11/4/2015 12:00:00 AM | General
UNLV's GSR for student-athletes in 2014-15 was 78 percent and its four-class average FGR for student-athletes was 62 percent. The latest data show an increase of two percentage points in both statistics compared to last year (GSR in 2013-14 was 76 percent, while FGR was 60 percent). The 62-percent, four-class average FGR for student-athletes remains 21 percentage points higher than the general student population at UNLV.
In 2014-15, 50 percent of UNLV student-athletes achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or greater and 179 student-athletes were named to the Dean's Honor List (requires a semester grade point average of 3.5 or greater) for Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. In addition, more than 80 UNLV student-athletes earned their degrees in 2014-15, while all 17 athletic programs earned a multiyear APR that exceeded the required minimum of 930.
"Everyone here is committed to both the academic and athletic success of our student-athletes and it's wonderful to see that success demonstrated in these numbers," said UNLV Athletics Director Tina Kunzer-Murphy. "Nothing makes us prouder than graduating our student-athletes and we continue to do so with increasing frequency here at UNLV behind the great work put in by our academic support team."
FGR assesses first-time, full-time freshmen in a given group and only counts them as academic successes if they graduate from their institution of initial enrollment within a six-year period. It makes no accommodation for transfers into or out of an institution. It is, however, the only measure that allows a direct comparison between student-athletes and the general student body.
GSR begins with the Federal unit, and adds transfer students, mid-year enrollees and non-scholarship students (in specified cases) to the sample. Student-athletes who leave an institution while in good academic standing before exhausting athletics eligibility are removed from the unit of their initial institution. This rate provides a more complete and accurate look at actual student-athlete success by taking into account the full variety of participants in Division I athletics and tracking their academic outcomes.
