Women Athletes Actually Graduate… Not So the Men

At the University of Tennessee the graduation rate for the big athletic programs (football, basketball, baseball, etc.) have been announced and the women have a graduation rate of 100%.  The men- well not.

Five Tennessee teams reported a GSR of 100 – Lady Vols basketball, Lady Vols cross country/track and field, soccer, women’s tennis and volleyball.

A paltry 40% of the men’s basketball team earn degrees and barely half of the football team. See all the grad rates and the national averages here. None of which (except for the women’s teams at UT) are anything to be proud of.

I guess student athletes aren’t really all that interested in being students after all (except for the women).