLA, Vanderbilt and West Virginia.
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