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Denver Athletics Combines for 95% Graduation Success Rate

The Pioneers tie for their second-best graduation success rate in their history, and turn in 94%+ for the sixth-year in a row

INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Denver Division of Athletics' sport programs combined for a 95% Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in the 2016 cohort, the NCAA released on Wednesday.
 
Denver's GSR is its sixth-consecutive Graduation Success Rate at 94% or better. This year's tally ties for the second-best in the program's history.
 
The Pioneers' 95% GSR ranks 57th in the country, first among schools in the state of Colorado and first in the Summit League.
 
DU had 10 programs post perfect scores for the second-consecutive season, tied for second most in the Pioneers' DI history: women's skiing (19th perfect score), women's gymnastics (15), women's swimming and diving (15), men's tennis (12), women's golf (11), men's golf (10), men's basketball (9), women's tennis (8), men's skiing (6) and men's soccer (2).
 
In total, 15 programs finished with a 90% graduation success rate or better.
 
Denver's Graduation Success Rate History 
2013 – 96  
2011 – 95 
2014 – 95
2016 - 95
2012 – 94 
2015 – 94
2010 – 93 
2009 – 93 
2008 – 93 
2003 – 93 
2002 – 93 
2007 – 92 
2001 – 92 
2006 – 91 
2004 – 91 
2005 – 90 
2000 – 90 
1999 – 89 
1998 – 87 
  
Denver's Programs with Perfect Scores by Year 
2013 – 11  
2002 – 10 
1998 – 10 
2015 – 10
2016 - 10
2014 – 9
2012 – 9 
2011 – 9 
2010 – 9 
2009 – 9 
2004 – 9 
1999 – 9 
2005 – 8 
2003 – 8 
2008 – 7 
2001 – 7 
2000 – 7 
2007 – 6  
2006 – 5 
  
Denver's Perfect Score Years by Program 
Women's Skiing (19) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Women's Volleyball (16) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 
Women's Gymnastics (15) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016   
Women's Swimming and Diving (15) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Women's Soccer (12) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 
Men's Tennis (12) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016
Women's Golf (11) – 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Men's Swimming and Diving (10) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Men's Golf (10) – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Men's Basketball (9) – 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Women's Tennis (8) – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Women's Basketball (7) – 1998, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 
Men's Hockey (6) – 1999, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 
Men's Skiing (6) – 1998, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016
Women's Lacrosse (4) – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 
Men's Soccer (2) – 2002, 2016
 
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