Illini athletics post 89% graduation success rate

In graduation data released by the NCAA Thursday, Illinois student-athletes in the 2005-06 cohort have a graduation success rate (GSR) of 89 percent and a Federal Graduation Rate (FGR) of 74 percent, the second-best GSR in the Big Ten behind only Northwestern (97 percent). Six Illini teams posted perfect GSR scores for the cohort that entered from 2002-05: men's basketball, men's golf, men's gymnastics, women's golf, women's gymnastics, soccer and softball. Illinois' overall GSR of 89 percent ties the second-highest mark in school history (2004 cohort) and is just below the school record of 90 percent set by the 1998 cohort.

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