Skyhawks record ASR of 90-percent or better for 15th-straight year to rank third among NE10 institutions and 18th nationally in Division II
NCAA Releases graduation rate information for all three divisions
NE10 continues to lead NCAA Division II in Academic Success Rate
Stonehill Academic Success Rate information (2013 cohort)
Stonehill has boasted an ASR of 90-percent or better all 15 years the NCAA has released Academic Success Rate information |
EASTON, Mass. (November 17, 2020) – Stonehill College has once again been recognized for its academic performance with regard to graduation rate by earning a 92-percent Academic Success Rating (ASR) as released by the NCAA today. The ASR considers the academic success rate of the institution based on the graduation rate of student-athletes while also giving credit for any student-athletes that transferred from the institution while in good academic standing.
"Each year the Stonehill community is pleased to celebrate the Academic Success Rating achieved by our student-athletes," said Dean O'Keefe, '94, Director of Athletics at Stonehill. "Our student-athletes continue to embrace the opportunity to excel in all areas of their collegiate experience, and the ASR scores are a tremendous credit to our student-athletes in their continued pursuit of academic and athletic excellence. This statistic reaffirms the collaborative work of our coaches, faculty and staff in fostering an environment for our students to think, act and lead in preparation for future success."
Stonehill is one of 11 institutions across Division II to receive the NCAA Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence all nine years of its existence, to date, for having an ASR of 90-percent or better, and has boasted an ASR of 95-percent or better 14 of the 15 years the NCAA has released ASR numbers. The Skyhawks' 92-percent ASR for the cohort period of 2010-2013 ranks third among Northeast-10 Conference members and 17th nationally among 316 NCAA Division II member institutions. The NE10 leads Division II with seven member institutions earning an ASR of 90-percent or higher, with Bentley University (99%), Saint Michael's College (98%) and Assumption University (91%) joining Stonehill among the list of nine-time Presidents' Award honorees. In addition to its six institutions ranking in the ASR Top 25, the NE10 placed 12 of its 14 full-time members inside the top 100. The NE10 leads Division II with a conference ASR of 89%.
Seven of Stonehill's 15 NCAA athletic programs (cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field are combined by the NCAA) received perfect scores of 100%. Those programs include women's basketball, field hockey, men's and women's soccer, women's tennis, men's cross country/track & field and volleyball. 13 of Stonehill's programs had ASR's above the national average, or at least matching a 100% federal rate.
Corey Thomas '13 captured an NCAA Division II National Championship in the high jump during the four-year period today's ASR data includes. |
Stonehill enjoyed remarkable success in its fields of competition during the four academic years included in the most recent ASR report, starting with three-straight NE10 Presidents' Cups in 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12. The Skyhawks won 15 NE10 Championships over those four years and earned 32 NCAA Tournament bids. Stonehill student-athletes collected 38 All-America awards on their way to graduation, with Corey Thomas, '13 capturing the 2011 Indoor High Jump National Championship. Stonehill Equestrian also had national qualifiers each of those years, with the team finishing fourth as a team at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) National Championships in 2010, also claiming the IHSA Zone 1, Region 4 Championship in 2011-12.
This is the 15th year the NCAA has released the Division II ASR. The NCAA developed the Division II ASR at the request of college and university presidents who believed the federal graduation rate was flawed. Division II's ASR data is similar to the Division I Graduation Success Rate as it takes transfer students into account. However, given the partial-scholarship financial aid model of Division II, ASR goes one step further and includes student-athletes not receiving athletic scholarships.
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, including transfers and those not receiving athletic scholarships. The Division II ASR also captures about 50 percent more student-athletes than the federal graduation rate. Unlike the federal rate, the ASR the more than 32,000 non-scholarship student-athletes and those who transfer to a school after initial enrollment elsewhere, while removing student-athletes who leave school while academically eligible. The national ASR is 74-percent for Division II student-athletes enrolled from 2010 through 2013. Division II student-athletes continue to graduate at a higher rate than the general student body. Even when using the less-inclusive federal graduation rates, student-athletes are outperforming their peers in the general student population by 9%, while selecting degree programs that largely mirror those chosen by the general student body. For Division II athletes who entered college in 2013, the federal rate increased 1 percentage point to 62%, and the general student body increased 1 point to 53%.
With 23 intercollegiate sports, Stonehill boasts one of the top athletic and academic programs in the country. Stonehill has won the Northeast-10 Conference Presidents' Cup six times, all coming within the last 15 years, after receiving the Cup for the winter sports season in 2019-20 while holding an overall lead in the standings prior to the remainder of the athletic calendar being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March. Stonehill won seven NE10 Championships during the 2019-20 academic year, with six programs earning NCAA Division II Championship bids.
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NCAA Division II ASR Rankings Top 20
Rk ASR Institution
1. 99 Bentley University
2. 98 Saint Michael's College
98 Thomas Jefferson University
4. 97 Hillsdale College
5. 96 Rollins College
96 Biola University
7. 95 Trevecca Nazarene University
95 Point Loma Nazarene University
9. 94 Eckerd College
94 Maryville University of Saint Louis
94 Seattle Pacific University
94 Rockhurst University
94 Dominican University of California
94 Cedarville University
15. 93 Regis University
93 University of the Sciences
93 Davenport University
18. 92 Stonehill College
92 University of California, San Diego
92 Flagler College
92 William Jewell College
Northeast-10 Conference members in italics
