By  Grant Traylor

Associate Athletic Director of Strategic Communications

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall Athletics had eight programs finish with perfect Graduation Success Rates (GSR) while 25 student-athletes celebrated their graduation earlier this month.

Overall, Marshall student-athletes compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.18 for the Fall 2023 semester. Women’s Golf (3.89) led all women’s programs in Team GPA while Men’s Soccer set the bar for the men’s programs. Every women’s program achieved at least a 3.19 Team GPA.

“I am very proud and excited to see the hard work of our student-athletes pay off,” said Kaylyn Torain, Marshall’s Assistant Athletic Director for Academic Services. “To achieve these accomplishments with a rigorous athletic schedule shows their drive for academic success.”

The eight programs who scored a perfect GSR report include Women’s Basketball, Men’s Golf, Women’s Golf, Men’s Cross Country/Track, Women’s Cross Country/Track, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Swimming and Diving and Women’s Volleyball.

Marshall’s Overall Graduation Success Rate across all programs was a 91, which tied for first place in the Sun Belt Conference.

Every Marshall Athletics program finished above the Federal Graduation Rate and, in addition to the eight programs that finished with perfect scores and sat atop the SBC, Marshall’s baseball program finished 3rd with a GSR of 90 while Softball (GSR = 96) and Football (GSR = 80) finished fourth in the league.

The Graduation Success Rate data was released by the NCAA for the 2013-14 to 2016-17 freshman cohorts for all NCAA Division I institutions as part of the annual NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program release on Dec. 6.

Graduation Success Rates (based on scale of 100)

Men’s Programs

Baseball – 90

Basketball – 80

Cross Country/Track – 100

Football – 80

Golf – 100

Soccer – 75

Women’s Programs

Basketball – 100

Cross Country/Track – 100

Golf – 100

Soccer – 100

Softball – 96

Swimming/Diving – 100

Tennis – 86

Volleyball – 100

 Team GPAs

Men’s Sports

Soccer – 3.47

Cross Country – 3.42

Basketball – 3.26

Baseball – 3.24

Golf – 3.23

Track & Field – 3.20

Football – 2.55

Women’s Sports

Golf – 3.89

Swimming & Diving – 3.81

Cross Country – 3.61

Volleyball – 3.57

Tennis – 3.44

Track & Field – 3.36

Soccer – 3.34

Softball – 3.29

Basketball – 3.19

 Dec. 2023 Graduates (by sport)

Baseball

Nick Jodway

Gabe Cabrera

Chad Heiner

Carter Lyles

Men’s Cross Country

Jacob Birurakis

Paul Sepulveda

Women’s Track

Mikah Alleyne

Men’s Soccer  

Alexander Adjetey

Nikola Slijivic

Gabe Sitler**

Women’s Soccer

Cassidy Bell

Regina Fiabema

Haylee Griffith

Football

Elijah Alston
KeSean Brown

Trent Holler

Isaiah Gibson, Sr.

Jayden Harrison

Brandon McElroy

Josh McTier

Eli Neal

Marcus Velez

Volleyball

Riley Winslow

Softball

Camryn Michallas (summer, but walked in Dec.)

Kasey Wilhoit**

** = Master’s Degree