Greenville, S.C. – Furman University athletics continues to excel in its core mission of graduating its student-athletes, according to annual Graduation Success Rate (GSR) numbers recently released by the NCAA.

Furman registered an overall graduation success rate of 97 for its intercollegiate athletics program, with 11 of 14 sports posting perfect marks of 100.

Men's and women's cross country, indoor track & field, and outdoor track & field were grouped as a single sport for both genders. The University boasts an 18-sport intercollegiate athletics program.

Sports earning perfect 100 graduation rates include men's basketball, men's cross country/track & field, women's cross country/track & field, men's golf, women's golf, softball, men's tennis, and women's tennis.

The overall GSR of all NCAA Division I institutions is 90 for student-athletes who enrolled over the four-year period 2013-16.

GSR measures graduation over six years from first-time college enrollment. It holds institutions accountable for transfer students, includes mid-year enrollees, and is calculated for every sport. Under the calculation, institutions are not penalized for outgoing transfer students who leave in good academic standing. The outgoing transfers are included in the receiving institution's GSP cohort.

The NCAA, which developed the GSP to assess the academic success of student-athletes more accurately, began compiling GSP figures with the entering freshman class of 1995.