ST. AUGUSTINE – For the sixth consecutive year Flagler College is one of a record 42 NCAA Division II member institutions to be honored as part of the Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence for achieving a four-year Academic Success Rate of 90 percent or higher. This is the 10
th year of the program.
"I could not be prouder of our student-athletes and coaches," said Flagler College President, Joseph Joyner. "The priority we place on academics is clearly demonstrated in these outstanding results."
Flagler had an ASR of 92 percent. Last year was the College's sixth year in the 90
th percentile. Flagler is one of five schools in the state of Florida to receive the Presidents' Award. Georgia College is the only other Peach Belt Conference member institution to receive the award.
"The Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence recognizes Division II member schools for their commitment to a balanced college experience that supports the academic success of college athletes," said Sandra Jordan, chancellor of the University of South Carolina Aiken and chair of the Division II Presidents Council. "Ten more institutions earned this award than last year, setting an all-time high for this program, but most importantly, this means college athletes at these schools are achieving academic success that will benefit them for the rest of their lives."
The Academic Success Rate is the percentage of student-athletes who graduate within six years of initial collegiate enrollment and includes virtually all Division II student-athletes.
Unlike the federal rate, the Division II ASR includes nearly 34,000 non-scholarship student-athletes and accounts for those who transfer to a Division II school after initial enrollment elsewhere, while removing student-athletes who leave school while academically eligible. The national ASR for the four cohorts of student-athletes who entered college from 2010 to 2013 is 74 percent.
Division II student-athletes continue to graduate at a higher rate than the general student body. Even when using the less-inclusive federal graduation rate, the 2013 entering class of student-athletes graduated at a rate of 62 percent, compared with 53 percent for the general student body.
| School |
Four-Year ASR |
Conference |
| Bentley University |
99 |
Northeast-10 Conference |
| Saint Michael's College |
98 |
Northeast-10 Conference |
| Thomas Jefferson University |
98 |
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference |
| Hillsdale College |
97 |
Great Midwest Athletic Conference |
| Biola University |
96 |
Pacific West Conference |
| Rollins College |
96 |
Sunshine State Conference |
| Point Loma Nazarene University |
95 |
Pacific West Conference |
| Trevecca Nazarene University |
95 |
Great Midwest Athletic Conference |
| Seattle Pacific University |
94 |
Great Northwest Athletic Conference |
| Dominican University of California |
94 |
Pacific West Conference |
| Cedarville University |
94 |
Great Midwest Athletic Conference |
| Eckerd College |
94 |
Sunshine State Conference |
| Rockhurst University |
94 |
Great Lakes Valley Conference |
| Maryville University of Saint Louis |
94 |
Great Lakes Valley Conference |
| Davenport University |
93 |
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Regis University (Colorado) |
93 |
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference |
| University of the Sciences |
93 |
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference |
| Stonehill College |
92 |
Northeast-10 Conference |
| Flagler College |
92 |
Peach Belt Conference |
| William Jewell College |
92 |
Great Lakes Valley Conference |
| Le Moyne College |
91 |
Northeast-10 Conference |
| St. Edward's University |
91 |
Lone Star Conference |
| Mercyhurst University |
91 |
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference |
| Assumption University |
91 |
Northeast-10 Conference |
| Southern Wesleyan University |
91 |
Conference Carolinas |
| St. Thomas Aquinas College |
91 |
East Coast Conference |
| Adelphi University |
91 |
Northeast-10 Conference |
| Lewis University |
91 |
Great Lakes Valley Conference |
| Florida Southern College |
91 |
Sunshine State Conference |
| Barry University |
91 |
Sunshine State Conference |
| University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon |
91 |
Independent |
| Concordia University, St. Paul |
91 |
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference |
| Michigan Technological University |
91 |
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Saint Anselm College |
90 |
Northeast-10 Conference |
| Western Washington University |
90 |
Great Northwest Athletic Conference |
| Davis & Elkins College |
90 |
Mountain East Conference |
| Truman State University |
90 |
Great Lakes Valley Conference |
| Converse College |
90 |
Conference Carolinas |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania |
90 |
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference |
| Daemen College |
90 |
East Coast Conference |
| Caldwell University |
90 |
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference |
| Georgia College |
90 |
Peach Belt Conference |
