Graduation Rates

[John Mullins]

From Maximilian Waugh <mad...@u.washington.edu> on the Pac-10 mailing list:

For the class of 89-90, a six-year rate for scholarship student-athletes:

School Percentage
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Oregon State 95
Stanford 78
USC 71
Washington 68
Oregon 68
UCLA 61
California 57
Arizona 50
Arizona State 50
Washington St. 50

Other top schools:

Duke 91
Notre Dame 86
Penn State 83
Northwestern 82

The numbers can be misleading, say experts, because the number of incoming
freshmen athletes is not large enough for a true statistical study. Men's
basketball can be even more difficult to judge because of the high rate of
transfers and early departures to the pros.

(thanks for the info, Max :)

My question is: isn't men's baseball also difficult to judge since the
players are eligible to be drafted after their junior year (isn't that
the rule)?

FWIW, I'm impressed by OSU's 95% graduation rate :)

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[Mitchell Rush]

John Mullins <mul...@usc.edu> wrote:

>My question is: isn't men's baseball also difficult to judge since the
>players are eligible to be drafted after their junior year (isn't that
>the rule)?

That is the rule if the player was drafted out of high school, but
chose to attend college instead. Players not drafted out of high
school can be drafted as early as their Freshman year.

Just a side note. The reason MLB stopped announcing the draft results
round by round the way the NFL and NBA does, was to prevent the
colleges from using the draft as a recruiting tool. MLB figured that
players drafted and not given a high signing bonus, might prefer to
attend college on a full scholarship instead.

Mitch Rush