Pirate Football Ranks Among Top 25 in Academics
August 05, 2002 | Football
ECU is one of just 25 schools and the only member of Conference USA to be recognized for its team's academic achievement. A team must graduate 70 percent or more of its football student-athletes to earn the honor, which is based on a study involving the freshman class from the academic year of 1996-97.
Other schools earning the recognition include Northwestern, Boston College, Duke, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Penn State, Rice, Vanderbilt, Western Michigan, Ball State, Central Michigan, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas State, Miami (Fla.), Mississippi State, Southern Methodist, Syracuse, Texas Tech, Utah State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wisconsin.
Northwestern won the AFCA's 2002 Academic Achievement Award by recording a 100 percent graduation rate for members of its football squad when all members of its freshman class of 1996-97 earned a degree.
